A newly anointed lord and top planning barrister has been chosen to lead the independent review of why UK infrastructure is failing to deliver on targets currently.
Early designs and plans for New York City’s $16bn (£13bn) Hudson Tunnel Project are taking learnings from similar tunnelling projects that have taken place in London and the UK, a key member of the project team has told NCE.
The M25 motorway will experience its first ever planned full closure this weekend so National Highways can demolish a bridge and install a large gantry.
The Suffolk Chamber of Commerce fears the planned Ely and Haughley rail improvement schemes won’t go ahead following last week’s Spring Budget announcements.
Network Rail has begun two bridge repair projects, one to allow the A159 to reopen in Lincolnshire and the other to conduct urgent repair work to a viaduct’s supporting pillars that have started to erode in Cumbria.
The Environment Agency has begun work on its new £10.6M flood risk management scheme to better protect homes and businesses in Stoke-on-Trent town centre.
Shropshire Council has released a £110M tender to find a contractor to construct its planned North West Relief Road.
Proposals for the world’s largest tidal scheme, planned to be built on the River Mersey, have been unveiled.
The government has committed £1bn for the next round of the renewable energy Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction.
The £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project application has been granted development consent by the secretary of state for transport, Mark Harper.
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