Latest Roads News

The government is considering using a private finance scheme to fund the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing, it has been reported.

Hochtief has been awarded an infrastructure maintenance contract in North Lanarkshire worth up to £450M.

Network Rail is preparing to start a £3M bridge replacement in Killiecrankie, Perthshire.

The £75M concrete surface reconstruction scheme on the A12 Margaretting Bypass in Essex was both challenging and precedent setting, National Highways and Morgan Sindall Infrastructure have told NCE.

Balfour Beatty has started construction of the new Clearmount footbridge near M25 Junction 10 in Surrey.

Sub-national transport body Midlands Connect has detailed 17 road projects it believes the new government should prioritise in order to benefit the region. 

Data about an M25 runoff pond was mistakenly omitted by contractor Connect Plus Services during NCE’s investigation into their condition.

National Highways has extended its trials of biogenic binders on the A2 and A34 to include warm mix asphalt and up to 30% reclaimed asphalt.

Graham has completed installation of new bridge beams at junction 28 of the M25 in Essex. Using a 1,000t capacity crane, the contractor lifted six steel girders in place in pairs for the Duckwood Bridge. According to a statement from Graham, small beams were bolted together in mid-air before the…

Costain has delivered a four-year scheme to deliver “a critical piece of south-west infrastructure”, the new stretch of A30 dual carriageway between Chiverton and Carland Cross in Cornwall.