Latest Roads News

The TransiT Hub (Transit) has secured £46M to explore digital twinning for the decarbonisation of transport, including futuristic projects such as electric roads.

National Highways and lead contractor Kier Highways have celebrated the completion of the £162M scheme to build a bypass on the A585 around the town of Little Singleton in Lancashire.

The government is considering using a private finance scheme to fund the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing, it has been reported.

Hochtief has been awarded an infrastructure maintenance contract in North Lanarkshire worth up to £450M.

Network Rail is preparing to start a £3M bridge replacement in Killiecrankie, Perthshire.

The £75M concrete surface reconstruction scheme on the A12 Margaretting Bypass in Essex was both challenging and precedent setting, National Highways and Morgan Sindall Infrastructure have told NCE.

Balfour Beatty has started construction of the new Clearmount footbridge near M25 Junction 10 in Surrey.

Sub-national transport body Midlands Connect has detailed 17 road projects it believes the new government should prioritise in order to benefit the region. 

Data about an M25 runoff pond was mistakenly omitted by contractor Connect Plus Services during NCE’s investigation into their condition.

National Highways has extended its trials of biogenic binders on the A2 and A34 to include warm mix asphalt and up to 30% reclaimed asphalt.