The £112M Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme Phase 2 (LFAS2) is progressing well according to the city’s council as a six month road closure begins today.
Leeds City Council has announced that strengthening works on Apperley Lane bridge will be completed tomorrow before the next phase of the work in the area…
The government has launched a consultation about implementing the "Action Plan", which it issued in February, to make improvements to the nationally significant infrastructure planning regime.
There are two preliminary points of praise. First, the officials and ministers who have been working hard have clearly sought to prepare a plan which gives increased…
Costain is to donate £55,000 to the Tyne Rivers Trust environmental charity following an investigation into a pollution incident triggered by the contractor during its work to upgrade the A19 Testo’s roundabout.
Costain completed the £130M upgrade, which involved building a new bridge over the A19 Testo’s roundabout with new slip…
Barhale has started works to replace the 3km Thames Water’s Haydon End Rising Main pipe in Swindon which has experienced several bursts in recent years.
The Haydon End sewage pumping station and Haydon End Rising Main were built in 1996 to transfer sewage to the inlet works at the western end…
Restoration of the Chesterfield Canal between Doe Lea Valley and Staveley has moved a step closer with a call for expression of interest for the contract to undertake the work, although the scope of the original scheme has been altered to avoid planning consent lapsing with the elements removed planned…
A 65 year old steel truss railway bridge in southeastern Norway has collapsed after heavy rain and flooding in the region due to a powerful storm.
Storm Hans caused the middle section of the 172.5m long Randklev Bridge on the Dovre line, which connects Oslo to Trondheim, to collapse into the…
The Environment Agency has spent £70M on pre-construction work for the £640M River Thames Scheme in Surrey since it was conceived in 2014.
The information was revealed in a Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by NCE to the Environment Agency. The figure represents an approximate £7M per annum over the…
A dam in Norway has been breached after days of heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding and landslides in the nation’s south eastern region.
Flooding on the Glåma river caused the Braskereidfoss hydroelectric power plant to be put out of operation after it was submerged and huge volumes of water poured over the…
The Thames Tideway Tunnel has hit another milestone with the completion of the 4.5km Greenwich connection tunnel between Greenwich and Bermondsey.
This section of tunnel stretches from Greenwich Pumping Station to Chambers Wharf, where it connects with the main super sewer. It will tackle sewage overflow into the Deptford Creek and…
The Welsh Government has confirmed it will majority fund the £31.6M Aberaeron Coastal Defence Scheme with a £26.9M contribution.
Together with a £4.7M contribution from Ceredigion County Council, the Senedd’s Coastal Risk Management Programme will pay for the scheme, which is to be constructed by Bam Nuttall. Designed over the course…
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