Latest Roads News

A new £14M road bridge has opened in Chelmsford, marking the completion of a £35M project to deliver a relief road for a new housing development.

The leader of Dartford Borough Council has urged the government to “get on with” the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) to help cope with the negative effect the at-capacity Dartford Crossing has on the local area.

A planned vehicular crossing of the River Wye has seen its cost estimate triple as Herefordshire County Council is putting together the Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for the bridge.

The government will face a judicial review into its decision to cut funding for walking and cycling schemes.

A “significant” milestone has been reached on the £37M A14 reconstruction scheme as National Highways has successfully removed the concrete surface of road between Haughley and Tothill and replaced it with an asphalt one.

Somerset Council has signed Kier to its eight-year £225M road maintenance contract to look after the county’s 6714km network.

Balfour Beatty has launched tenders worth £334.5M for sub-contractors to take on major aspects of the £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine upgrade project including earthworks, pavements and steelworks.

National infrastructure contractor Colas has partnered up with a sustainability innovator to provide recycled plastic kerbs on local highways across Chester and Cheshire West.

Construction and civil engineering company Graham has been appointed to build a £20M major access route for the Western Growth Corridor Project in the city of Lincoln.

The recently completed flood defence scheme in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has helped protect the town against Storm Babet which has been causing chaos for Scotland’s infrastructure over the past week.