The Welsh Government has announced there will be a 'short full closure' on the Menai Suspension Bridge next week to allow work crews to tackle 'an immediate safety risk posed by unsecured communication cables beneath the bridge'.
Ministers have committed £20.5m to develop a numberplate ID system for drones, as part of a wider £50m package to better regulate and unlock growth in the drone and advanced air mobility sector.
Kent County Council (KCC) has come out of the blocks early with funding bids for two 'high priority road schemes' through the Government's newly launched Structures Fund this year.
Contractors have until 28 May to register interest in a £68.4m highways and footway reactive maintenance term contract being procured by the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.
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Hill & Smith Infrastructure has unveiled it's latest breakthrough, the Incursion Defender, providing industry with a major advance in on-site worker protection.
Heidelberg Materials has successfully used hydrogen to decarbonise asphalt production on an industrial scale for the first time in the UK.
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COMMENT AND ANALYSIS
Comment: Wet wet wet (or poetic licence and the structures fund)
Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation and former DfT director general, discusses the impact of April showers, subsoil issues and what could make a good inclusion in the Department for Transport's newly launched Structures Fund.
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Deputy editor George Barker looks at automated taxi service provider, Waymo, some of the issues it has faced across the pond and what, if anything, is being done to avoid repeating the same mistakes when it comes to London.