Council chiefs warn of ‘chronic need’ for bridge repair funding03/03/2020 Local authority leaders have said there is a ‘chronic need’ for investment in local roads in response to a report on the number of substandard road bridges in Great Britain. |
New bridge aims to remove business bottleneck16/01/2020 Construction of a new road bridge in Hertfordshire costing over £10m started this week. |
Protecting bridges in extreme climates18/10/2019 Both concrete and steel bridges are susceptible to corrosion from water and waterborne contaminants making waterproofing crucial. Jason Armstrong, product marketing manager for liquid waterproofing EMEA at GCP Applied Technologies outlines some of the key points to consider. |
Balfour Beatty fined over worker's death on bridge project27/02/2019 Balfour Beatty Group has been fined £600,000 after a worker was fatally injured on a construction site in Scotland. |
Arch enemy of M6 upgrade to bite the dust21/02/2019 Highways England will close the M6 for around 18 hours next month to take down an arch bridge standing in the way of an all lane running scheme. |
DfT reasserts overspend 'orthodoxy' after Orwell debacle24/01/2019 The Department for Transport (DfT) has called on Suffolk County Council to explain why costs on a bridge project across the River Orwell ballooned so much that the scheme collapsed. |
Sunk costs: Suffolk writes off £8.3m as it halts bridges project23/01/2019 Suffolk County Council is set to scrap plans to build three bridges on the River Orwell in Ipswich, despite having already spent £8.3m in development costs. |
London's Illuminated River project to be 'longest public art commission in the world'14/01/2019 FM Conway has secured the first phase of the Illuminated River project, which once completed will span 4.5 nautical miles of the River Thames and be the longest public art commission in the world. |
Comment: Cheques and balances – why we need proper funding for bridge inspections07/01/2019 Following the RAC Foundation and ADEPT's annual bridge maintenance survey, Kevin Dentith, chair of the ADEPT Bridges Group, discusses the importance of bridge management and how local authorities can use capital funding for key high-level inspections. |
Bridge maintenance backlog hits almost £7bn07/01/2019 The one-off cost of clearing the total maintenance backlog for council-managed road bridges in Great Britain has hit £6.7bn, according to the annual RAC Foundation and ADEPT survey. |
Research finds historic eco alternative for bridge maintenance10/12/2018 New research has found that a natural oil used for hundreds of years by blacksmiths to protect swords and other metalwork could be used to replace toxic paints in maintaining historic metal bridges. |
Southampton braces for disruption as £19m bridge works close M2727/09/2018 Highways England will close the M27 in both directions between two major intersections this weekend as it replaces the Romsey Road Bridge. |
Council bosses say need for bridge funding is now ‘desperate’19/09/2018 A council covering one of Britain’s wettest areas has said it needs a ‘miracle’ to solve its highways structural maintenance problem. |
Lorries can’t limbo: Drivers told to 'wise up and size up'16/08/2018 Network Rail has launched a ‘collaborative’ new campaign to educate lorry drivers about the dangers of low bridges after the worst year for bridge strikes for five years. |
M6 bridge to come down to make room for all lane running16/08/2018 Highways England has announced plans to remove a 150-tonne section of concrete bridge across the M6 in one piece to make room for an all lane running smart motorway. |
Genoa bridge collapse - what we know so far14/08/2018 A motorway bridge has collapsed near Genoa in north west Italy, killing 'at least 39 people'. These are the facts so far as the story develops. |
‘Green solutions’ used in replacement bridge14/08/2018 A council has hailed the road safety improvements and ‘green engineering’ it has introduced in a £580,000 project to replace a road bridge. |
Repair is not an option: 170-year old bridge faces demolition09/08/2018 Aberdeenshire Council has had to close a 170-year old road bridge over a railway line on safety grounds and now plans to demolish and replace it. |
Public sector 'can learn from' £1.3bn Queensferry Crossing project06/08/2018 Auditors have praised Transport Scotland for its management of the project to build the new Queensferry Crossing, which opened late last year but came in at least £110m under budget. |
Severn crossing to be renamed after Prince Charles09/04/2018 The Second Severn Crossing is to be renamed The Prince of Wales Bridge at a ceremony later this year. |
Highways England to carry on despite lockdown
Highways England to launch £32m stopped vehicle detection procurement
Frontline transport and roads staff designated 'key workers'
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