M25 scheme: Funding boost for biodiversity at Surrey nature reserve
Funding of £20,000 from National Highways’ partner on the M25 Junction 10 scheme is being invested in restoring nature. National Highways, the Balfour Beatty landscape team, and the Salix nursery near Thetford, Norfolk, have joined forces in an initiative to restore wildflowers and reeds at Bolder Mere Lake near Ockham in Surrey. As part of the replanting scheme, seeds […]
M25: Thurrock Council to fine yellow box blockers at Purfleet Interchange
Thurrock Council in Essex has been given new powers to fine drivers who block an M25 roundabout junction, handing out fines for drivers who block the yellow box junctions at the Purfleet Interchange, junction 31 of the motorway. The council has been granted the powers to deal with the issue of blocked junctions which can […]
HGV driver banned after causing serious M25 collision
An HGV driver who caused a seven-vehicle road traffic collision on the M25 while under the influence of cocaine has been disqualified from driving for three and a half years. Alan Smith, aged 37, from Poynton in Stockport, appeared at St Albans Crown Court on Wednesday 10 July where he was also handed a 24-month […]
Just Stop Oil leader jailed after M25 protest
JUST Stop Oil ‘mastermind’ Roger Hallam and four others have received a total of 21 years behind bars after The Sun newspaper covertly exposed their plot to block motorways, with Hallam, 58, receiving a sentence of 5 years. Hallam, Daniel Shaw, 38, Louise Lancaster, 58, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, 35, and Cressida Gethin, 22, bought […]
Dates of third M25 closure announced
National Highways has announced the details of the third planned closure of the M25 this year as part of the £317 million junction 10 improvement scheme. The closure will last an entire weekend, starting from Friday, July 12th at 9 pm and ending on Monday, July 15th at 6 am. Two more closures are scheduled […]
National Highways: Drivers ‘ignored’ official diversion route around M25 closure
An “increasing number” of drivers are “choosing to ignore” the official diversion route around the M25 closure, highways bosses have warned. As with March’s closure, National Highways announced that the motorway opened ahead of schedule after work to install a new gantry and a new gyratory bridge between junctions 9 and 10 of the motorway […]
Mabey Hire monitoring technology helps keep M25 junction open
As one of the world’s largest orbital motorways, carrying 15% of the UK’s motorway traffic[1], any maintenance closures of the M25 must be carefully planned to avoid major disruption. As a result, having real-time, easily accessible and accurate data on the structural condition of all bridges and key infrastructure on the motorway is essential. That’s […]
M25 Closures: “After April” for J9-10 work
National Highways have said that the next full closure of the M25 in Surrey will not take place until “after April.” A five-mile section between junctions 10 and 11 were closed in both directions from Friday night until re-opening ahead of the originally announced 6am on Monday. The next stretch to be closed will be between junctions 9 (Leatherhead) […]
M25 re-opens eight hours ahead of schedule
The section of the M25 London Orbital Motorway that was closed over the weekend reopened eight hours ahead of schedule. The “unprecedented” closure commenced at 21:00 GMT on Friday and the five-mile portion between junctions 10 and 11 was sheduled to be closed until 06:00 on Monday. However, National Highways re-opened the M25 at 22:00 […]
M25 QE2 Dartford Bridge: Long delays as lifeboats activated due to man’s welfare concerns
Lifeboats were dispatched following concerns of the welfare of a man on the QE2 Bridge on Tuesday. Motorists were warned to expect three hour delays following the incident and all traffic was halted on the Dartford Bridge at around 6am, Essex Live reported. Essex Police aas RNLI lifeboats were dispatched. National Highways uged motorists not […]
