National Highways announce upcoming QEII Bridge maintenance
National Highways has announced that it will be resuming painting work on the QEII Bridge to protect some of its metal components from corrosion. The painting will take place between April and October, and the majority of it will be carried out without disrupting traffic. A temporary walkway was created to give access to workers […]
Dartford Tunnel reopens after closure leads to six-mile long queues
The closure of one of the tunnels at Dartford Crossing for emergency repairs saw six miles of congestion at the height of the queues. Even after the anticlockwise tunnel reopened, there was still congestion until Sunday evening the M25. The tunnel has since re-opened. National Highways said emergency repairs had to be carried out to the road […]
Drivers warned ahead of weekend M25 closures
Drivers have been warned of disruption as a section of the M25 is planned to close until Monday. The closure of the motorway’s junction 10, near Wisley, and junction 11, near Woking, in both directions, is part of £317m improvement works to add extra lanes. Disruption will last from Friday 21:00 GMT to 06:00 on […]
RAC responds to M25 closures
Ahead of National Highways closing the M25 twice in March – starting this weekend – RAC Breakdown spokesperson Alice Simpson said: “Without careful planning, drivers could face some really lengthy tailbacks during the eight days of M25 closures that start this weekend. We expect diversion routes, especially along the A3, to become heavily congested. “Anyone with a […]
GRAHAM completes M2 J5 improvements scheme
Civil engineering specialist GRAHAM has successfully completed the National Highways M2 junction 5 improvements scheme in Kent. The project, which began in June 2021 was commissioned under the Road Investment Strategy (RIS 2), and has delivered a transformative upgrade to one of the UK’s busiest and previously most dangerous junctions, improving connectivity, safety, and traffic flow in […]
More super-span gantries successfully installed on M25
Two super-span gantries were successfully installed over the M25 on Saturday night (25 Jan), marking another milestone on the scheme. The gantries measuring an impressive 44 and 54 metres in lenght, were constructed off-site, stretching over eight lanes of the M25 carriageway and its two slip roads at junction 28. When operational, the gantries will […]
TV’s Titchmarsh demands Wisley road works compensation
TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh CBE has demanded that the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) be compensated for losses during the A3/M25 roadworks. The charity has lost £6m as a result of the roadworks with 350,000 fewer people visiting RHS Garden Wisley annually, says the BBC. RHS vice president Titchmarsh called for government intervention and said the […]
Andrews Tippers Keeps Moving at M25 Junction Works with Podfather Software
Andrews Tipper Hire, a supplier of tipper haulage and aggregate deliveries, is using Podfather’s logistics software to manage the transport of materials to and from Junction 10 on the M25. Working for Balfour Beatty, Andrews is operating a dedicated fleet delivering aggregates and removing waste material from the site. Using the Podfather App, Andrews’ drivers […]
First of M25 J28 weekend closures start tomorrow
National Highways is moving towards the next phase of its M25 improvement work, building the new gantry base at Junction 28. To do this safely, the agency will close Junction 28’s clockwise exit slip road for seven weekends to cause the least amount of disruptive for road users. Other options, such as putting continuous traffic […]
Law firm seeking to recover M25 climate protest costs
Britain’s biggest law firm has sought more than £1m from climate protesters to cover the cost of court orders banning them from protesting, an investigation has found. According to the Guardian, the multibillion-pound City law firm DLA Piper has been trying to recover costs from activists for work done on behalf of National Highways Limited […]
