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The planned £1.35bn Aquind Interconnector between the UK and France has hit another delay following concerns raised by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Aquind is a privately financed, subsea and underground high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable between Normandy in France and Lovedean Substation in Hampshire. According to project promoter Aquind…

The start of 2024 has seen a number of changes amongst the big contractors and consultancies. As the industry continues to celebrate sustainability, firms such as Arup, Balfour Beatty, Galliford Try and Ramboll are bolstering their environment departments.

A round up of the biggest moves and appointments during January follows below.…

Railway stations could be more accessible if powers over them were devolved to regional transport authorities, according to Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

Currently Network Rail is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the over 2,500 stations in the UK. Burnham was appearing in front of the House of Commons…

The Department for Transport (DfT) has greenlit North Somerset Council to use Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) to buy land needed to build the £89.2M Banwell bypass.

The Banwell Bypass scheme will see construction of a new 3.3km single carriageway off the A38 to stop traffic congestion in the village of the…

Electrification of heat, transport and industry is essential if the UK is to achieve net zero by 2050 and, as a result, electricity demand is expected to double over the next 25 years.

Meeting this demand will call for delivery of new infrastructure at a scale and pace not seen…

The Grade I listed Powick Old Bridge on the outskirts of Worcester has been closed to pedestrians and cyclists following the collapse of a foundation caused by recent flooding.

Worcestershire County Council’s highways and travel department posted to X (formerly Twitter) saying that the bridge is “not safe” and would remain…

Costain has completed front end engineering design (Feed) for two carbon capture projects on Teesside.

The Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) are part of the East Coast Cluster (ECC), a carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) cluster looking to slash the UK’s industrial carbon emissions…

“Hotels” for kittiwakes, a protected bird species, have been installed on the Tyne Bridge in preparation for the full restoration of the structure as it reaches its centenary.

Local firm Esh Construction, part of Esh Group, is the main civils contractor for the works, including the bird hotels and main works.…

Public sector procurement authority Scape has appointed Kier, Mclaughlin & Harvey and RJ McLeod to its £4bn frameworks designed to help utilities companies progress infrastructure projects through a direct award model.

The new direct award utilities framework for England, Wales and Northern Ireland is worth £3bn and was awarded to Kier…

All public transport should be devolved and trying to run it all top down “hasn’t worked” according to Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.

The mayor was appearing alongside Transport for the North chief executive Martin Tugwell in front of the Transport Committee in the House of Commons this morning, when he…