Campaign group Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) has launched a legal challenge against the government’s approval of the £1.7bn A303 Stonehenge Tunnel road scheme.
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Beam lift completed on £100M M2 junction 5 Stockbury Flyover improvement scheme
Graham has completed a major beam lift for the new £100M M2 junction 5 Stockbury Flyover improvements scheme.
Roads regulator challenges National Highways to accelerate delivery of noise mitigation by 2025
National Highways has been presented with a challenge by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to accelerate the delivery of noise mitigation measures by the end of the current Road investment Strategy 2 (RIS2) period, which runs from 2020 to 2025.
Proposed changes to the planning regime are evolutionary not revolutionary
The government has launched a consultation about implementing the "Action Plan", which it issued in February, to make improvements to the nationally significant infrastructure planning regime.
National Highways to close M67 for demolition of ‘outdated’ bridge
National Highways will begin demolishing the St Anne’s Road bridge over the M67 this weekend in preparation for its replacement.
A38 Derby Junction scheme given go ahead but expected to face a second legal challenge
Planning approval for an upgrade of the A38 in Derby to remove three bottlenecks on the network has overcome legal challenges and a redetermination process with the Development Consent Order (DCO) for the scheme granted yesterday.
Tyne river charity benefits from £55,000 Costain donation following A19 upgrade pollution incident
Costain is to donate £55,000 to the Tyne Rivers Trust environmental charity following an investigation into a pollution incident triggered by the contractor during its work to upgrade the A19 Testo’s roundabout.
£1.3bn of spending already committed to by National Highways for the Stonehenge Tunnel
Contracts worth £1.3bn have been signed by National Highways for the construction of the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme which has a total estimated capital cost figure of £1.7bn.
Contractors alerted to multi council £400M highways works framework
Central Bedfordshire Council is inviting contractors to register interest ahead of procurement for a £400M highways works framework.
Northern Ireland sets out 12 priority road schemes and plans to pause all others
Only 12 major road schemes in Northern Ireland will be brought forward after the nation’s Department for Infrastructure (DfI) announced it is pausing all others due to budget constraints.