The A14 story part 4: The strength beneath the structure14/10/2020 The latest in our A14 series comes from the team at Tensar, whose reinforced soil systems were used extensively on the Highways England improvement project, delivering permanent structures for junction improvements and load bearing abutments for temporary bridges. |
The A14 story part 3: From two wheels to four legs02/10/2020 The third in our series of exclusive behind-the-scenes briefings on the award winning A14 scheme from the team at Atkins tells how motorists, walkers, cyclists and horse-riders are all benefiting from the upgrade. |
The A14 story part 2: Economy plus ecology23/09/2020 The second in our series of exclusive behind-the-scenes briefings on the award winning A14 scheme from the team at Atkins. This week Highways hears about how a legacy of wildlife habitat innovations was achieved. |
The A14 story: The team moves digital forward16/09/2020 In the first of a series of articles from Atkins on its role in the award winning Highways England A14 scheme, the team discuss how their pioneering approach to digital technologies is a further legacy of the project. |
Waste not - 10,000 tonnes of ash used in A14 scheme08/07/2020 More than 10,000 tonnes of ash from Drax, the UK’s biggest power station, was used in the early completion of the UK’s biggest road scheme. |
Highways England hails A14 success as it opens six months early06/02/2020 The A14 improvement scheme – Britain’s biggest road project – is set to open more than half a year early, Highways England has announced. |
As one A14 opens, another closes10/12/2019 Highways England has closed a part of the old A14 in Huntingdon to begin the removal of the viaduct in the town. |
Highways England names the date for A14 opening07/11/2019 The 12-mile Huntingdon Southern Bypass – part of the UK’s biggest road upgrade – will open to traffic on Monday 9 December. |
A14 sees trial of video wall tech15/05/2019 A new energy-efficient portable video wall developed by intelligent transport system solution manufacturer Bartco UK, in partnership with Highways England, has been launched. |
Driverless truck trialled on A14 project02/05/2019 Self-driving trucks are being tested for the first time in England on the UK’s biggest road upgrade project on the A14. |
O'Sullivan pledges more automation as Govt launches £600bn pipeline27/11/2018 Highways England’s chief executive has pledged to increase its use of automation and off-site construction during the next road investment period as ministers published a £600bn pipeline of infrastructure spending. |
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. |
'Milestone moment' on A14 as Great Ouse viaduct takes shape14/06/2018 A firm from North East England has achieved a ‘milestone moment’ on Britain’s largest current road upgrade with the installation of a central 39-metre viaduct beam across the River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire. |
A14 viaduct removal 'creates new opportunities for Huntingdon'14/06/2018 Highways England has released images of what the town of Huntingdon will look like once the old A14 viaduct is removed. |
Aggregate Industries wins £70m pavement contract for A14 scheme10/05/2018 Aggregate Industries has won a £70m contract to deliver the surfacing works for England’s largest current road improvement project. |
A14 scheme turns up 'astonishing array' of archaeological finds28/03/2018 Highways England’s £1.5bn A14 project has discovered significant archaeological sites in Cambridgeshire. |
Infrastructure investment pipeline reaches £500bn05/12/2016 The Government has released details of its £500 billion infrastructure investment pipeline which includes major projects such as the Thames Tideway Tunnel and upgrading the A14. |
Further details of £1.3bn road investment announced28/11/2016 Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has outlined further details of more than £1.3 billion of road improvements which were announced as part of the Autumn Statement last week. |
Construction of £1.5bn A14 scheme starts28/11/2016 Work on the £1.5 billion A14 upgrade in Cambridgeshire is officially underway. |
Matchtech to recruit for A14 improvement scheme07/11/2016 Matchtech has been named as one of four preferred agencies to source contractors for the A14 improvement scheme. |
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