Further work to take place on Forth Road Bridge this summer
Work to refurbish and maintain the Forth Road Bridge will continue this summer with a project to renew the waterproofing and surfacing on its approach viaducts. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry out the works under a series of lane and carriageway closures from Wednesday 29 June until the end of October: One […]
Roundabout upgrades in £30m Hull transport bid to fix Hull traffic problems
A series of roundabout upgrades and a new park and ride facility in Hull are at the heart of a new £30m transport bid. Full details of the bid being drawn up by Hull City Council have yet to be released. However, it is known that any grant successfully secured from the next round of the government’s […]
Green light given to improve and deliver HIF1 Didcot and surrounding areas major infrastructure project
Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet has given the go-ahead for the next phase of the HIF1 Didcot and surrounding areas major infrastructure project with a revised deal with Government. Approval at the county council’s cabinet meeting today (21 June 2022) follows its agreement in February to allocate additional funding to the project as part of its […]
Pell Frischmann highly commended for A69 Bridge End Junction at 2022 CENE Awards
Pell Frischmann has announced that the A69 Junction Improvements project has picked up two Highly Commended awards at the 2022 Constructing Excellence North East Awards. Now in its 17th year, the awards are a celebration of the built environment in the North East region. The A69 project beat some extremely tough competition to be awarded Client of the Year […]
Galliford Try’s Highways business wins place on Midlands Highways Alliance Plus Medium Schemes Framework
Galliford Try’s Highways business has been reappointed to one of its key local authority frameworks, being named as one of the successful contractors on the Midlands Highways Alliance Plus (MHA+) Medium Schemes Framework. The framework is valued at £1bn and will run for the next four years, with the potential to extend for a further […]
Rising costs forces bid rethink for £200m M5 junction 10 project
Gloucestershire County Council is set to retender its project to upgrade junction 10 of the M5 to the west of Cheltenham. The council has gone back to the market with refreshed procurement plans in the face of volatile market costs, despite originally planning to chose a contractor for the project by July. Its new procurement […]
Development consent announced for the A47 Blofield to North Burlingham project
Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport. has granted development consent to the A47 Blofield to North Burlingham project. The application involves dualling of the A47 between Norwich and Acle Straight. It includes two junctions at the scheme’s extent and is approximately 4km in length. Following an Examination during which the public, Statutory Consultees and […]
Latest plans for A358 dualling between Taunton and Ilminster in Somerset revealed
National Highways has used interactive tools showing how the proposed A358 upgrade between Taunton and Ilminster could impact on people proved popular at recent consultation events. A traffic flow webmap shows how the dualling of the route would affect traffic flows in 2028, when the scheme is predicted to open. And a trip route and journey time […]
Hanson opens new concrete plant in central Birmingham
Hanson has opened a new ready-mixed concrete plant in Birmingham, increasing the company’s footprint and capabilities in the key west Midlands market. The new multi-million-pound plant in Landor Street can supply all concrete needs – including high volume, specialist mixes and low carbon concrete. The site has a large storage capacity, greatly reducing the frequency […]
Burton-upon-Trent flood defence work completes £30 million investment
The Environment Agency has completed additional flood defence work in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, to alleviate issues around the A38 at Branston. The work, which started last summer in 2021, reduces flood risk to some 397 properties, including 18 affected by the flood of February 2020. The whole investment in Burton, including £2 million from the National […]
