Claims that a Norfolk road report was rewritten to remove warnings about the link’s negative effect on bats have been refuted by Mott MacDonald, the consultant that made the changes.
The initial report was produced for Norfolk County Council by Mott MacDonald's subconsultants. In the report, ecological consultant Dr Charlotte Packman…
Design and build contractors have been invited by the Welsh Government bid for a new 6.1km section of the A40.
The £50M improvement will run north of Llanddewi Velfrey and Narberth and is programmed to take seven years. De-trunking the old A40 carriageway in Llanddewi Velfrey and near Redstone Cross is…
Work on one of the UK’s first Dutch-style roundabouts is £1M over budget and will overrun by three months.
The unusual people-friendly roundabout in Cambridge will improve road safety by giving priority to pedestrians and cyclists. Work on the £800,000 project began in September, with work expected to finish by April.…
Polluting road runoff is being ignored by the Environment Agency and Highways England, while serious water pollution incidents from highways outfalls are being attributed to natural causes, according to insiders.
One Environment Agency source has claimed concerns about 79 pollution-causing outfalls and high risk areas on local authority road networks have…
Since the election towards the back end of last year, the government has consistently talked up plans for an “infrastructure revolution”. It has pledged to spend billions of pounds over the next five years on numerous key projects and programmes. This includes plans for investment in England’s strategic road network…
Highways England’s Innovation Designated Fund has provided £120M over the first five year Road Investment Strategy (RIS1) period for innovative capital projects. Every year, around £6M is allocated for research and development to help the strategic roads operator deliver a more dependable, durable and safe road network. Approach to innovation…
Motorways are expensive. As assets near the end of their lifecycles and need replacing, the focus is always on whether new motorways, and interchanges, can offer a solid investment with efficient use of land and funding. The Inside Turning Left (ITL) interchange design aims to tackle this by using shorter…
Serbia’s west Morava river valley sits among mountains and is dotted with towns. The Morava itself is the country’s longest river. It is here that Serbia’s first 5G-ready motorway and flood defence system will be built. The 112km E895M (£783M) Morava motorway will connect communities and businesses from Pojate in…
The Vulcan Earth Anchor range was designed by Anchor Systems (International) as a simple, reliable and cost-effective ground anchoring solution with the ability to provide immediate loading capacities from 1kN to 450kN in displaceable ground conditions with extensive applications. The Vulcan anchors have been used up and down the country…
Ringway Jacobs has secured the maximum five-year extension to its current 10-year highway network management contract with Essex County Council (ECC).
The extension will run from 1 April 2022 until 31 March 2027. It will enable the company to continue to protect and improve the Essex highway network and draw on innovation…
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