More than £11M has been spent by Transport Scotland clearing landslides that have impacted travel on the A83 Rest and Be Thankful since 2014, NCE has discovered through a Freedom of Information request.
The revelation comes as Transport Scotland's roads contractor Bear Scotland today, 13 November, commences three weeks of surveys…
Transport secretary Mark Harper has pushed back the decision on granting a development consent order (DCO) for the £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine by four months.
The deadline for deciding whether to give National Highways’ major Northern road scheme the green light was yesterday, 7 November, but the decision did not materialise.…
The opening of a new £121M bascule bridge in Great Yarmouth has been delayed until 2024 after it was planned to open to road traffic this Autumn.
Named Herring Bridge, the crossing will carry traffic over the River Yare and link the A47 at Harfrey’s Roundabout on the western side of the river to…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has given the green light to the £87M proposal to transform the A164 Jock’s Lodge junction in Yorkshire.
Roads minister and undersecretary of state at the DfT Richard Holden announced the approval of the scheme at the junction on the outskirts of Beverley in East Riding,…
The Department for Transport (DfT) may be unable to afford all the transport projects it has pledged to deliver under its £41bn annual budget, a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.
The Departmental Overview 2022-23 of the DfT, compiled by the government auditing body, outlines principal risks…
Dozens of projects have been paused for safety reasons this week as Storm Ciarán wreaked havoc across the south of the UK.
Strong winds and heavy rains caused flooding, power cuts, road closures and damage to buildings across the south-west and south-east of England and south Wales, with heavy rains expected…
Kier is set to take on the troubled Birmingham roads maintenance contract under a £2.7bn private finance initiative.
The Manchester-based contractor, which has been maintaining the West Midlands city's highways for three and a half years on an interim basis, was announced as preferred bidder for an 11-year deal starting February…
AtkinsRéalis is to design key elements of the £20bn Sizewell C nuclear plant while the Department for Transport has committed £54M to improving the A12 in Suffolk ahead of its construction.
The engineering consultant signed a deal with project promoter EDF to draw up plans for significant parts of the proposed…
A new £14M road bridge has opened in Chelmsford, marking the completion of a £35M project to deliver a relief road for a new housing development.
Constructed by Countryside (now part of Vistry Group) and L&Q, and aided by sub-contractor Graham, the new 161m three-span bridge will facilitate the opening of…
The leader of Dartford Borough Council has urged the government to “get on with” the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) to help cope with the negative effect the at-capacity Dartford Crossing has on the local area.
Proposals for the new major tunnel are currently with the Planning Inspectorate but in March the…
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