The signing of the £1.3bn tunnels and approaches deal for the Lower Thames Crossing took infrastructure contract awards to their highest level in four years last month, according to research.
The latest Snap Analysis report from industry analysts Barbour ABI showed that £2.9bn of work was handed out in the sector…
National Grid has chosen key sites for a major new power line under the North Sea. The energy distribution body announced the landfall, cable route and convertor station locations for the proposed LionLink connection to the Netherlands. Ministers revealed plans last year to create the world's largest multi-point power line…
Network Rail has set out plans to revamp Waterloo Station in a far-reaching project that would overhaul a chunk of London's South Bank.
The infrastructure operator published a 'vision document' for the ambitious scheme, drawn up by engineers WSP, architects Grimshaw and cost consultants Turner & Townsend among others. Proposed changes…
The head of East West Rail has pledged to find cost savings in the scheme's design after ministers allocated £240M to fast-track part of the final section of the project.
Beth West said she was "working very hard" on minimising expenditure on the under-construction cross-country link. Chancellor Jeremey Hunt found cash…
A local authority leader has described feeling "let down and disappointed" after Alun Griffiths walks away from £90M road project that received government backing last month.
North Somerset Council boss Mike Bell hit out at the contractor's "incredibly frustrating" decision to exit the Banwell Bypass project. Ministers in February approved the…
Camden Council has urged ministers to let it lead the overhaul of Euston and unlock the final leg of High Speed 2 (HS2) into central London.
The local authority set out a plan it claimed could bring £41bn into the UK economy over the next 30 years as well as providing…
Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) has launched the final tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the West Midlands leg of High Speed 2.
The contractor started 1,600-tonne Elizabeth on its mission to dig the second bore of the Bromford Tunnel for the rapid rail link. Named by local schoolchildren after activist Dame Elizabeth…
Scottish Government highways chief Mairi McAllan has promised the long-running £3.7bn A9 dualling programme will be completed within 12 years.
The cabinet secretary for transport, net zero and just transition told Parliament that remaining single-lane sections of the key road from Perth to Inverness would be upgraded by the end of…
A key figure leading delivery of the Euston High Speed 2 (HS2) station has accused the government of dithering over attempts to get private cash in to rescue the paused project.
Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds said chancellor Jeremy Hunt had called him asking for support with the plan to attract…
Political leaders in the North East have warned ministers it would be “disastrous” if long-promised government funding to refurbish the Tyne Bridge is not received this week.
Gateshead Council leader Martin Gannon told ITV News the wait for cash to carry out the long-awaited project would impact key events in 2024.…
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