The UK’s largest ongoing road construction project — costing up to £1 million per day during its peak — has officially reached its halfway stage, according to National Highways. The ambitious scheme involves building a brand-new 10-mile dual carriageway between the Black Cat roundabout near Roxton in Bedfordshire and the Caxton Gibbet roundabout near Cambourne in Cambridgeshire. Once completed, the route will significantly improve travel times between Milton Keynes and Cambri

Potholes and worn-out surfaces are the bane of every road user's life. But could a new material reinforced with graphene, the world's strongest substance, be the solution? The results are in - and they are promising. The first council in the UK to lay a new type of reinforced road surface says it is "very encouraged" to see it outperforming the regular material. Most UK roads are surfaced with asphalt, a mix of stone aggregate, held together with bitumen. Essex Highways, the

A Solihull primary school has been able to upgrade indoor and outdoor spaces for children with complex needs thanks to funding from the team behind the M42 junction 6 scheme. An enhanced indoor sensory space and two functional outdoor spaces have been provided at Greswold Primary School with the help of community funding provided by National Highways. The school was awarded £7,500 from the project’s social value fund, part of a wider National Highways commitment to ‘give back

A major transformation could soon reshape one of Liverpool’s most prominent routes, with plans underway to potentially move part of The Strand below ground as part of a £1 billion waterfront redevelopment. Excitement is growing among local leaders over the ambitious regeneration of the King Edward Triangle area. The large-scale project, centred around Gibraltar Row near The Strand, aims to deliver nearly 3,000 new homes and approximately 400 hotel rooms — dramatically alterin

As part of a large-scale cleaning initiative, New Forest District Council’s streetscene team has removed more than 100 bags of litter and around 20 tonnes of mud, debris, and dirt from roads in Fordingbridge and Totton. The clean-up operation focused on key transport routes, including the A35 Spicers Hill, A326, A35 between Rushington and Redbridge, and the A354 at Martin. Crews carried out extensive litter collection and road sweeping to help ensure road safety and cleanline

Many buses in London are infested with cockroaches according to drivers, who want the issue resolved immediately. Drivers say a number of buses and their rest areas are infested with cockroaches and say the insects need eradicating. Images and video sent to BBC London show cockroaches on buses and in eating areas. In one video, filmed on 8 October, cockroaches can be seen in a driver's food container in the rest area. Bus safety campaigners have written to transport bosses hi

Strikes this month by bus drivers working for Manchester's integrated Bee Network transport system have been called off after they accepted a vastly improved pay deal. Almost 2,000 Unite members working for Stagecoach and Metroline, on the Bee Network, were due to walk out on 18, 23 and 24 October in a dispute over pay. Strikes have now been called off after Unite members have voted to accept a much-improved pay offer of 12 per cent over two years, The first pay rise of 5.9

Heathrow’s third runway plans will create a wider and safer stretch of motorway at one of the busiest junctions on the M25, 100% privately financed Built ‘offline’ the new section of road will be constructed 130 metres to the west, minimising the impact on motorists, as seen in a new explainer video Alternative designs, including building over the M4 spur, have been assessed and dismissed for not providing enough runway capacity and having a much bigger impact on the local ar

Sussex has been named one of the UK’s most haunted counties for spooky road sightings, thanks to a string of eerie encounters. According to new research by car lease specialists Select Car Leasing, Sussex joins the ranks of Britain’s most ghost-ridden regions, with the infamous A23 being home to multiple chilling sightings reported since the 1970s. The analysis draws on data from The Paranormal Database, a long-running online archive that has been documenting ghost stories ac

Highway Care, the specialist in barrier systems and innovative solutions for road, worker and public realm safety, has completed its new senior leadership structure following the company’s acquisition by Ramudden Global earlier this year. Combining strategic new appointments with the experience of directors that have been embedded in the business for decades, the new leadership team has been assembled to leverage the legacy of Highway Care’s half a century in the highways ind

Balfour Beatty VINCI’s enormous tunnelling machine broke through today, marking the completion of major tunnel excavation between London’s Old Oak Common and the West Midlands on HS2’s Birmingham approach tunnels.   The 125-metre-long tunnel boring machine - named Elizabeth after the 19 th century philanthropist Elizabeth Cadbury - was launched near the Warwickshire village of Water Orton in March 2024. It arrived at Washwood Heath this morning.   Two identical machines were

This week is National Hate Crime Awareness Week (11th-18th October), and Transport for London (TfL) has launched a new campaign to encourage people to support others. The video campaign is being launched in cinemas and on ITVX to support those who may experience hate crimes and raise awareness. Customer safety is a priority for TfL, consistently working with the police, and it launched a new task force last week, which focuses on sexual offences and harassment, hate crimes an

Talks will be held over the five-month closure of a key road in Surrey after the scheduled start date on Monday was postponed. A series of improvements are due to be made to the A322 northbound carriageway junction with the M3 in Lightwater. The road was due to be closed on Monday, but a spokesperson for Skanska said it had been delayed ahead of consultation. "As the Mindenhurst village continues to grow, this work is an important step in improving local connectivity and reli

Amey officially opens a new, environmentally sustainable office in Sheffield, marking the completion of the first phase of a major redevelopment project at its Olive Grove depot, delivered in partnership with Sheffield City Council. The building was unveiled this week by Amey CEO Andy Milner, alongside Kate Josephs CB, Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council. The new modular office serves as the operational hub for the city’s highways maintenance services under the Streets

Amey is proud to announce that Eftychia (Effie) Koursari, Chartered Civil Engineer and Technical Director, has been recognised as the ‘Inspiring Leader in Consulting’ at the 2025 Inspiring Women in Construction and Engineering (IWCE) Awards. Effie received this honour for her long-standing efforts to inspire and engage the workforce, while driving improvements in project delivery and client outcomes. She leads Amey’s national specialist scour team, tackling one of the most cr

The team behind National Highways’ M4 Badminton Bridge reconstruction project upheld the Scout motto and performed a day’s good turn to enhance a Scout group’s HQ in South Gloucestershire Following the Cotswold Edge Scout District’s request for the donation of recycled materials from the nearby construction site, Taylor Woodrow, the scheme’s principal contractors, met up with Scout leaders at the group’s HQ to explore any potential social value projects. During the visit nume