Essential infrastructure for life: M Group Services unifying as M Group
M Group Services is unifying as M Group, reflecting its ambition to be future-focused, open and collaborative as it continues to grow, delivering essential infrastructure services for life across the UK and Ireland. From April 2025, the business is simplifying how it refers to and presents itself, moving away from separate brand names and bringing […]
National Highways completes smart motorways emergency areas programme
A nationwide programme to construct and install more than 150 additional emergency areas across the motorway network has been completed. A nationwide programme to construct and install more than 150 additional emergency areas across the motorway network has been completed. National Highways began main construction on more emergency areas in June 2023, with the M1 […]
City Bridge Foundation warns Silvertown and Blackwall tunnel tolls ‘pose risk’ to Tower Bridge
Charging motorists to drive through the Silvertown and Blackwall tunnels in east London may have a “detrimental” impact on Tower Bridge, its custodians have warned. The Silvertown tunnel, linking the Greenwich Peninsula and Royal Docks, opens to traffic on Monday, making it the first new Thames road crossing in half a century. Drivers will have to pay a toll to use the […]
Asphalt Group launches action plan to deliver roads that last longer
Road repair specialist Asphalt Group has put forward a series of recommendations to help make roads last longer after it was revealed that the backlog for road repairs in England and Wales has reached almost £17 billion. According to the latest Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) report from the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), more […]
Octavius completes landslip road’s reconstruction
Closed following a major landslip in 2022, the B4069 at Lyneham Banks, Wiltshire, is now open to traffic once more. Delivered to schedule and budget, work to reinstate and future proof the road was completed by Octavius. The project restores a major transport route which, prior to the landslip carried more than 5,500 vehicles each weekday. […]
Jenoptik to provide major safety boost for Essex A-road
A key route across north Essex will benefit from a new scheme which aims make the road safer for road users and those living nearby. Work started yesterday on improvements to the A120, designed to cut road traffic collisions as National Highways works to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the […]
New Kingsway and Destiny Bridge opens in Perth
The New Kingsway and Destiny Bridge, the significant new transport infrastructure helping to reduce congestion in Perth city centre, opened on 31st March 2025, in a ceremony led by First Minister, John Swinney, Perth and Kinross Council Leader, Grant Laing, and local athletics champion, Eilidh Doyle. Known collectively as the Cross Tay Link Road project, Destiny […]
Scotland: Plans submitted for segregated active travel route between Aviemore and Carrbridge
A planning application has been lodged today for a proposed 9km active travel route for walking, wheeling and cycling, which will provide a safer, more direct link between Aviemore and Carrbridge, linking up with existing routes in the area. Following feedback from the public, the plans include a signalised crossing of the A95 at Granish. […]
Silvertown Tunnel on target to open next week
The new Silvertown Tunnel opens on 7 April 2025 linking Silvertown to the Greenwich Peninsula in east London. Our modelling shows, it will help to reduce congestion at the Blackwall Tunnel, deliver faster journeys during peak times, help manage overall air quality and allow for better cross-river public transport. This new 1.4km road tunnel, with […]
Consultation launching for the next proposed Superloop express bus route in east London
TfL is inviting Londoners to provide feedback on the next proposed express bus route, running between Rainham, Ferry Lane and Gants Hill via Romford. The route would be known as SL12 and would further improve access to the growing industry and business districts located in the south of Havering by enhancing north-south links. The proposed […]