A campaign organisation is on the brink of taking legal action against the government over the cancellation of HS2 Phase 2a, but the prime minister has pointed the finger at the transport secretary for the decision.
The Good Law Project has written to the government legal department to inform it that…
The UK’s independent public spending watchdog has said it is not clear how the East West Rail (EWR) project will provide benefit nor how it aligns with the government’s growth plans.
EWR is a £6-7bn project to build a brand new railway between Oxford and Cambridge, linking up several smaller settlements…
Procurement has started for £3.7bn worth of contracts on National Grid and Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission’s (SHET’s) Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) offshore interconnector between Scotland and England.
EGL3 will connect Peterhead in Scotland with south Lincolnshire, England with a 2GW capacity high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable, spreading renewable energy…
The latest episode of the Engineers Collective is out now.
This month’s episode focuses on ‘transforming infrastructure performance’. The UK’s Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) released two papers, in 2017 and 2021, called Transforming infrastructure performance in which it set out a vision for the future of infrastructure delivery. This process…
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…
A team of 90 specialists has completed the assembly of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will drive the second bore of HS2’s Bromford Tunnel in Birmingham.
The majority of the 1,600t TBM’s parts have been re-used from the TBM Dorothy that completed HS2’s Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire in…
Network Rail has received formal planning consent for its proposals for a “complete transformation” of Peckham Rye station that will bring the Victorian station up to date.
The proposal will see the Grade II listed station reimagined with a whole new station concourse at ground level, new lifts and stair access…
Germany’s national railway company Deutsche Bahn has commenced construction of the 88km of railway that will run up to the Ferhmarnbelt tunnel between Germany and Denmark.
The 18km Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Germany and Denmark will be the world’s longest immersed tunnel and the world’s longest underwater road and rail tunnel when…
National Highways has revealed that it no longer plans to submit a development consent order (DCO) application for the A358 Taunton to Southfields scheme this year.
The project is expected to cost between £250M and £500M. It would see the A358 upgraded to a dual carriageway for a 14km stretch between…
Taylor Woodrow has been appointed to deliver £120M strategic infrastructure upgrades for Meridian Water, a £6bn regeneration project led by Enfield Council.
The overall Meridian Water vision is a 25-year regeneration project that will create 10,000 homes, including 4,000 affordable homes. The Meridian Water train station, which opened in 2019, provides…
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