High Speed 2 (HS2) suggestions and proposals for an Irish Sea tunnel dominate submissions to the government's ongoing Union Connectivity Review.
In the past month, various groups have put forward ideas for key transport links to inform the review, which is being led by Network Rail chair Sir Peter Hendy. The…
Work has begun on the £120M Third River Crossing in Great Yarmouth.
Road closures are in place as preparation work gets underway. Demolition of buildings and structures will start later this month. Planning permission for the bascule bridge was secured in September, after the council submitted its development consent order application in…
Newport City Council has appointed Cleveland Bridge to undertake restoration work on the Newport Transporter Bridge 115 years after the firm finished work on building the structure.
The Grade I listed structure – one of only six remaining transporter bridges in the world – was opened in 1906 and its 197m…
The second pre-trial evidentiary hearing on the collapse of the Polcevera viaduct has begun in Genoa, Italy.
The crossing - also known as the Morandi bridge - collapsed on 14 August 2018 killing 43 people. The hearing is expected to run for a month. The investigating judge’s assessment of the causes…
The number of substandard road bridges managed by councils across Great Britain is increasing, according to analysis from the RAC Foundation.
Local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales have identified 3,105 bridges – defined as structures over 1.5m in span – as being substandard. This a 1.6% increase on the 3,055…
Network Rail has revealed that a bridge parapet which collapsed onto the rail line between Stonehaven and Montrose in Scotland earlier this month was only inspected in October last year.
The masonry wall next to the southbound track 5km to the north of Carmont – close to the fatal derailment in August last…
Main Point I: Grenfell lessons Part II of the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry is in recess at present, but it is three and a half years since the tragedy and the break presents an opportunity to reflect on, what is arguably, the worst construction industry related incident since World War II.…
A bridge in north Wales has been swept away by floodwater after heavy rain during Storm Christoph.
Llanerch Bridge – between Trefnant and Tremeirchion – collapsed yesterday. Denbighshire Council has said repairs to the 1800s-built bridge could take up to 18 months. The council confirmed that an 11km diversion is now…
The bridge that was never meant to shut this week closed for the third time in 12 months due to the risk of falling ice.
The Queensferry Crossing - which connects Edinburgh and Fife across the Firth of Forth river - closed at 4am yesterday morning, reopening to traffic at 10.10am.…
The M90 Queensferry Crossing has reopened to traffic after being forced to close due to a risk of falling ice.
Traffic Scotland announced this morning that the bridge has reopened. It was closed to traffic in both directions last night, with diversions via the A985 Kincardine Bridge. The closure came after…
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