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.
26/06/2025
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.
24/06/2025
The High Court in Belfast has ruled against the £1.7bn A5 road project in Northern Ireland going ahead in its current form - the third time in 18 years approval for the road has been overturned in court
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.
24/06/2025
The Department for Transport (DfT) have 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.
20/06/2025
Multevo has been awarded a £38m Managed Service for Surfacing and Potholes contract by Lancashire County Council.
19/06/2025
Arcadis Consulting has been awarded an Employer’s Agent commission to assist the Welsh Government with the next stages of the A483 Llandeilo and Ffairfach improvements scheme.
18/06/2025
There have been £1.9m of road improvement schemes approved by the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) in Northern Ireland over the past month.
18/06/2025
A 3.5m deep and 5m wide sinkhole forced the B4058 Rushmire Hill, the main road through Coombe in Gloucestershire, to close immediately on 13 June.
20/06/2025
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced today that he will proceed with plans to part-pedestrianise Oxford Street amid ‘overwhelming’ public support.
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