Kier Transportation is searching for sub-contractors to fill £84M worth of works on the £500M A417 “missing link” scheme, including earthworks, drainage and pavements.
The £500M scheme for National Highways will dual a 5.5km section of road between Gloucester and Swindon, improving the connection between the two dual carriageway sections of…
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Work to ramp up on £500M dualling of A417 in Gloucestershire with ‘offline’ construction
This year National Highways is ramping up work on its £500M project to dual a 5.5km stretch of the A417 in Gloucestershire with “offline” construction of the new road.
The section of road to be upgraded is between Gloucester and Swindon and is known as a “missing link” in the strategic…
£460M ‘missing link’ on A417 in Gloucestershire given planning approval
National Highways’ £460M plan to upgrade 5.5km of the A417 in Gloucestershire to a dual carriageway has been granted planning approval.
The section of road to be upgraded is between Gloucester and Swindon and is known as a “missing link” in the strategic road network. It will improve the connection between…
Tunnelling was always a ‘very questionable’ option for A417 missing link
Early plans to build tunnels as part of Highways England’s A417 “missing link” between Gloucester and Swindon was always “very questionable” due to the cost, according to Highways England South West regional delivery director Nick Aldworth.
Local campaign groups and MPs spent years fighting for the road to be put in a…