Morgan Sindall Highways managing director Paul Gott leaves business after 15 years
Paul Gott, Managing Director of Morgan Sindall Highways, has left the business. Mr Gott was with the company for 15 years after joining Morgan Sindall as part of the Amec Projects acquisition in 2007. He was Managing Director of Highways at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure for more than four and a half years. Mr Gott orginally […]
A2 Bean to Ebbsfleet scheme opens to traffic
A multi-million pound scheme, which will tackle congestion, support local economic development and housing growth in north west Kent, has now opened to traffic. National Highways has seen both junctions (Bean and Ebbsfleet) upgraded at a cost of £112m to increase their capacity by adding new lanes to their existing roundabouts and slip roads. At […]
Faithful+Gould appointed by National Highways to support Regional Investment Programme
Faithful+Gould, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has been appointed by National Highways to support its £2.5bn Regional Investment Programme in the north of England. The four year Project Controls Services contract win will see Faithful+Gould provide National Highways with confidence in project delivery, focusing on schedule and cost management across the North West, Yorkshire, […]
M4 upgrade nears completion
The M4 upgrade is set to enter its final stage this week with the completion of a fourth lane and extra road safety features between junction 3 and 8/9. Due to the length of the upgrade, the removal of traffic management will take place over several nights, it started at 6am on Wednesday 6 July. […]
Business leaders praise improvements to major road junction in North Yorkshire
Business leaders have praised a multi-million pound upgrade to one of North Yorkshire’s busiest junctions to help tackle traffic tailbacks and attract new enterprise to the county. The upgrade to Junction 47 on the A1(M) is already having huge benefits for commuters, residents and holiday-makers amid the summer tourism season around two months after the […]
A61 and A639 could get £22 million investment to connect Leeds and Wakefield
Up to £22.5m could be invested in two roads connecting Leeds and Wakefield – the A61 and the A639. Leeds City Council, Wakefield Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) have developed plans to improve the two roads by: Making them easier and safer for people travelling by bus, bike or on foot Creating […]
Moray Council to bid for £18 million from the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund
The projects being submitted in the bid take in the Auction Mart and former Sawmill by Linkwood Road, which have been lying vacant for a number of years. Flooding issues and access constraints will be addressed before the sites are opened up for commercial development. The Central Elgin project will support the development of the […]
One million trees to be planted as part of Lower Thames Crossing project
National Highways plans to create two parks and a community woodland as part of the Lower Thames Crossing project, planting more than one million trees. This is part of plans to limit the £8.2bn project’s impact on the environment, reports the BBC. National Highways said it would work to create “green corridors” for wildlife to […]
Tyne Tunnel improves payment times and reduces emissions by 90%
The management of Tyne Tunnel have said the transformation to a ‘cashless’ payment system has now been a success after an initial period of challenges. It has been half a year since the Tunnel moved to an open-road-tolling system in the hopes of cutting journey times and slashing CO2 emissions, reports Newcastle World. The change got off […]
Amey Consulting appointed to SWTRA Consultancy Services Framework
Following the recent announcement by South Wales Trunk Road Agent, Amey Consulting is delighted to have been appointed to the South Wales Trunk Road Agent (SWTRA) Consultancy Services Framework. SWTRA manages the South Wales area of the Welsh Government’s strategic road network on behalf of the Welsh Government, covering 436 kilometres of trunk road and […]
