Great Yarmouth’s new £121M bascule Herring Bridge that opened just over a month ago closes indefinitely for further investigations following numerous technical issues.
Norfolk County Council has announced that it’s new third crossing of the River Herring, a Bam Farrans JV constructed twin-leaf bascule bridge, has closed its leaves for the…
The Blackheath rail tunnel between Blackheath and Charlton in south east London will close for 10 weeks this summer as Network Rail conducts £10M worth of essential repairs.
From Saturday 1 June to Sunday 10 August inclusive, the Blackheath tunnel will close as Network Rail can conduct repairs to the 175-year-old…
The £400M National Grid project to upgrade and reinforce Yorkshire’s power network has been green lit by secretary of state for energy security and net zero, Claire Coutinho.
The Yorkshire Green Energy Enablement (Green) application has been granted its development consent order (DCO) following submission of the application to the planning…
City of York Council has been recommended to approve the £65M scheme to dual the York Outer Ring Road.
The council wants to widen the A1237 from the A19 to the A1036 Little Hopgrove roundabout and officers have recommended the planning committee approve the project next Tuesday, 19 March. The majority…
Turner & Townsend is predicting a resurgence in construction activity ahead of a suspected recovery curve from the difficult period the construction industry is experiencing.
The professional services consultancy has further increased its 2024 tender price inflation forecast for real estate to 3.2%, up from the 2.7% it previously predicted in…
The new £27M Fylde Link Road’s opening has been delayed due to wet weather, Lancashire County Council has announced.
While new aerial photos released by the council show the final stages of construction of the M55 to Heyhouses Link Road, the council has now stated prolonged wet weather has hampered progress…
Network Rail has completed a six-day, £1.9M upgrade of the Stranraer line where it replaced more than 1km of track at Laggansarroch viaduct in Scotland.
The work that took place near Girvan included using 200 recycled plastic (composite) sleepers over the structure itself. As well as the composite sleepers, engineers used…
The “complex nature of the site” to remove a 2,500t landslip in West Yorkshire is delaying the restart of train services for several weeks.
Train services through Baildon, near Bradford, will remain suspended for weeks longer than initially expected after issues with the site have caused work to progress more slowly…
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has criticised the government’s Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) stating it falls short of the adequate response that is needed against climate change.
Published in July 2023, NAP3 is the government’s statutory plan to ensure the country is prepared for the effects of climate change. The…
A newly anointed lord and top planning barrister has been chosen to lead the independent review of why UK infrastructure is failing to deliver on targets currently.
Charles Banner was nominated by prime minister Rishi Sunak last week, on 6 March, to be created a life peer as Baron Banner of…
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