Stafford Western Access Route wins award as ICE West Midlands’ top civil engineering scheme
The Stafford Western Access Route, which is being built as part of a wider plan to support job creation and the construction of new homes has been awarded the West Midlands’ top civil engineering scheme. Stafford Western Access Route, which is due for completion later this year, will provide a new 0.7-mile link between the […]
Ten organisations call on government to consider road infrastructure and avoid congestion when building new homes
Ten organisations have written to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick urging changes to the Government’s proposed planning reforms to avoid adding a tide of car traffic to already overcrowded roads and undermining the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental goals. This comed ahead of preparation for a Planning Bill to be announced in next week’s Queen’s Speech Organisations […]
Dynniq retains North East Traffic signals maintenance contracts
Traffic signal speacialist, Dynniq has announced the retention of two North East traffic signals maintenance contracts with the contracts covering four local authority areas. This success builds on Dynniq’s rapid response to all four authorities requiring urgent maintenance assistance in early 2020. Dynniq mobilised the contracts in a matter of days to ensure all the […]
Chichester District Council launches draft revised Air Quality Action Plan
Chichester District Council has launched its draft and revised Air Quality Action Plan, which will now go to public consultation. The plan – which is the council’s third since 2008 – gives details of the four Air Quality Management Areas in the district and ways in which the council plans to tackle the issue. The previous […]
Some major road and railway projects may be scrapped as travel patterns change as a result of the pandemic, BBC research says
Plans for major road and railway projects are being reviewed because of changes in travel patterns as a result of the Covid pandemic, according to new BBC research. The BBC said it has learnt that civil servants are studying transport expansion plans to see which ones are still viable. This is alongside its own reseatch […]
September start date for A590 Cross-a-Moor roundabout project
Highways England’s construction of a new roundabout along the A590 at Cross-a-Moor south of Ulverston in Cumbria will start in September. The new roundabout will replace the existing staggered junction with Main Road running south off the A590 and Pennington Lane running north of it. Preparation work is scheduled to start in spring with the […]
