The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s (LCRCA’s) proposed Mersey Tidal barrage scheme could take between seven to 10 years to build, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
The Mersey tidal barrage scheme, named Mersey Tidal Power, is a £3.5bn proposal to build a renewable energy generation facility that will also…
An important upgrade of the electricity systems at Sellafield nuclear site has hit an important milestone as the Infrastructure Strategic Alliance has successfully installed 33 concrete slabs.
The alliance, made up of Arup, Morgan Sindall and Sellafield Ltd, has been working on the Electrical Distribution Network Upgrade Project (EDNUP) to refurbish…
Land featuring a section of an abandoned railway line near Leeds is to go up for auction, prompting calls from campaigners to safeguard it for potential use as a strategic route between Bradford and Wakefield.
The Wortley Curve connected the Wakefield to Leeds line to the Bradford to Leeds line before it closed in 1985. Campaigners have…
The Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) will reportedly vote on whether to provide a £250M funding package for the planned A66 Darlington relief road.
The long-planned Darlington Northern Link road first started life as the Darlington Northern bypass, a scheme to link the A1(M) at Junction 59, Coatham Mundeville, to a…
East Suffolk Council has objected to National Grid’s planned undersea electricity connector between Kent and Suffolk due to “unacceptable harm” caused to communities, environment and economy.
Sea Link is proposal from National Grid to reinforce the electricity network between Suffolk and Kent via a new, primarily offshore, 2GW high voltage direct…
Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen has kicked off 2024 by promising to build a new eastern crossing over the River Tees and reconstruct Teesside Airport train station using funds from the cancelled northern legs of HS2.
The idea of a new eastern crossing linking Hartlepool and Redcar is not a new…
A planning application has been submitted by Network Rail to conduct remedial repairs to Stockport Viaduct, built in the 19th century.
Stockport viaduct is a 27 span brick arch structure, located in the centre of Stockport, north of Stockport railway station. It carries the West Coast Main line across the River…
Network Rail has revealed that the new footbridge for Theale station will open this spring, 10 years after the plan was first tabled and at £8.25M more than it was originally expected to cost.
Funding for the design work for Theale station’s accessible footbridge was announced in 2013 while funding for…
SLC Rail has been appointed to deliver design studies for two new train stations within the proposal to reopen the Cowley Branch line in Oxfordshire to passenger services.
Oxford City Council approved funding worth £498,799 for SLC Rail to undertake infrastructure place study work as part its plan to reinstate the…
A road bridge over the railway in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, has been strengthened with foam concrete to prepare for upcoming works for High Speed 2 (HS2).
The strengthening involved filling the structure’s three arches with foamed concrete. This work, which was part funded by HS2, will remove the weight limit that was…
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