A group of 12 Tier 1 contractors have put together a manifesto urging the next government to “depoliticise infrastructure” among other recommendations to effectively boost the UK’s economic growth and productivity.
Bradford Interchange bus station will remain closed until at least September while in-depth surveys are carried out to determine if it can ever safely reopen, but £22M has been confirmed for an “enhanced” rail gateway.
The north section of the £79.5M River Clyde opening road bridge has arrived from the Netherlands and been successfully installed by contractor Graham.
Works to temporarily prop and renew the two Woodside Viaducts supporting the M8 in Glasgow have risen in cost by £71M and have been extended by three years from initial estimates.
Octavius Infrastructure has begun the long awaited construction of the £47M Long Stratton bypass following the approval of Norfolk County Council’s full business case for the project.
The date for a decision on the Development Consent Order (DCO) for Lower Thames Crossing has been pushed to 4 October due to the General Election.
National Highways has been granted development consent order (DCO) for its A1 Morpeth to Ellingham upgrade scheme after nearly three years of waiting for the transport secretary’s ruling.
Regional devolution, clarity of plans and certainty of policy to attract private investment are key factors to improving UK infrastructure delivery according to senior National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) figures and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.
Schemes from the Bakerloo line extension to Lower Thames Crossing will form part of a major project to analyse how infrastructure can unlock growth in disadvantaged areas of east London.
Start of work on National Highways’ £1.7bn Stonehenge Tunnel scheme on the A303 is indefinitely delayed after the Court of Appeal upheld campaigners’ case against the scheme.
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