Huge queues on M6 leads to rethink on future closures13/09/2022 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 engineering07/07/2022 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 forward16/06/2022 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 cooking26/05/2022 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 act10/05/2022 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 progress17/03/2022 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' claim13/01/2022 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 monitoring13/09/2021 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 tested09/07/2021 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 project17/06/2021 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 job30/07/2019 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 link29/05/2019 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 M609/04/2019 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. |
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. |
Final plans on show for £50m M6 junction 19 scheme01/05/2018 Highways England has published its final plans for a £50m scheme to build a new bridge across the middle of one of Cheshire’s busiest motorway roundabouts. |
AECOM bags £25m deal with HE30/01/2017 Global infrastructure services firm AECOM has secured five contracts with Highways England worth a total of more than £25 million. |
£2m of works for M6 in Cumbria19/10/2016 Highways England is carrying out almost £2 million worth of work over the next few weeks which it says will give drivers smoother journeys along sections of the M6 in Cumbria. |
Jacobs wins HE design contract16/08/2016 Jacobs Engineering Group will work with Highways England to develop preferred design options for multiple highways schemes that are planned across the country. |
HE launches consultation over M6 junction plans12/08/2016 Highways England is launching a consultation over plans to upgrade junction 19 on the M6 near Knutsford. |
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