30/06/2025
Dumfries and Galloway Council has launched procurement on a four-year roads civil engineering framework valued at £21m.
30/06/2025
National Highways has removed the traffic management from the new A4545 dual carriageway, allowing all lanes to open and linking the newly built junction 5a on the M42 with Clock Interchange roundabout.
30/06/2025
The UK Government has reportedly pledged to spend nearly £500m on infrastructure and transport upgrades in Bedford to help secure the new Universal theme park proposed by Comcast.
27/06/2025
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27/06/2025
Councillors in Devon have decided to carry out a ‘repair blitz’ by filling all potholes in designated trial areas, rather than focussing on safety defects.
26/06/2025
Transport for London (TfL) has launched a new green technology training academy to address ‘the growing demand for workers with green skills’.
26/06/2025
Industry bosses have hailed the new Construction Skills Mission Board as a ‘significant step’ towards addressing the skills gap in the construction sector.
27/06/2025
Seven companies have been awarded contracts by National Highways as part of the £495m Specialist Professional and Technical Services 3 (SPaTS3) framework.
25/06/2025
Nottingham City Council has published seven highways-related framework announcements, with the expected value of the contracts totalling £46.9m.
25/06/2025
National Highways has begun reducing the speed limit from 60mph to 50mph on the A120 in Essex, to help prevent collisions.
25/06/2025
Transport for London (TfL) has added a further 130,000m2 of wildflower verges to its estate since last year and said it is ‘on track’ to reach a total of 520,000m2 by 2026.
27/06/2025
The High Court in Belfast has ruled against the £1.7bn A5 road project in Northern Ireland going ahead in its current form.
24/06/2025
Catching up with James Birch, MD of Highways at Kier Transportation, is tricky because he is in great shape after running 5km every day last month for Kier's Moving through May charity event - just one of many inspiring stories as the company raised over £220,000 for good causes.
27/06/2025
The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed £2.1bn in a funding settlement for Transport for London (TfL) in a letter to Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan.
23/06/2025
The Scottish Government has allocated £23.45m across its seven Regional Transport Partnerships (RTPs) for active travel schemes that target short, everyday journeys.
23/06/2025
Essex County Council is exploring options for road maintenance after its current contract concludes in 2027, with future partnerships expected to be valued up to £3bn.
20/06/2025
The Scottish Government has pledged to hand local roads authorities all the powers they need to introduce road user charging, having admitted that it will almost certainly fail to reach its target of a 20% reduction in car kilometres by 2030.
23/06/2025
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a new market study into the design, planning and delivery of road and railway infrastructure in the UK.
20/06/2025
National Highways has hit the headlines again over ongoing issues with tree planting on the A14, which have seen hundreds of thousands of saplings die and local residents take matters into their own hands to tackle 'what looks like a desert'.
19/06/2025
Managing director (MD) of Ringway Highways Services, Mitesh Solanki, has been elected president of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) for 2025/26.
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