Latest Roads News

Skanska in conjuction with Oxfordshire County Council is to reform the way it supervises sub-contractors on its Oxfordshire roads maintenance contract.

Highways contractor Kier has apologised after works it carried out to resurface carriageways in Lincolnshire failed. 

Transport for the South East (TfSE) has appointed WSP and Steer to develop a new transport strategy for the region in a bid to increase economic growth and productivity in the region.

Works on the Caernarfon and Bontnewydd bypass in North Wales are set to commence as the joint venture by Balfour Beatty and Jones Bros gets underway. 

Investment guidance from the government on new Major Road Network (MRN) funding has been met with scepticism by sub-national bodies.

Prospective buyers of Amey will be glad to hear that the firm has dodged an investigation into the dispute about a £2.2bn highways maintenance contract that has led to the arrests of protesters and a Green councillor being taken to court.

Preparations to use autonomous plant typify the innovative approach adopted to upgrading a section of the A14 to motorway status.

The number of engineering challenges on the £6bn Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) will make it one of the most complex development consent orders (DCO) ever submitted, its project director has said.

How digital engineering will change Highways England projects.

A process additive made by German chemical company Evonik is being used to turn scrap tyres into a modern construction material for durable roads.