Octavius awarded new £27m Link Road for Essex County Council
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Octavius has been awarded the first phase of the new A1331 near Colchester to the east of the University of Essex. The project will provide a 1.8km dual carriageway road between a new roundabout on the A133 and the new ‘Allen’s Farm Roundabout’ to the north. The project provides the initial infrastructure for the planned […]
Essex questions A12 widening plans
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Council leaders in Essex have written to the head of National Highways to express what they call significant concerns about proposals for two sections of the A12 which are planned to be detrunked and transferred to Council control. The leaders of Essex County Council, Braintree District Council and Colchester City Council said the plans for […]