With funds for infrastructure limited, as evidenced by chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves’ recent cancellation of some of the UK’s most expensive major projects, leveraging private finance to help build large schemes going forward will be paramount to their success.
Manchester United Football Club has released the first imagery of its proposed regeneration of the Trafford Park area with a new 100,000-seater stadium and community district on the site of an existing freight terminal.
Prime minister Keir Starmer has confirmed the Great British Energy (GBE) headquarters (HQ) will be located in Aberdeen with two satellite sites serving the HQ in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
High Speed 2 (HS2) main works contractor EKFB (Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial, Bam) has completed a two year project to construct a new overbridge traversing the A41 and realign 2.6km of road in Buckinghamshire.
Surface water flooding resulting from heavy rain caused a large amount of travel disruption in England and Wales on Monday, 23 September, as the Environment Agency issued 22 flood warnings and more than 85 flood alerts.
SSE Renewables has successfully completed a £50M refurbishment of Tummel Bridge power station in Perthshire, Scotland, increasing its lifespan by 40 years.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) will be conducting an investigation into the causes of a frieght train derailment in Audenshaw, Manchester that caused “substantial damage” to railway infrastructure.
A £96M funding package for the new Liverpool Baltic station has been approved by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and it has confirmed that the planning application will be submitted next month.
The first electric trains have completed test runs along the recently electrified section of railway between York and Church Fenton as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).
A 180-year -old viaduct in Halifax has been renovated for £1.2M by contractor AmcoGiffen for National Highways as part of its stewardship of the Historical Railways Estate (HRE).
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