Northumberland | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:40:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/favicon-nce192x-70x70.png Northumberland | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 32 32 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Disused Northumberland railway to become greenway after bridges saved from infilling https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/disused-northumberland-railway-to-become-greenway-after-bridges-saved-from-infilling-21-02-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/disused-northumberland-railway-to-become-greenway-after-bridges-saved-from-infilling-21-02-2024/#respond Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:42:14 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=274662 A community interest company (CIC) in Northumberland has leased a section of disused railway to make it an active travel path after the 19th century bridges on the route were prevented from being infilled.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/disused-northumberland-railway-to-become-greenway-after-bridges-saved-from-infilling-21-02-2024/feed/ 0 Bam Nuttall to begin works to fix 40-year-old landslip problem https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/bam-nuttall-to-begin-works-to-fix-40-year-old-landslip-problem-21-04-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/bam-nuttall-to-begin-works-to-fix-40-year-old-landslip-problem-21-04-2023/#respond Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:56:20 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=259798 A landslip problem that has plagued a Northumberland community for over 40 years is finally due to be fixed after an engineering solution was found.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/bam-nuttall-to-begin-works-to-fix-40-year-old-landslip-problem-21-04-2023/feed/ 0 Cost of road bridge over Northumberland rail restoration triples due to inflation https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/cost-of-road-bridge-over-northumberland-line-triples-due-to-inflation-13-04-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/cost-of-road-bridge-over-northumberland-line-triples-due-to-inflation-13-04-2023/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:00:51 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=259196 The cost of a new road bridge to be built on the restored Northumberland rail line has risen from £11M estimated in 2021 to £30.6M, with inflation blamed for the cost hike.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/cost-of-road-bridge-over-northumberland-line-triples-due-to-inflation-13-04-2023/feed/ 1 Network Rail begins year-long repairs to Victorian-era Border Bridge in Northumberland https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-begins-year-long-repairs-to-victorian-era-border-bridge-in-northumberland-25-01-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-begins-year-long-repairs-to-victorian-era-border-bridge-in-northumberland-25-01-2022/#respond Tue, 25 Jan 2022 03:14:32 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=237195 Network Rail has begun a year-long project to repair and restore the Grade-I listed Royal Border Bridge, which spans the River Tweed in Northumberland and has been in operation since 1850.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-begins-year-long-repairs-to-victorian-era-border-bridge-in-northumberland-25-01-2022/feed/ 0 Ground investigations underway to convert Northumberland Line for passenger services https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/ground-investigations-underway-to-convert-northumberland-line-for-passenger-services-26-10-2020/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/ground-investigations-underway-to-convert-northumberland-line-for-passenger-services-26-10-2020/#respond Mon, 26 Oct 2020 03:08:04 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=217762 Ground investigations have begun on the Northumberland Line upgrade, a project which will reintroduce a rail passenger service between Ashington and central Newcastle.

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