Latest Roads News

Smart motorways lost power 397 times between June 2022 and February 2024, sometimes for days at a time, new data has shown.

High Speed 2 (HS2) main works contractor EKFB has begun construction of the foundations for a road bridge to take the A43 over the under-construction railway.

Long-standing £89.5M plans to improve road access to Crewe station by dualling a stretch of the A500 have returned to the drawing board as the cancellation of High Speed 2 (HS2) north of Birmingham has undermined the scheme’s business case.

Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street has put forward an idea to construct a traffic-free active travel route from Birmingham to Coventry using High Speed 2 (HS2) construction roads.

Transport Scotland has started market engagement for the £155M design and build contract for the Tay Crossing to Ballinluig section of its £3.7bn A9 dualling upgrade.

Contractor Graham is gearing up for the final beam lifts on National Highways’ £170M upgrade to M25 junction 28, which will also be the scheme’s biggest.

The M25 will be shut between junctions 9 (A243 Leatherhead) and 10 (A3 Wisley) from 9pm on Friday 10 May to 6am on Monday 13 May 2024 to allow engineers to install a new bridge and a gantry.

The RAC has requested that the government, via National Highways, “repaint the white line” and reintroduce the hard shoulder on smart motorways.

Civil engineering contractor Marlborough Highways has secured a £56M contract with the Royal Borough of Greenwich to provide highways maintenance and improvement works.

Homes England and Network Rail Property have signed an agreement with McLaren Property and Arlington Real Estate for the £1.1bn proposal to redevelop the York Central station brownfield site.