Tag Archives: Roads

More Highways England roads schemes are likely to follow the A66 Transpennine route’s acceleration as part of the Project Speed initiative.

Highways England project director David Haimes told NCE’s Future of Roads conference last week that the roads operator is looking at speeding up delivery of other projects. “The Project Speed…

North West and North Wales business and local authority leaders have urged Sir Peter Hendy to make cross-border rail connectivity a key feature his final Union Connectivity Review report.

They have written to Hendy under the umbrella of the Growth Track 360 transport group. The review will look at how to boost…

Engineers are inspecting multiple faults on a bridge that carries the M62 between Wakefield and Leeds.

Problems have been identified with two expansion joints, which are designed to help bridges move slightly under traffic strain or changes in air temperature. Road closures are now in place, with Highways England network operations…

“Hundreds of millions of pounds” could be spent retrofitting existing smart motorways with emergency refuge areas (ERAs), the Commons transport select committee inquiry into the roads heard yesterday.

The exact figure to be spent has yet to be determined, according to Department for Transport (DfT) strategic roads, economics and statistics director…

While some teenagers might dream of becoming a footballer or a pop star, Jon Loveday had his sights firmly set on a career in infrastructure.

His boyhood ambition was to become a quantity surveyor. “It’s a bit sad to admit,” he laughs, “But I’ve got that in one of my school…

Media and law representatives have expressed outrage after NCE journalists were denied access to the first day of the Stonehenge Tunnel High Court hearing.

Despite contacting the court a day in advance, NCE journalists were denied access to the virtual hearing that will scrutinise the legality of planning approval for the…

All new road building projects in Wales are being put on hold while the Welsh Government conducts a review.

This means proposals for the Deeside “Red Route”, the Llandeilo bypass and a third Menai crossing will all be paused. However projects will continue if construction work has begun, for example the…

A three day court hearing to scrutinise the planning approval of the £1.7bn Stonehenge Tunnel road scheme begins today.

The legal challenge has been brought by campaign group Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS), which believes the proposals will have a detrimental impact on the ancient site and is seeking permission…

Highways England has “proactively” built relationships with other similar bodies including Network Rail and HS2 Ltd, according to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report.

The report – Central oversight of arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) – identifies the roads operator as a “good practice example of cross-government working”. It adds: "Highways England…

The Department for Transport (DfT) has approved Highways England’s £100M M2 junction 5 Stockbury Interchange upgrade following a public inquiry.

The inquiry was first announced at the end of 2019 after objections were raised regarding a number of issues. These included the project's impact on the Kent Downs Area of Natural…