Cumbria County council bids for £19.5m to upgrade Energy Coast highways routes
Cumbria County Council has submitted an application to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund that could see around £19.5m of funding to upgrade a 30km section of the county’s highway network. If successful, the bid would see a comprehensive programme of improvements works on the A590 through Barrow-in-Furness, A595 south of Sellafield and A5086 between Cockermouth […]
Warrington sets out £47 million Levelling Up bid
Warrington has set out ambitious plans to deliver a number of transformational projects, aimed at improving health and wellbeing and boosting sustainable transport, across the borough. The council has submitted three bids, totalling almost £47million, for Round 2 of the Levelling Up Fund, introduced by the government to support town centre and high street regeneration, local […]
A4440 Southern Link Road opens
The final stage of the works enabling the A4440 Southern Link Road to open between the Ketch and Powick roundabouts is now complete, according to Worcestershire County Council. The section of the road is now dualled and the slip roads on to Carrington Bridge from the Kempsey direction and towards Malvern from the Powick roundabout […]
Vital A38 upgrades to support thousands of new homes and jobs in Worcestershire
People in Worcestershire are set to benefit from more than £43 million of government funding for A38 upgrades to tackle congestion, improve local journeys, and support thousands of new jobs and homes. The project will generate more than £93 million in economic benefits for local communities in the Midlands, with the improvements directly supporting 1,100 […]
£6 million from Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority to take A141 St Ives Improvements forward
The Board of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority votes to take the A141 St Ives Improvement scheme up to the next level by putting £6 million to fund the Outline Business Case. Unanimous approval from all members followed a wholehearted recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee. On July 13th, the committee […]
Darlington to spend £1m on road improvements to support expansion on pavement cafe business
Almost £1m is to be spent on road improvements in Darlington to support the expansion of “pavement café culture” and businesses in the area. The proposals are aimed at moving away from “the declining, traditional retail space”, a council report said. The council approved the plans for Coniscliffe Road, which its hoped will spark economic growth in […]
M25 junction 28 improvements development consent decision
The application for the M25 junction 28 improvements has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport. The application is to upgrade junction 28 of the junction between the M25 anti-clockwise and the A12 in Essex, including the provision of a dedicated link for this right-turn movement and minor improvements of the […]
Kier Highways awarded major National Highways A417 Missing Link contract
Kier Highways has been awarded £460m contract by National Highways to design and deliver an upgrade to the A417 between Gloucester and Swindon. The contract award follows a competitive procurement process through National Highways’ Regional Delivery Partnership framework. The A417/A419 provides an important route between Gloucester and Swindon, connecting the North and Midlands to the […]
West Berkshire’s roads could get £38.2m investment over the next five years
West Berkshire Council is planning a significant investment in its infrastructure with a roads budget strategy going before its executive committee for approval today. Projects such as network capacity improvements at the Robin Hood roundabout in Newbury will get £1.5m, and the Kings Road link road another £1m. Money from from local developers, as part […]
Work to improve largest junction on England’s motorway network now complete
Work to improve journey times on England’s largest gyratory roundabout is now complete, National Highways has announced. Junction 23 on the M25 in Hertfordshire is the single biggest gyratory on the whole of the National Highways network. At about 1.2km in circumference, the junction sees some of the highest traffic flows on the M25. The […]
