Skanska began work on the £1bn scheme to build a 16km dual carriageway linking the A1 Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire to the A428 Caxton Gibbet roundabout in Cambridgeshire yesterday, 12 December.
The National Highways scheme is being built to help reduce congestion and improve journey times between Milton Keynes and…
The Department for Transport's long-awaited response to the Union Connectivity Review saw it committing to some schemes but completely overlooking other recommended transport interventions around the UK.
In November 2021, Network Rail chair Sir Peter Hendy published the Union Connectivity Review, a government-commissioned report into ways to improve transport connectivity and boost economic…
Campaigners opposing National Highways’ £1.7bn A303 tunnel underneath Stonehenge World Heritage Site are heading to High Court today, 12 December, for a three-day hearing.
The Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) campaign group and the Stonehenge Alliance are seeking a judicial review of the government’s decision to grant a development consent…
National Highways has revealed that it no longer plans to submit a development consent order (DCO) application for the A358 Taunton to Southfields scheme this year.
The project is expected to cost between £250M and £500M. It would see the A358 upgraded to a dual carriageway for a 14km stretch between…
Taylor Woodrow has been appointed to deliver £120M strategic infrastructure upgrades for Meridian Water, a £6bn regeneration project led by Enfield Council.
The overall Meridian Water vision is a 25-year regeneration project that will create 10,000 homes, including 4,000 affordable homes. The Meridian Water train station, which opened in 2019, provides…
The third section of the new 109km Morava Motorway in Serbia has opened to traffic, following the early opening of the first two sections in spring this year.
This means that the first 28km of the dual carriageway are now operational, with the full motorway expected to be running in 2025.…
Contractor Graham has been appointed by East Renfrewshire Council to upgrade the Aurs Road and create a new active travel route along Balgray Reservoir in Glasgow.
The project, which is estimated at £22.7M, is due to begin next month and will see the route between Barrhead and Newton Mearns amended to…
National Highways has awarded the £1.34bn Tunnels and Approaches contract for its Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) scheme to a joint venture of Bouygues Travaux Publics and J Murphy & Sons (BMJV).
BMJV was selected ahead of the other shortlisted contractors BFV JV (Bam, Ferrovial, Vinci) and DHJV (Dragados, Hochtief). At the…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has reiterated its commitment to funding several transport interventions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in its long-awaited response to Sir Peter Hendy’s Union Connectivity Review.
The Network Rail chair published his report into how to boost transport links between the UK's four nations in November…
Three firms have been picked by National Highways to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into trials of how to mitigate the disruption caused by roadworks.
The firms are set to work with Tier One contractors Balfour Beatty, Costain and Kier to implement the new technologies. Projects by Alchera Technologies, Robok and Wordnerds…
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