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Lower Thames Crossing enabling works expected to start in late 2025
Enabling works on the £10bn Lower Thames Crossing scheme – a 4.2km twin bore road tunnel under the river between Kent and Essex – could...
Safer Highways
Apr 241 min read
Galliford Try appointed to £66.5m Banwell bypass contract
Galliford Try, the UK construction group, announces that its Infrastructure business has been appointed to a contract worth £66.5m to...
Safer Highways
Apr 242 min read
National Highways 'developing options' for A438 crossroads
Llynclys Crossroads on the A483 between Llanymynech and Oswestry. (Image: Google.) National Highways have confirmed they are “developing...
Safer Highways
Apr 242 min read
ADEPT report highlights highways decarbonisation opportunities
A ne w report has revealed how behavioural change can significantly accelerate decarbonisation across the UK’s local roads. The news...
Safer Highways
Apr 242 min read
MPs collaborate with road maintenance experts to help solve Britain’s pothole crisis
MPs met face-to-face with road maintenance experts this week to discuss the UK’s pothole crisis and what can be done to help local...
Safer Highways
Apr 242 min read
£35M boost for Haringey’s roads & infrastructure
A transformative five-year plan will see more than £35m of investment to improve the borough’s 217-mile road network, delivering on what...
Safer Highways
Apr 242 min read
Scottish government drops target to cut car use by 20%
The Scottish government is dropping a key climate change target to cut car use in Scotland by 20% by the end of the decade. The aim –...
Safer Highways
Apr 244 min read
Engineers probe ‘void’ under busy Devon seaside road
Sands Road in Paignton has been closed (Image: Guy Henderson) Engineers from South West Water are trying to work out the extent of a...
Safer Highways
Apr 241 min read
West Sussex County Council announces Lyminster Bypass opening date
The newly constructed A284 Lyminster Bypass (North) will open to public traffic at 2pm on Friday, 9 May 2025. The publicly funded...
Safer Highways
Apr 241 min read
McAlpine returns to profit
Family-owned building and civil engineering contractor Sir Robert McAlpine is ‘on the path to a bright future’, according to its CEO. Sir...
Safer Highways
Apr 242 min read
TfL-Santander Cycle journey times hit 15-year low
The average hire time for Santander Cycles has hit its lowest figure in over a decade. Transport for London (TfL) records show that the...
Safer Highways
Apr 232 min read
TfL received over 4k complaints about London bus routes being diverted last year as passengers end up 'miles away' from destination
November was the month during which the most complaints about bus diversions were received over 2024 One passenger said they were often...
Safer Highways
Apr 232 min read
Somerset Council unveils scheme to refurbish A38 Junction 26 and Chelston link road
A major Government-funded Somerset Council Highways scheme gets underway in June to replace a deteriorating 51-year-old concrete road and...
Safer Highways
Apr 232 min read
Pothole breakdowns double as poor-quality roads take their toll
The RAC attended double the amount of pothole breakdowns in the first three months of 2025, compared to the previous quarter, new...
Safer Highways
Apr 234 min read
The UK's cheapest and most expensive places to fix potholes as one costs insane £656
Citroen noted that pothole repairs conducted by UK councils varied by more than £600 during 2024 Local authorities are under pressure to...
Safer Highways
Apr 232 min read
Three months of roadworks get under way in Lincoln
Previous work included the installation of bridge beams across a railway line off Tritton Road Motorists are being warned to expect road...
Safer Highways
Apr 231 min read
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