Author Archives: Tom Pashby

A wide range of measures to address the climate and biodiversity emergencies have been announced in Transport for London’s (TfL) green infrastructure and biodiversity plan.

TfL said the plan “fully aligns with” its 2021 corporate environment plan. It said it’s new green infrastructure plan “captures in one place, for the first…

Agricultural land will be better protected from flooding following £75M of funding announced by the government during the Spring Budget for internal drainage boards (IDBs).

IDBs are designed to enable local authorities to work together, with the input of relevant stakeholders, to manage land drainage and mitigate flood risks. In its…

Orbital launches in 2024 from the Scottish SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland are a step closer thanks to an additional £10M of funding announced during the Spring Budget.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt announced the support in his statement to the House of Commons, and the official ‘red book’ which lists…

Underground pumping stations will form part of the £500M Grangemouth flood protection scheme in Scotland if Falkirk Council’s ‘preferred scheme’ goes ahead.

Jacobs has produced a visualisation of the scheme which is currently scheduled to include flood defence walls and embankments, flood gates, flow control structures, drainage works and the replacement…

A landslip has hit railway services at Merstham, Surrey, which follows a landslip repaired in Kent on Monday 4 March and two other landslips in the Midlands and North of England in February.

GTR said it was unable to serve customers Merstham, Earlswood and Coulsdon South railway stations on the afternoon…

A train derailed after it struck “an object” on the line between Surbiton and Woking and led to disruption across the entire South Western Railway network.

The incident led to four tracks between Woking and Surbiton being closed and the wider network across London, Exeter St David’s, Portsmouth Harbour and Weymouth.…

Visually impaired passengers will benefit from accessibility works carried out at Cardonald station in Glasgow following feedback from a regular commuter.

Network Rail said Linda Mooney, who uses a cane to identify obstacles in her path, raised concerns about her safety. The government-owned company said it made changes to the station…

Repairs have been completed on a section of track at Newington in Kent which was taken out of action by a landslip following emergency works by Network Rail.

A landslip occurred on the afternoon of 23 February following heavy rainfall and Network Rail geotechnical and structures experts found a 40m long…

The government has been warned not to carry over the surplus of greenhouse gas emissions reductions from the third carbon budget.

In its formally mandated advice to government due to the surplus of emissions savings accrued during the 2018-2022 carbon budget, the Climate Change Committee has said that an “ambitious path”…

Urgent global challenges will be tackled collaboratively by architects, planners, structural engineers, and landscape practitioners thanks to a renewed commitment by institutes to work together.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba), the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) and the Landscape Institute (LI) have signed…