A planned vehicular crossing of the River Wye has seen its cost estimate triple as Herefordshire County Council is putting together the Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for the bridge.
Known locally as the Eastern River Crossing, the planned bridge connecting the A438 Ledbury Road with Rotherwas industrial estate on the…
The government will face a judicial review into its decision to cut funding for walking and cycling schemes.
The High Court has granted active travel campaigners from Transport Action Network (TAN) the right to call a judicial review into the decision to slash funding for walking and cycling by 75%, stating…
A “significant” milestone has been reached on the £37M A14 reconstruction scheme as National Highways has successfully removed the concrete surface of road between Haughley and Tothill and replaced it with an asphalt one.
Having started in mid-April, National Highways has now removed 8,610m3 of concrete between junctions 47a and 49…
Somerset Council has signed Kier to its eight-year £225M road maintenance contract to look after the county’s 6714km network.
Kier will take over in April next year when Milestone Infrastructure’s current contract runs out, to provide key maintenance works including road repairs, drainage and verge cutting. Somerset Council will change the…
Balfour Beatty has launched tenders worth £334.5M for sub-contractors to take on major aspects of the £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine upgrade project including earthworks, pavements and steelworks.
Four main contractors, including Balfour Beatty, Keltbray and Kier, signed up to deliver the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project in October last year under what…
National infrastructure contractor Colas has partnered up with a sustainability innovator to provide recycled plastic kerbs on local highways across Chester and Cheshire West.
The contract has picked Dura Products in install Durakerb, which it calls a “revolutionary recycled plastic kerbing solution” in the region as part of a move to…
Construction and civil engineering company Graham has been appointed to build a £20M major access route for the Western Growth Corridor Project in the city of Lincoln.
The City of Lincoln Council has contracted Graham to design and deliver a new vehicular bridge and a separate pedestrian bridge over the railway…
The recently completed flood defence scheme in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has helped protect the town against Storm Babet which has been causing chaos for Scotland’s infrastructure over the past week.
The Stonehaven Flood Protection Scheme was completed on 23 August after works began in the spring of 2019. It was designed…
Bam has marked the halfway point in construction of the £118M Perth and Kinross link road project.
Known as the Cross Tay Link Road and dubbed the biggest infrastructure project ever in Perth and Kinross, it involves the construction of a 2.2km realigned dual carriageway on the A9 which skirts the…
Engineering schedules have been ripped up by Storm Babet, with many works cancelled and emergencies occurring elsewhere.
Storm Babet, a complex area of low pressure which developed to the west of the Iberian Peninsula, was named by the Met Office on 16 October and was forecast to last through last weekend.…
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