Work has begun on a new £26M flood storage reservoir near the village of Lowdham in Nottinghamshire.
Lowdham has a history of flooding from the nearby Cocker Beck, a tributary of the River Trent, with major flooding incidents occurring in 2020, 2019, 2013, 2012, 2007 and 1999. The new flood storage…
Corporation Bridge in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, will no longer reopen in December 2023 after planned works discovered severe rusting and corrosion to the bridge’s steel underside spans.
North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC) confirmed on 5 October that the process of grit blasting the bridge to reveal the bare steel under…
Anglian Water’s proposals for a 68km pipeline between Bury St Edmunds and Colchester are inching forwards after being greenlit by Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils.
Plans for the proposed pipeline were submitted in late December 2022 and approved by West Suffolk Council on 18 September. A green light is also…
Australia's beleaguered Snowy 2.0 renewable energy scheme is heading to the halfway mark as excavation of its central 250m-long underground power station cavern gets underway.
Snowy 2.0 is being delivered by Future Generation (FGJV) – a joint venture between Webuild, Australian firm Clough and an American subsidiary of Webuild called Lane…
Four Grade II listed lift bridges on the Oxford Canal are to undergo a £650,000 upgrade programme under the auspices of charitable organisation The Canal & River Trust.
The Chisnell, Shipton, Wolvercote and Perry’s lift bridges were built in the 18th century to allow access across the then recently constructed canal…
Wandsworth Bridge in London has reopened following the on-schedule completion of extensive repairs.
The project’s authority, Wandsworth Council, has also revealed an update to the bridge scheme in the form of plans to construct a new segregated northbound cycle lane. Wandsworth Council head of engineering group three Henry Cheung told NCE:…
Ground investigations are underway at the site of a proposed new £23M railway station in Haxby, North Yorkshire.
City of York Council says it is working with Network Rail and the Department for Transport (DfT) to fulfil what it describes as “a decades-long ambition” to reinstate a railway station at Haxby…
In November 2023, Biodiversity net gain (BNG) will become mandatory for developers in England. For small sites it will apply from April 2024. This new legislation will help ensure natural environments are not just protected but actually ‘nature positive’. It is a positive step for wildlife, supporting the development of habitat and contributing to…
The removal of the Spence Lane footbridge over the Armley Gyratory in Leeds is to begin later this month as the wider £41.97M Armley Gyratory upgrade scheme nears completion.
Spence Lane footbridge is the first of three footbridges around the gyratory, along with Geldard Bridge and Wellington Road Bridge, to be…
Network Rail is undertaking a £3.8M refurbishment of the 193-year-old Sankey Viaduct in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, ahead of its 200th anniversary.
According to Network Rail, the Grade I listed viaduct’s opening in 1830 forged the world’s first intercity passenger route connecting Manchester and Liverpool “with a regular timetable as we’d recognise today”.…
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