Latest Roads News

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…

Laing O’Rourke is set to deliver the first stage of the Eastern Freeway Upgrades in Victoria, Australia.

The contract with the Victorian government is a “multi-billion dollar” deal, according to the firm, though no specific price has been given. The work will see Laing O’Rourke deliver upgrades to the Eastern Freeway…

National Highways will start a two year project to replace the cracked A432 bridge, which carries the road over the M4 in south Gloucestershire, in January.

Investigations have shown extensive cracking of the concrete and damage to the post-tensioning system, which has reduced the bridge’s ability to carry traffic without sustaining…

Hertfordshire County Council has started procurement for a £1.95bn contract to deliver “an exciting new approach to the delivery of highways and related services” over 21 years.

The council’s current highways contract expires in September 2025 and it is looking for a new supplier to take over the delivery of its…

National Highways is set to upgrade 11 more sections of smart motorway with extra places to stop in an emergency.

Earlier this year, the government cancelled plans for any new smart motorways, due to cost pressures and the lack of driver confidence. A further 11 locations have now been announced for…

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…

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…

Campaigners opposing National Highways’ £1.7bn A303 tunnel underneath Stonehenge World Heritage Site are heading to High Court today, 12 December, for a three-day hearing.

The Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) campaign group and the Stonehenge Alliance are seeking a judicial review of the government’s decision to grant a development consent…

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…