The Missing Link: Solving a 50-year transport challenge on today’s Highways Voices
Today on Highways Voices we visit the site of one of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects, and one with a very interesting back story. The A417 Missing Link project in Gloucestershire has been covered quite often on Highways News, so now with construction work at a critical phase, Kevin Borras visited the project office in […]
Derbyshire: Work on A38 expansion not expected to start until 2030
A major project to cut congestion and increase the capacity of the A38 in Derby is not expected to start until 2030. The £600m scheme to create flyovers and underpasses at the Little Eaton, Markeaton and Kingsway roundabouts, as well as widened roads, was approved by the government in July, says the BBC. However it has been […]
RIS3: Government announces £165m roads fund to restart stalled housing sites
Details of a new infrastructure fund to unlock stalled housing and development sites have been confirmed by the government. According to Construction Enquirer, the Growth and Housing Accelerator Fund will target sites where progress has stalled due to lack of transport infrastructure cash. It forms part of Road Investment Strategy 3 (RIS3) and will launch with a […]
National Highways appoints interim Chief Executive
Nick Joyce has been appointed as the interim Chief Executive of National Highways, following the stepping down of Nick Harris who has led the organisation for the past five years. Mr Joyce will take up the role on April 1 as the company prepares to deliver the government’s ambitious third Road Investment Strategy. He is […]
HS2: Second M6 viaduct ready for placement
Engineers working on the West Midlands section of the HS2 network are getting ready to launch the second viaduct over the M6 near Chelmsley Wood. The west deck of the M6 South viaduct, which will carry high speed trains towards Birmingham, is being assembled in four sections. The first 107 metre section will be slid […]
Legacy document shares smart motorway programme learnings
SMP Alliance, the contemporary integrated enterprise created by National Highways to deliver the smart motorway programme (SMP), has published a document that covers the nine-year period from the Alliance’s conception in 2017, mobilisation in 2020, subsequent works delivery through to 2025 and planned handover in 2026. Designed to benefit future highways projects, as well as […]
A40 rockfall roadworks to be completed ‘within weeks’
National Highways says that it has finished installing soil nails and steel mesh along the stretch of the A40 in Monmouthshire after a rockfall in 2024. All traffic management on the A40 is now expected to be removed by within weeks, according to a new update, says the South Wales Argus. It comes as part […]
Register now for the Updated Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works webinar
If you work on the Strategic Road Network you need to be aware of the key changes of the updated Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works (MCHW). You can do just that by joining a webinar on Thursday 26 March at 1400 that will focus on the key changes of the updated Manual of […]
£100m dual carriageway opens for traffic in Norfolk
A new 2.6 mile stretch of dual carriageway has been opened, linking Blofield to North Burlingham in Norfolk for the first time. Once finished the new dual carriageway is set to significantly improve safety whilst also increasing capacity – it is estimated that 30,000 vehicles use this section daily. It is also set to boost […]
Bristol: Clean Air Zone switched off to allow M5 closure diversions
After the M5 was closed in both directions between Junction 18 at Avonmouth and Junction 19 at Portbury due to a police incident. motorists were advised by police to “seek alternative routes” as huge queues built up on either side of the closure. However, the diversions led drivers into the Clean Air Zone, causing confusion. According to Bristol Live, […]