Development Consent Order application accepted for A66 Trans-Pennine scheme
The Development Consent Order application for National Highways’ A66 Trans-Pennine scheme has been accepted. The £1bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project will lead to dualling the remaining single carriageway sections of the dualled and key junctions between M6 Junction 40 (Penrith) and the A1 at Scotch Corner improved. National Highways submitted its application on Tuesday 21 […]
Bidding opens again for £4.8 billion levelling up fund
Councils all over the country can today bid for a share of £4.8 billion of flagship levelling up funding for projects that improve everyday life for people across the UK. Applications for the second round of the government’s Levelling Up Fund opened for submission and will remain open until midday on 2 August 2022. The […]
ORR finds National Highways met its road investment strategy targets in 2021-22, but raises concerns about three critical areas of delivery
ORR finds National Highways met its road investment strategy targets in 2021-22, but raises concerns about three critical areas of delivery ORR holds National Highways to account for its performance across the SRN, as set out in government’s second road investment strategy (RIS2). ORR sets out its view of how the company performed between April […]
Keltbray expands Highways Division with new Nottinghamshire office
Keltbray, a leading UK specialist engineering business, today announces the opening of a brand new Nottinghamshire office for its Highways Division. Last year Keltbray secured its first major Highways contract with the A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross Scheme for the Costain Jacobs joint venture on behalf of National Highways. Keltbray then further expanded the Highways […]
National Highways’ bridge schemes shortlisted for South West engineering awards
National Highways’ projects to modify and refurbish three bridges in the South West have been shortlisted for regional engineering awards. The Institution of Civil Engineers has shortlisted the A38 Mowhay footbridge scheme Plymouth for the Sub £8 million category, while the 18-month refurbishment of the two M5 Junction 11 bridges has been nominated in the […]
Infrastructure Northern Ireland announces £1.75 million active travel scheme for A29 Ring Road, Coleraine
A £1.75 million scheme to create a shared cycle and footway on the A29 Ring Road, Coleraine is due to start on Monday 18 July 2022. This improvement scheme extends a distance of approximately 2.4kms along the A29 Ring Road, Coleraine from Beechfield Park to Portrush Road Roundabout. The work will also include resurfacing of […]
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. […]