NCE can reveal that 86 structures currently in use by National Highways on the UK’s Strategic Road Network are past modern design life standards of 120 years.
An exclusive Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by NCE has revealed the extent of structures that have passed modern design life standards. The…
The construction of High Speed 2's (HS2's) control centre at Washwood Heath has passed an earthworks milestone with BBV (Balfour Beatty Vinci JV) excavating 1Mm3 of material at the site.
Work to prepare the ground for HS2’s new Network Integrated Control Centre (NICC) and train maintenance depot at Washwood Heath in…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has approved a funding package worth £250M for Transport for London (TfL) to cover the 2024/2025 tax year.
This amounts to just over half of London mayor Sadiq Khan’s £475M request. In a letter written to Khan, transport secretary Mark Harper confirmed the funding package to…
An inquiry has been launched to look into the likelihood of Northern Ireland reaching net zero emissions by 2050 as recent figures show the nation is not on track to meet its first target.
Northern Ireland’s executive set a target for 80% of the nation’s electricity to come from renewable sources…
National Grid has handed out £1.8bn worth of contracts to build the Eastern Green Link 1 project which plans to connect England and Scotland with an electricity “superhighway”.
The Prysmian Group has been awarded a £750M contract to deliver the UK’s first 525kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity transmission cable…
Skanska began work on the £1bn scheme to build a 16km dual carriageway linking the A1 Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire to the A428 Caxton Gibbet roundabout in Cambridgeshire yesterday, 12 December.
The National Highways scheme is being built to help reduce congestion and improve journey times between Milton Keynes and…
Energy Networks Association (ENA) has detailed an industry action plan to release enough grid capacity in the next year to decarbonise the UK’s power grid.
With 112GW of capacity already installed, the ENA’s 139GW action plan would deliver capacity to exceed the 225GW needed to move electricity generation to renewable. Detailed…
The Department for Transport's long-awaited response to the Union Connectivity Review saw it committing to some schemes but completely overlooking other recommended transport interventions around the UK.
In November 2021, Network Rail chair Sir Peter Hendy published the Union Connectivity Review, a government-commissioned report into ways to improve transport connectivity and boost economic…
Researchers at Lancaster University have warned of a potential safety risk on railways caused by solar storms interfering with electrical equipment.
Solar storms, disruptions of the sun, can trigger powerful magnetic disturbances on Earth, creating geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) which can interfere with electricity transmission and distribution grids. Using the Preston…
Yorkshire Water will fund 20 farmers in the East Riding to plant 10ha each of “pop-up rainforests” that will help combat the county’s increasing flood risk.
The water company hopes the proposal will improve soil quality in the region, reduce nutrients entering watercourses and slow the flow of rainwater to reduce…
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