National Highways' contractors will next month demolish the two bridges that carry M6 junction 10 roundabout as it completes its £78M upgrade of the interchange.
The new upgrade will see the two-lane bridges replaced by new four-lane bridges, increasing capacity and reducing congestion at the busy Walsall junction. Contractor John Sisk…
National Highways has awarded a £460M contract to Kier to design and deliver an upgrade to the A417 between Gloucester and Swindon.
Known as the “missing link” on the A417, the improvement would help to avoid “frequent and unpredictable” congestion, which sometimes causes motorists to go onto local roads, the client…
Transport secretary Grant Shapps has approved National Highways plans for a link road between to major motorways, six months after deferring his original decision.
The M54 to M6 link road is valued at £175M to £200M. National Highways claims it is needed to provide additional capacity and relieve traffic congestion on…
Hundreds of objections have been lodged against National Highways retrospective planning application for the controversial bridge infilling at Great Musgrave, Cumbria.
More than 300 letters objecting to the infill have been lodged with Eden District Council, just three weeks since National Highways put in its planning application, according to The HRE…
National Highways today begins its year-long scheme to resurface an 8km stretch of the A11 between Spooner Row and Tuttles Interchange in Norfolk.
The £60M scheme is part of National Highways’ nationwide drive to revitalise the country’s concrete roads, which account for around 4% (640km) of the trunk road network. The…
National Highways has drawn up a new method of assessing abandoned railway bridges and tunnels.
The new way of working will see decisions on major works planned for the Historical Railways Estate (HRE) reviewed in collaboration with experts from across the heritage, environmental and active travel sector who have been selected…
Three lanes of the M6 southbound between junction 20 and 21 will be shut this weekend as engineers carry out emergency repairs to the Thelwall Viaduct in Warrington.
The Thelwall Viaduct is a is a steel composite girder viaduct near Lymm that carries the M6 across the Manchester Ship Canal. The…
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has opened a consultation on whether National Highways should be re-designated as a “relevant public authority”, which would then make the road operator more responsible for local air quality around the trunk road network.
It comes as a result of the Environment…
Balfour Beatty and National Highways have completed the installation of a new footbridge over the A63 in Hull and have released timelapse footage showing the process.
The 37m structure connects Porter Street on the north side of the A63 with St James Street on the south. A 200t crane was used…
National Highways has spent tens of millions of pounds redrafting planning applications for its two flagship tunnel schemes, NCE can reveal.
In the last year National Highways has been forced to carry out extra work for planning applications for the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) and Stonehenge Tunnel. Information obtain via freedom of…
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