Shapps delays planning decisions for environmental considerations16/12/2021 Grant Shapps has delayed making planning decisions for two more major schemes on the strategic road network. |
'Revolutionary resurfacing' comes to the A1 with graphene trial09/09/2021 National Highways will be trialling the use of graphene as part of a road surface on the A1 in Northumberland this month. |
Costain gets digital after second A1 win29/07/2021 Costain has pledged to deploy digital tools to improve productivity after being appointed by Highways England as the delivery partner for a second major upgrade on busy sections of the A1 in the North East. |
Highways England seeks new upgrade for A14 - to Mway status11/09/2018 Highways England is to apply for an 18-mile section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway when its £1.5bn upgrade is complete. |
£5m boost for new A1 junction07/12/2016 Highways England has announced a funding boost of £5 million for a new junction on the A1 in Lincolnshire. |
Cleveland Bridge install eight bridges as part of A1 upgrade22/11/2016 Cleveland Bridge UK (CBUK) has completed the installation of eight bridges as part of the upgrade of the A1 in North Yorkshire. |
New section of A1 to open24/08/2016 The largest Highways England roads project under construction in the country – the A1 Leeming to Barton improvement scheme – will open to traffic early next month (September). |
New resurfacing technology used on A104/08/2016 New technology has been used by contractor A-one+ to resurface just over a mile of the A1 at Brownieside in Northumberland. |
McLoughlin opens £61m A1 upgrade07/07/2016 Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has officially opened a £61 million A1 upgrade near Gateshead today (7 July 2016). |
Sinkhole causes A1 disruption27/06/2016 A stretch of the A1 near Newcastle and Gateshead will not reopen until Wednesday (29 June) after a 6.5 metre sinkhole opened under the carriageway. |
Historical finds from A1 upgrade go on display16/05/2016 An exhibition of artefacts found by archaeologists as part of a major project to upgrade the A1 to a motorway in North Yorkshire have gone on display at Richmondshire Museum. |
Highways England to reveal A1 upgrade plans10/05/2016 Highways England will be providing further details about its plans to upgrade a 13 mile section of the A1 in Northumberland at a series of public events. |
New Catterick junction opens17/11/2015 A new Catterick Central junction has opened – marking a major phase in the construction of the A1 Leeming to Barton scheme. |
Government forging ahead with northern transport strategy01/06/2015 The government has confirmed that it will spend £13 billion on transforming transport in the north – including making major improvements to the A1, M62, M1 and A555 and looking at building a road tunnel under the Peak District. |
Roads Minister marks start of work on A111/09/2014 Work has started on a £61 million improvement scheme that will see lane capacity increased from two to three lanes in each direction on the A1. |
Contract awarded for A1 widening scheme03/06/2014 Balfour Beatty has been awarded a contract to widen the A1 Western bypass on behalf of the Highways Agency. |
Road improvements to take place in north east30/04/2014 The Highways Agency is set to carry out a major programme of road improvements in the north east, including work on the A1 north-south corridor between Leeming and Berwick. |
New safety improvements to be implemented on A110/06/2013 A new scheme to improve safety along the A1 in Cambridgeshire is due to start next summer. |
Junction work gets go-ahead on A101/12/2011 A vital scheme to improve two junctions on the A1 at Elkesley, Nottinghamshire, has been given the go-ahead by Roads Minister Mike Penning following a public inquiry. |
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