Latest Roads News

National Highways has begun installing two huge steel beams to be installed in a £23M project to replace a bridge that crosses the M67.

Transport for London (TfL) has appointed Costain to carry out refurbishment works on Gallows Corner Flyover and Brent Cross Interchange.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has launched an investigation to probe whether National Highways is meeting the targets set for its £24bn Road Investment Strategy 2 (RIS2), which runs from 2020 to 2025.

High Speed 2 (HS2) contractors have successfully demolished a 4,000t bridge over the M42 to make way for a new twin box structure to carry the new high-speed line across the motorway.

A report compiled by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) details the plethora of reasons infrastructure projects in the UK are often delayed and overbudget, including the clarity of communication between public sector clients and the contractors.

National Highways has revealed that it spent £352,000 removing the unwanted infill from beneath the Great Musgrave bridge in Cumbria – almost triple what it cost to install.

Tunnelling for the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) will use the latest tunnelling technologies to overcome site, geological, water pressure and other constraints, the project’s tunnels technical director Keith Bowers told NCE.

Flooding and drainage-related defects on the UK’s road network rose by over a third in 2023, new stats from National Highways show.

Jacobs has been awarded a contract to provide strategic planning and advisory services to Ireland’s National Transport Authority to help develop sustainable transport infrastructure.

A cash-strapped council in West Yorkshire has proposed borrowing up to £35M to help pay for “critical” infrastructure it needs to build two new garden communities.