Road transport and infrastructure project news https://www.newcivilengineer.com Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:05:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/favicon-nce192x-70x70.png Road transport and infrastructure project news https://www.newcivilengineer.com 32 32 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Can road pricing replace fuel duty? https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/can-road-pricing-replace-fuel-duty-25-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/can-road-pricing-replace-fuel-duty-25-09-2024/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:01:33 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=284064 With the new government now in place, there is regular conversation in the media regarding the £22bn budget deficit and the steadily declining revenues from fuel duty. For 2022/23 the fuel duty generated £25bn of revenue, or around 2.5% of total revenues collected. According to…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/can-road-pricing-replace-fuel-duty-25-09-2024/feed/ 0 National Highways and AtkinsRéalis trial graphene-enhanced asphalt on A12 in Essex https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/national-highways-and-atkinsrealis-trial-graphene-enhanced-asphalt-on-a12-in-essex-25-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/national-highways-and-atkinsrealis-trial-graphene-enhanced-asphalt-on-a12-in-essex-25-09-2024/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:21:42 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=284051 National Highways, working with AtkinsRéalis, has embarked on a project to test a new graphene-enhanced asphalt on a stretch of the A12 trunk road in Essex.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/national-highways-and-atkinsrealis-trial-graphene-enhanced-asphalt-on-a12-in-essex-25-09-2024/feed/ 0 Contractors wanted on £850M Liverpool highways framework https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/contractors-wanted-on-850m-liverpool-highways-framework-24-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/contractors-wanted-on-850m-liverpool-highways-framework-24-09-2024/#respond Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:48:06 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=283989 Liverpool City Council has started procurement for its £850M Highways Planned Works Framework for use by multiple authorities in the region.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/contractors-wanted-on-850m-liverpool-highways-framework-24-09-2024/feed/ 0 Client actions reduce risk in Carlisle Southern Link Road delivery https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/client-actions-reduce-risk-in-carlisle-southern-link-road-delivery-24-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/client-actions-reduce-risk-in-carlisle-southern-link-road-delivery-24-09-2024/#respond Tue, 24 Sep 2024 03:00:38 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=283711 Plans to build a garden village on the edge of Carlisle will be given a significant boost when the city’s new southern link road is completed next year.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/client-actions-reduce-risk-in-carlisle-southern-link-road-delivery-24-09-2024/feed/ 0 ‘Roads emergency’ declared by Stafford Borough Council https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/roads-emergency-declared-by-stafford-borough-council-20-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/roads-emergency-declared-by-stafford-borough-council-20-09-2024/#respond Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:27:19 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=283890 A “roads emergency” has been declared by Stafford Borough Council (SBC), which warned that the state of its roads is “at breaking point”.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/roads-emergency-declared-by-stafford-borough-council-20-09-2024/feed/ 0 Transport Action Network demands DfT cancel £15bn worth of ‘unaffordable’ Conservative road schemes https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/transport-action-network-demands-dft-cancel-15bn-worth-of-unaffordable-conservative-road-schemes-19-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/transport-action-network-demands-dft-cancel-15bn-worth-of-unaffordable-conservative-road-schemes-19-09-2024/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:31:58 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=283828 The Transport Action Network (TAN) has demanded the Department for Transport (DfT) cancel £15bn worth of upcoming road schemes tabled by the previous Conservative government, including the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing. 

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/transport-action-network-demands-dft-cancel-15bn-worth-of-unaffordable-conservative-road-schemes-19-09-2024/feed/ 0 What can be done to resolve the UK’s local road crisis? https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/what-can-be-done-to-resolve-the-uks-local-road-crisis-19-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/what-can-be-done-to-resolve-the-uks-local-road-crisis-19-09-2024/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:00:12 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=283645 Local roads in the UK are at a crisis point after years of underfunding, which has left authorities unable to maintain them to the required level.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/what-can-be-done-to-resolve-the-uks-local-road-crisis-19-09-2024/feed/ 1 M621 in Leeds £50M improvement scheme progresses towards completion https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/m621-in-leeds-50m-improvement-scheme-progresses-towards-completion-16-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/m621-in-leeds-50m-improvement-scheme-progresses-towards-completion-16-09-2024/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:06:48 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=283557 Upgrades to a key section of the M621 motorway in Leeds have been completed as part of a £50M, two-year improvement project under main contractor Keltbray. The M621 motorway, is a 12 km loop of motorway in West Yorkshire, England that takes traffic into central Leeds between the M1 and M62 motorways. The improvement scheme is designed…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/m621-in-leeds-50m-improvement-scheme-progresses-towards-completion-16-09-2024/feed/ 0 Businesses call for Lower Thames Crossing to be consented by 4 October https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/businesses-call-for-lower-thames-crossing-to-be-consented-by-4-october-13-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/businesses-call-for-lower-thames-crossing-to-be-consented-by-4-october-13-09-2024/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 16:22:13 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=283523 The Lower Thames Crossing must be given development consent by 4 October to relieve congestion at the Dartford Crossing, according to a letter coordinated by Logistics UK and signed by dozens of businesses.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/businesses-call-for-lower-thames-crossing-to-be-consented-by-4-october-13-09-2024/feed/ 0 Select committee chairs bring ‘firm understanding’ of infrastructure and key sectors to roles https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/select-committee-chairs-bring-firm-understanding-of-infrastructure-and-key-civils-sectors-to-roles-13-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/select-committee-chairs-bring-firm-understanding-of-infrastructure-and-key-civils-sectors-to-roles-13-09-2024/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:31:35 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=283504 Civil engineering and related industries have welcomed the election of new select committee chairs at the start of the new parliament.

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