Latest Roads News

WSP has been appointed on a three-year quality audit project for Highways England.

More than half of Carillon’s former workforce have been found jobs following the company’s collapse, the Official Receiver announced today, but redundancy numbers have continued to climb.

Advance works contracts have been awarded for a section of Scotland’s £3bn, 129km A9 dualling project.

Galliford Try is raising £157.6M via a rights issue to cover costs on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project following the collapse of joint venture partner Carillion.

Cheshire East council has been given the go-ahead to buy up land for the construction of a £90M, 5.5km bypass.

A £100M local authority pothole repair fund has been announced by transport secretary Chris Grayling.

A total of 158 employees have been injured while working on the £745M Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) since construction began.

Hampshire County Council is looking for contractors for a new £5.2bn construction framework. 

Local authorities will need an extra £3.3M each and 14 years to get the roads they manage back into a reasonable state, a new survey claims.

An American woman has become the first person to be killed by an autonomous vehicle (AV), highlighting the challenge engineers face in safely incorporating autonomous vehicles into an incumbent roads and traffic system.