Tag Archives: National Infrastructure Commission

The final months of 2023 have been tough for our sector. The cost-driven cancellation of High Speed 2 north of Birmingham was not a complete surprise by the time  the government stopped hinting and finally announced it. But it was still a shock and led to new questions about why…

It has been an eventful few months for UK infrastructure policy, even by recent standards. Industry warnings about offshore wind incentives were ignored, net zero policies were scaled back, and the northern leg of High Speed 2 was cancelled. Within this whirlwind policy environment, the second National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA2)…

The UK needs a new long-term rail strategy for the North after the cancellation of Phase 2 of High Speed 2 (HS2), according to the leaders of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC).

Writing in New Civil Engineer in August, I made the case for why we need to keep infrastructure apart from politics – lifting it up above political cycles to reduce uncertainty and better enable successful delivery and positive outcomes for society.

October saw a flurry of senior appointments around the civil engineering sector at the likes of the National Infrastructure Commission, EKFB and Pick Everard.

Improving UK infrastructure to drive economic growth and meet climate goals is both achievable and affordable – if the government makes the right policy decisions now, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has said.

Prime minister Rishi Sunak took the opportunity of his keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference today, 4 October, to confirm the cancellation of High Speed 2 (HS2) north of Birmingham and promise a swathe of other transport investments.

National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt, Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, former chancellor George Osborne and former HS2 Ltd chairmen are among the cacophony of voices reacting negatively to reports that the government is to scrap or significantly delay the construction of High Speed 2 (HS2) north of Birmingham.

The UK must maintain a privatised water sector if it is to achieve the necessary level of investment in infrastructure for future water security, the NIC chair has argued.

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has warned of the scale of the decarbonisation challenge ahead for UK infrastructure in a glimpse of its forthcoming National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA).