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M6 closure 'makes case for concrete'

14/03/2025

The closure of the M6 this week after a major diesel spill underlines the need for a resilient road surface and robust barriers on the motorway network, the concrete carriageway trade body has said.

Crash death smart motorway not due for refuge retrofit

11/03/2025

A section of smart motorway where the driver of a stationary vehicle was killed, causing a coroner to raise concerns over the distance between safe places to stop, is not due to have extra emergency refuges retrofitted.

Full speed ahead on last smart motorway scheme

19/12/2024

National Highways has now fully opened a new all lane running scheme (ALR) that narrowly escaped the cancellation of the smart motorway programme last year.

National Highways beats the clock with new M42 link

19/12/2024

National Highways has opened a new A road and motorway junction to traffic as part of a major improvements scheme.

Lune Gorge bridges set for deck replacement works

03/12/2024

One of the most picturesque sections of English motorway is set for a ‘once-in-a-lifetime facelift’.

Last of the smart motorway ALRs ready to open

15/10/2024

National Highways has begun to open a new all lane running scheme (ALR) on the M6, which narrowly escaped the cancellation of the smart motorway programme last year.

Huge queues on M6 leads to rethink on future closures

13/09/2022

National Highways has pledged to rethink future closures of the M6 after works at the weekend resulted in long queues, with drivers being delayed for hours.

Low-level works raise profile of engineering

07/07/2022

National Highways has completed a complex and technically challenging £1.5m repair programme to the concrete foundations of the M6 in Birmingham.

Legacy ALR scheme moves forward

16/06/2022

A major phase of the £200m project to upgrade a section of the M6 between Warrington and Wigan to an all lane running smart motorway will be completed this month.

Spaghetti Junction's 50 birthday celebrations get cooking

26/05/2022

As part of the Spaghetti Junction's 50th anniversary celebrations, National Highways has teamed up with Birmingham architects to restore the original model for the famous structure.

National Highways hails M6 disappearing act

10/05/2022

National Highways has successfully removed one of two old bridges across the M6 at Junction 10, as part of a £78m upgrade.

Bird’s eye view highlights M6 junction progress

17/03/2022

National Highways has released new images of its ‘transformation’ of Junction 10 of the M6 to highlight the progress being made and the scale of the work involved.

DfT challenged over 'more than halfway' claim

13/01/2022

Campaigners have challenged the Government’s decision to continue with work to convert a section of the M6 to all lane running (ALR), despite this week’s announcement of pause on new schemes.

M6 link gets stopped vehicle CCTV monitoring

13/09/2021

National Highways is to provide a dedicated team of control centre operatives to monitor a stretch of smart motorway in the Midlands after concerns were raised over live lane breakdowns.

Video shows beam lift job as airbag is tested

09/07/2021

Highways England has released an animation showing the scale of the operation to lift 44m-long steel bridge beams into place across the M6 and has confirmed a new date for the works.

Beam lift is 'huge milestone' on M6 project

17/06/2021

Giant bridge beams are to be lifted into place across the M6 next month as the transformation of Junction 10 reaches a major milestone.

Sisk gets £78m M6 Junction 10 job

30/07/2019

John Sisk & Son has been appointed to carry out a £78m upgrade of Junction 10 of the M6, whose cost has risen from the initial £64m.

Highways England consults on £200m Midlands motorway link

29/05/2019

Highways England has launched a statutory consultation on a £200m scheme to build a new link road between the M54 and M6 in the West Midlands.

£256m upgrade 'makes M6 fit for the future'

09/04/2019

Highways England has completed a £265m project to add extra lanes and new technology to a 19-mile stretch of the M6, which it called the most significant change since the motorway first opened in Cheshire in 1963.

Overnight sensation: New superspan gantry in place on M6

09/04/2019

Highways England has installed a ‘superspan’ gantry 40 metres long and weighing around 46 tonnes across a stretch of the M6 as part a £234m smart motorway scheme.

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