The National Underground Asset Register (Nuar), a digital map of underground utilities assets, has launched today with the aim of improving safety of excavation work and efficiencies on construction and engineering projects.
The cloud-based web service - which is initially being rolled out as a "minimum viable product" (MVP) covering the…
National Highways has said that Morgan Sindall has completed repair work on the A11 southbound between Thickthorn and Attleborough in Norfolk ahead of schedule, enabling it to cancel planned closures this week.
The contractor is currently reconstructing sections of the A11 carriageway between Spooner Row and the Tuttles Interchange at Wymondham…
Snow storms during March have delayed National Highways’ A12 upgrade works, meaning junction 26 on the northbound side will remain closed until 15 April.
The closure had been expected to be lifted on yesterday, but extreme weather in mid-March hampered progress. The rain, cold and snow have affected the foundations for…
The rise in popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) is generally a positive step. It’s one way we can help reduce our carbon footprint, while still allowing us the freedom to get around.
As we progress towards ending the sale of new fossil-fuel vehicles and hybrid vehicles in the UK by 2030,…
Work to reopen section of the A29 in West Sussex, which has been closed since December last year following a landslip, is set to start shortly.
West Sussex County Council (WSCC) has it announced it will reopen part of the A29 at Church Hill, Pulborough despite unsuccessful negotiations with private landowners.…
Representatives of three sub-national transport bodies (SNTB) have described the “profound impact” that the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) delays to major road schemes has on their regions’ planning and strategic decision making.
SNTBs are statutory transport organisations that encompass numerous local councils and provide strategic governance on a larger scale than…
Constructing roads which can charge cars while they are driving could help reduce the size of batteries needed on electric vehicles by up to 70% a new Swedish study has found.
Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology has undertaken research which for the first time combined the possible use of an electric…
A collection of councils from Scotland and Northern Ireland are calling for the upgrade and conversion of the A75 and A77 to become dual carriageways.
South Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway and Mid and East Antrim Councils want urgent action from the government on the two Scottish roads which run from Ayr…
Roads minister Richard Holden has said that the concentration of roads expenditure in the south of England in the next Roads Investment Strategy (RIS) period, which runs from 2025 to 2030, supports levelling up as the benefits will be felt in other regions too.
Holden, who is also Conservative MP for…
The New Zealand government has unveiled five options for the proposed Auckland Harbour crossing.
The Waitematā Harbour crossing could cost between $NZ15bn (£7.5bn) and $NZ25bn (£12.6bn) depending on which option is chosen and includes options for road and rail tunnels and re-use of existing infrastructure. New Zealand transport minister Michael Wood…
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