National Highways trialling M5 and M6 blackout near Birmingham13/05/2025 National Highways is trialling lighting switch-offs near Birmingham with a view to permanently removing the lighting should the trials be successful. |
Government axes Brum's £2.7bn PFI deal in shock 'betrayal'01/12/2023 Birmingham City Council's leader has accused the Government of 'betrayal' by axing the authority's £2.7bn highways Private Finance Initiative contract, in a move that could lose the authority more than £500m of roads investment. |
Shortlist for £2.7bn Birmingham PFI revealed05/05/2022 A shortlist of two bidders has been revealed for the restructured £2.7bn Birmingham highways PFI contract. |
Contractors line up for £1.2bn Birmingham PFI14/01/2022 A host of industry names are showing interest in a £1.2bn Private Finance Initiative concession to maintain roads in Birmingham for the city council. |
Kier wins six-month Birmingham extension29/04/2021 Kier Highways has been awarded a six-month extension on its Birmingham Interim Services Contract, which was originally a 15-month deal reported to be worth around £85m. |
Birmingham's Perry Barr flyover removed12/02/2021 A well-known flyover in Birmingham has been demolished as part of a £27.1m highway works programme in preparation for the Commonwealth Games. |
Kier takes over interim Birmingham contract03/02/2020 Kier has been brought in to manage the 15-month interim highway services contract in Birmingham after Amey's failed PFI deal in the city. |
Will Amey and Birmingham finally part ways?26/04/2019 Reports suggest a final decision may be close in the ongoing disputes between Amey and Birmingham City Council over its PFI debacle. |
Q and A: Birmingham's Cllr Zaffar talks Clean Air Zones10/07/2018 Birmingham City Council recently approved plans for a Class D charging Clean Air Zone (CAZ), which would include private cars. Highways spoke to councillor Waseem Zaffar MBE, cabinet member for transport and environment, about the issue at the National Clean Air Summit. |
Work on Spaghetti Junction completed ahead of schedule07/11/2016 Work to repair Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham has been completed ahead of schedule. |
Work continues on Spaghetti Junction31/08/2016 Highways England is continuing to repair the Aston Expressway and Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham with overnight closures set to run for an additional two weeks. |
Work to start on ageing Spaghetti Junction20/06/2016 Highways England will carry out works to repair Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham over the next six months. |
Toppesfield awarded 20-year maintenance contract23/06/2015 Toppesfield has been awarded a 20-year road maintenance contract in Birmingham. |
Spaghetti Junction repair work extended12/03/2015 Vital repairs to Birmingham’s Spaghetti Junction will take longer than expected after Highways Agency engineers discovered clusters of damage around loadbearing supports and joints. |
Birmingham unveils highways winners09/10/2014 Birmingham City Council has released details of its preferred highways improvements contractors for the next four years. |
DfT approves A452 works24/10/2013 Work can now start on vital improvements to the road layout of the A452 Chester Road in Birmingham after receiving final approval from the Department for Transport. |
New section of A45 officially opened02/10/2013 A new and improved section of A45 near to Birmingham Airport has been officially opened. |
Firms invited to join race for £200m framework27/08/2013 Birmingham City Council is inviting companies to prequalify for a £200 million highways and civil engineering framework. |
Birmingham tunnels closed for six weeks22/07/2013 The tunnels in Birmingham city centre have been closed for six weeks while essential highway maintenance work is carried out. |
Carillion wins £126m job to speed-up M605/01/2012 Carillion has been chosen to carry out £126m of work to transform a section of the M6 in Birmingham to a managed motorway. |
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