Latest Roads News

Octavius Infrastructure has been awarded a contract to construct the first phase of the planned £27M A1331, otherwise known as the A120 to A133 link road, near Colchester. 

Works on a trunk road in Scotland will be the first in the UK to utilise a technique that uses lasers to scan the existing road surface to optimise resurfacing and achieve a more even result. 

Tunnel boring machine (TBM) Zelda has begun excavating a 6.5km section of Melbourne’s A$26.1bn (£13.3bn) North East Link road project, as reported by GE.

The Urban Transport Group has published its Rail and urban transport review, which sets high ambitions for government on transport delivery.

Materials supplier Aggregate Industries has published plans to become ‘nature-positive’ by 2030 in its Building progress for a sustainable future strategy.

54% of UK manufacturers surveyed for a report have stated national road infrastructure has actually got worse in the last ten years, hindering economic growth in the country.

Environmental product declarations (EPDs) for four generic asphalt product types used on UK roads have been published by MPA Asphalt.

Three contractors have been shortlisted for the £155M dualling of the A9, from Tay Crossing to Ballinluig.

North Lanarkshire Council has appointed AtkinsRéalis to complete the Stage 3 design of the £185M East Airdrie Link Road.

Octavius has been awarded a road reconstruction and resurfacing scheme in and around the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire.