Author Archives: Tom Pashby

New commercial spaceports could be coming to locations outside of the USA following an announcement by space tourism company Virgin Galactic.

Millions of cubic metres of earth and water are being moved ‘around the clock’ to build the ambitious The Line city project in Saudi Arabia, according to an update from state project delivery body Neom.

Plans for a new £24M railway station at Haxby in North Yorkshire are making progress as Network Rail has said it has submitted a planning application and has released new images showing what the station could look like.

The local community in West Burton, Nottinghamshire, has been invited learn and provide feedback about the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) nuclear fusion project being developed next to the village's old coal fire power stations.

Local authority maintenance of non-trunk roads in England has hit a “new low point” after dropping by almost half (45%) compared to five years ago, according to analysis by the RAC.

Overhead line renewals, digitalisation of physical assets and more frequent inspections will be carried out as part of Network Rail’s plans to improve performance on its struggling Great Western Main Line.

A new purpose-built factory manufacturing high voltage cables will be built at a 15ha site near the Port of Nigg on Easter Ross in Scotland.

A third “giant” tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been launched by High Speed 2 (HS2) contractor Skanska Costain Strabag (SCS JV) from its Victoria Road Crossover Box near Old Oak Common in London.

Local transport links in the North and Midlands will see funding levels multiply by nine times from 2025 to 2032 with the introduction of the £4.7bn Local Transport Fund, according to the government.

A £1.4bn economic boost for the UK could be generated if three new floating offshore wind farms are constructed in the Celtic Sea, according to a report commissioned by the Crown Estate.