Major investment to fix more roads, improve Staffordshire’s highways and boost transport connections
A major programme of highways and transport investment designed to fix roads, tackle long-standing issues, improve safety, provide travel choices and keep Staffordshire Moving will be discussed next week. The £138 million Combined Highways and Transport Capital Programme brings road maintenance and improvement schemes into a single programme, supporting both the Local Transport Plan and […]
Tunnels or bridges could complete Western Isles road network
Western Isles local authority – Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – says it would support the building of bridges or tunnels across the sounds of Harris and Barra. Ferries make the short sea crossings but fixed links would make journeys quicker – and complete a “spinal” road route through the islands, says the BBC. The comhairle […]
National Highways to review solution to most-struck bridge
National Highways officials are reviewing a long-awaited scheme aimed at stopping tall vehicles hitting a low bridge dubbed “Britain’s most bashed”. Work to lower the road under the rail bridge over the A5 Watling Street, near Hinckley in Leicestershire, has yet to begin, says the BBC. National Highways has said a technical review of the […]
HS2 cuts traffic delays with innovative M6 bridge slide
Engineers working for the HS2 project claimed a UK-first over the weekend when they successfully slid an enormous 4,600-tonne viaduct across the M6 without closing the motorway – significantly reducing disruption to drivers. The 17 hour-long operation was the culmination of an epic three-stage process to assemble and install the 315-metre East deck of the […]
A95 to close for four months
The A95 is set to close for 126 days as engineers start work on rebuilding a railway bridge in Moray. The 18-week project to renew the Banff Turnpike bridge on the A95 just north of Keith will begin on Saturday, says The Scotsman. The bridge, which carries traffic over the Aberdeen to Inverness railway line, […]
HS2: Giant bridge set to be moved into place in central Birmingham
A specialist HS2 engineering team is preparing to move a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel structure over a section of Lawley Middleway, part of Birmingham’s ring road. The operation will be delivered by HS2’s main works contractor in the Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) and their bridge move contractor Mammoet. Rather than building the bridge […]
Work to strengthen bridge in Chichester to start in July
West Sussex County Council will start work next month to strengthen the bridge on the B2178 St Pauls Road in Chichester so that heavy vehicles weighing up to 40 tonnes can continue to use it in the future. The works are expected to last five weeks until late August and will be carried out in […]
Newtown Active Travel Bridge now open
The long-awaited active travel bridge in Newtown, Powys is now open for pedestrians and cyclists. Having completed all the major works, construction firm, JN Bentley, have opened the bridge allowing the local communities on both sides of the river to not only use the bridge, but also make use of the new outdoor gym installed […]
£803,000 awarded for design work on historic bridge
Neath Port Talbot Council has been awarded £803,000 in UK Government funding via the Levelling Up Fund to carry out detailed design work for a proposed Active Travel project involving a historic bridge. The proposed overall scheme involves renewal work on the Grade II listed Newbridge Road Bridge and redeveloping the adjacent Dock Road as far […]
Sisk completes Killaloe Bypass to boost heritage towns and local economy in Shannon
Sisk has completed the €88m Killaloe Bypass, providing a western bypass of Killaloe and an upgrade of the existing R494 regional road. Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien, officially opened the Killaloe Bypass road, a transformative 6.2km development which includes the first new vehicular bridge across the Shannon in more than three decades. The bridge, known […]