Amey wins £180m Area 12 contract
Amey has been awarded the £180m Area 12 Maintenance and Response (M&R) contract by Highways England,it has announced. The eight-year contract worth £22.5m per annum, will commence in June 2021 and will see Amey responsible for the network covering Yorkshire and Humberside, providing all routine and cyclic maintenance on the trunk roads and motorway network. Responsible for incident […]
Amey welcomes new starters as Highways England Avonmouth and Severn Bridges contract goes live
Amey has welcomed 60 new starters as its Highways England Avonmouth and Severn Bridges contract goes live Yesterday marked day one for the employees who join Amey’s Transport Infrastructure business, as part of a 15-year contract awarded by Highways England to maintain the Specialist Bridge Inspection and Maintenance contract (SBIM) for Avonmouth and Severn Bridges. The contract worth […]
MP gets Commons time for Orwell Bridge debate
The MP for Ipswich Tom Hunt has secured time to discuss issues around the closures for high winds causing “massive disruption” in Suffolk’s County Town. The Ipswich Star reports Mr Hunt will raise the matter during Thursday afternoon’s adjournment debate in the House of Commons, highlighting the importance of a solution being delivered and the […]
Highways England and supply chain partners cut back on noise and dust at roadworks thanks to new innovation
New equiopment has been developed by Highways England, which means that living near roadworks will have to contend with less noise, dust and vibration while work is going on. Operatives working on such projects will also benefit from the new Deck Scraper vehicle which uses a blade to shave off the membrane of the surface […]
Highways England considering new depot and salt barn to serve M62/A63
A new depot and salt barn to be situated in the East Yorkshire business park is being considered by Highways England so it can better serve the M62 and A63 corridor during the winter. Plans are being submitted to improve the critical winter service offered on the major trunk roads linking the city and port […]
Lower Thames planning application is withdrawn
The planning application for the Lower Thames Crossing has been withdrawn by Highways England, the organisation has said. Highways England said the move has been made after ‘early feedback’ from the Planning Inspectorate. It was expected to make a decision on the application on Friday but it was withdrawn before. Now Highways England is expected […]
Unusual methods employed by engineers on two-year maintenance of Ouse Bridge
A two-year routine maintenance programme on a bridge has recently completed – with hardly any impact on road users, according to Highways England. A team of engineers began work on site on the Ouse Bridge on the M62 in Yorkshire in May 2018 and over the past two years they have replaced over 200 bridge […]
Highways England Project Management graduate wins highest accolade
A rising star who is constructing a successful career on Highways England’s Project Management Graduate Programme has been rewarded with one of the highest accolades in her field. Emma Simpson, won the Young Professional of the Year Award at the Association of Project Management 2020 Awards (APM) thanks to her ‘incredible wor’k on many road improvement schemes across Lancashire, […]
Highways England’s 93 new gritters to make their debut this winter as Roads Minister reminds councils to be prepared
Roads Minister Baroness Vere has called upon local authorities across the country to ensure key transport routes to COVID-19 test centres are kept open and running smoothly this winter. Baroness Vere has written to councils urging them to ensure their supplies of salt and grit are topped up so that essential routes, such as those to hospitals and COVID-19 testing stations, are […]
Mottram to coast-to-coast Trans Pennie cycle route planned
Highways England is developing plans for a new mile-long combined footpath and cycleway as part of a £228 million bypass to improve journeys between Manchester and Sheffield, further supporting its work in this area. The cycle path would run alongside a new single carriageway road between Mottram Moor and Woolley Bridge, designed to separate Glossop […]