New consultation starts on A27 Arundel bypass
National Highways has confirmed details of the supplementary consultation into proposals for the A27 Arundel bypass and is encouraging everyone interested to have their say on updated information. The four-week consultation (16 November to 16 December 2022) will give people the opportunity to have their say on the latest changes to the project that have […]
£27 million investment to improve county’s travel and transport in 2023/24
Plans to invest £27 million in 2023/24 to repair roads and pavements, reduce flooding and improve local bus and cycle networks will be considered by Derbyshire County Councillors at this week’s Cabinet meeting (17 November 2022). Funded by the Department for Transport, the investment marks the final part of the county’s major 3-year, £120 million […]
Preliminary work to start on major road project in Leamington
Preliminary work required for a major upgrade to the Fords Foundry and Queensway roundabouts, as well as the section of Europa Way linking the two, is to begin in the coming weeks and months. The preliminary work includes ground investigations on the embankment adjacent to the Mcdonalds restaurant and exploratory works to identify utility services along the western […]
Six new bridge piers being built as part of Grantham relief road project
Galliford Try is currently building six bridge piers near the River Witham, which support the bridge at its centre. Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways at Leicestershire County Council , said: “I’m happy to update that we’re now well underway with installing the first three of six new bridge piers that are part of the […]
Latest aerial pictures show new M55 junction nearing completion
New aerial pictures show Lancashire’s latest major motorway improvement nearing completion. A new junction – the ‘missing’ junction 2 – is currently being built along the M55 as part of the wider Preston Western Distributor Road project. Lancashire County Council and main contractor Costain are delivering the PWDR scheme and are building the new junction […]
Hampshire County Council selects Milestone to deliver the Botley Bypass
Hampshire County Council has appointed Milestone Infrastructure, a part of M Group Services’ Transport Division, as their contractor for delivering the planned Botley Bypass The Botley Bypass is a significant and complex highways infrastructure project which will not only provide the necessary capacity to cope with additional traffic from nearby new developments, it will also deliver transport […]
Footway paving scheme gives popular Cheshire destination town big facelift
The first phase of a footway improvement scheme in one of the borough’s popular destination towns has now been completed on schedule. Highways teams completed the work on Beam Street, in Nantwich, after an 18-week road closure. New paving and kerbing, forming high quality public realm improvements, have been installed, with an enhancement to road […]
Works begin to preserve the life of Ashford Shared Space in Kent
Kent County Council (KCC) is due to begin roadworks aimed at preserving the life of Ashford Shared Space and Lower High Street. Once achieved the area will be better preserved for the longer term, making it more resistant to damage in the future and better accessible. Works totalling up to £600,000 will begin Tuesday 1st November […]
DfT says A66 upgrade is poor value for money
The Department for Transport (DfT) has said that National Highways’ proposed upgrade of the A66 between Cumbria and North Yorkshire is “poor value for money”. In the DfT’s latest business case assessment, the scheme has been given an adjusted benefit cost ratio (BCR) of 0.90. Anything below 1.0 is deemed to be “poor value for […]
Farrans wins Best Highways and Transportation project at regional CIHT event for A1M
Civil engineering and building contractor, Farrans Construction, has won the Best Highways and Transportation Project at a recent CIHT Yorkshire and Humber event for its delivery of Junction 47 A1M for client North Yorkshire County Council. The £10m project involved widening of three of the four slip roads onto and off the roundabout to increase […]
