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Galliford Try has ruled itself out of working on two of Highways England’s complex infrastructure projects: the Stonehenge Tunnel and Lower Thames Crossing.

Network Rail is putting “electrical earmuffs” on lineside equipment to combat the electrical interference from the new bi-mode trains set to run on the East Coast Main Line with its signalling equipment.

Highways England has appointed WSP to build the strategic case for the trans-Pennine tunnel ahead of the road operator announcing its second road investment strategy (RIS2).

London transport bosses have vowed to press ahead with Crossrail 2, despite a delay of up to a year in the central London section of the original Crossrail line.

The world’s first autonomous tram is to be launched by Siemens on a 6km section of city tracks in Potsdam in Germany this month.

A failure of voltage transformers led to a delay in the dynamic testing of trains in Crossrail tunnels from October last year to February this year, which in turn kicked off the chain of delays which led to Crossrail’s opening being put back up to a year.

The heads of Crossrail, Transport for London and the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan are today set to face the London Assembly for questioning over why Crossrail is delayed by up to a year.

Highways England’s bid to dual the A30 Chiverton Cross and Carland Cross in Cornwall is being officially considered for a development consent order.

The financial fallout from the delay of the central section of London’s new £15.4bn Elizabeth Line is being assessed today, amid fears it could cost Transport for London (TfL) £143M in lost fare revenue alone.

United Utilities is to put part of a £300M pipeline project into action in September –  three years early – in response to this summer’s heatwave.