The German construction sector has publicly criticised the government’s “negligent investment policy” after a 20% reduction in national roads budget was announced while 4,000 road bridges are in need of refurbishment.
The £27M new M55 link road in Lancashire has finally opened, two months after it was initially expected to due to bad weather.
Senior leaders from the roads sector have called for more work to be done to ensure workplaces provide a “psychologically safe space” space for different perspectives to be platformed.
There is “almost nothing happening” at the design manual level to incorporate climate resilience into the design of roads in the UK, according to a transport consultant.
Unesco has recommended that Stonehenge be listed as ‘World Heritage in Danger’ due to the A303 upgrade scheme and is again pushing for an extension to the tunnelled section to mitigate the detrimental effects to the site.
Persistent issues in the road sector include serious cost challenges for local authorities, design manual limits for engineers and questions about delivery capacity, NCE has heard.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is seeking market engagement on a £120M professional services framework.
An SME civils firm has created a twist on the classic road works sign to "put a smile on people's faces".
Birmingham City Council has won a judicial review of the government’s decision to reject its new roads maintenance contract plans.
The catastrophic failure of the Teton Pass in Wyoming was down to soil saturation after snow melted rapidly in the warmer than average spring temperatures, a geologist has said.
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