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The new transport secretary has said the new motto of the Department for Transport (DfT) is “move fast and fix things” as she set out five priorities to deliver “the biggest overhaul to transport in a generation”.

Balfour Beatty has been awarded the long awaited £184.7M contract to dual the section of the A9 between Tomatin and Moy marking a milestone for Transport Scotland’s £3.7bn upgrade of the road.

Moving from “predict and provide” to “decide and provide” for long-term transport planning is critical to creating a transport network that supports the UK’s aspirations for economic prosperity, social mobility and carbon net zero.

Water running off roads in the UK is carrying pollution into the country’s waterways and causing “catastrophic damage”, but the issue has “flown under the radar” according to a new whitepaper from Keyline Civils Specialist.

The prime minister and deputy prime minister today (9 July) gathered all of England’s regional mayors to “begin the process of shifting power out of Westminster through a major programme of devolution”.

The new Labour government has arrived in Number 10 – we look at the decisions relating to infrastructure such as energy, transport and planning that need resolving by the new ministers.

Louise Haigh has been elected as Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley for a fourth time and has been named as transport secretary in new prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet.

Runoff ponds used for water and pollution management around the M25 may be full of hazardous waste as National Highways is unable to identify when they were last cleaned.

Candidates running for the South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency, which includes the site of the northern part of the planned Lower Thames Crossing, have expressed opposition to the road scheme.

National Highways has reopened a section of the A14 running through Suffolk that has been closed since April last year to replace the concrete surface with an asphalt one.