National Highways has allocated £103M for renewal and improvements projects to be rolled out across the roads, bridges and paths of South West England during the 2023/2024 financial year.
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‘Major railway upgrade’ works now complete on West Midlands corridor
Network Rail has completed a raft of upgrades to the rail route between Coventry in the West Midlands and Banbury in Oxfordshire.
‘Extremely thorough’ investigation underway following incident on Brisbane’s Cross River Rail project
Cross River Rail in Australia has issued a safety investigation update following a fall at the site of one of the project’s planned stations.
New HS2 conveyor connects work sites to remove 70,000 lorry journeys on local roads
HS2 Ltd has unveiled a newly built modular conveyor for a site in Buckinghamshire, which will remove excavated material for re-use in other High Speed 2 (HS2) sites.
Network Rail applies for listed building consent to urgently remedy ‘cracking’ on iconic Glenfinnan Viaduct
Network Rail has submitted an application for listed building consent to the Highland Council for plans to repair cracks on the listed Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland.
Tunnelling completed on Silvertown Tunnel’s second bore
The main tunnelling works for Transport for London’s (TfL’s) Silvertown Tunnel are complete, with the second of two bores beneath the River Thames now fully excavated.
Innovative Thinker | Balfour Beatty’s Steve Tarr advocates early supply chain involvement for major projects success
Effectively embedded collaboration results in better design decisions says Balfour Beatty's Steve Tarr.
Network Rail and Transport for Greater Manchester partner up to drive regional rail regeneration
A new partnership between Network Rail and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has been established to deliver a vision including station and railway upgrades, integrated transport and zero carbon.
HS2’s latest 5,600t Warwickshire bridge move completed ahead of schedule
High Speed 2 (HS2) contractors have moved a 5,600t bridge into place under the mainline railway in the West Midlands 27 hours ahead of schedule.
Researchers repurpose wind turbine blades as footbridge structure elements
A transatlantic research network is finding ways to repurpose decommissioned wind turbine blades as footbridges.