Highways England joins up £3.6m junction bridge works18/06/2020 Highways England is to close part of a key Yorkshire interchange at the centre of the M1 and M62 network later this month after bringing forward essential maintenance work. |
Greater Manchester’s first smart motorway fully operational06/08/2018 Highways England has announced that the upgrade of the M60 in Greater Manchester to a smart motorway is now complete. |
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. |
Health and well being of road workers highlighted at HE event05/10/2016 Operatives working on the M60/62 smart motorway project in Greater Manchester got together to raise awareness about road worker health, safety and wellbeing. |
Work on Manchester’s smart motorway enters new phase14/06/2016 Highways England has started work to upgrade 56 overhead gantries on the 17-mile smart motorway route between the M60 and M62 in Manchester. |
Superspan gantries to be installed on M6203/05/2016 The first of eight ‘superspan’ gantries crossing whole sections of the M60 and M62 Manchester smart motorway project will be installed later this week. |
M62 smart motorway saving drivers time12/04/2016 The number of people using the M62 smart motorway is increasing with drivers saving up to 30 minutes each week. |
M62 improvements form part of NIC findings15/03/2016 The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has recommended that Highways England should accelerate enhancements to the M62 between Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds. |
Specialist cranes needed for removal of M62 gantries10/11/2015 Specialist 500 tonne cranes will be used to remove three overhead gantries from the M62 near Rochdale in order to allow a smart motorway upgrade to continue. |
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. |
Environmental barriers trialled on M6224/07/2014 Environmentally friendly barriers that tackle the impact of poor air quality are being installed for the first time on England’s roads. |
Chevron to provide traffic management on smart motorway project16/07/2014 Chevron will provide traffic management on the M60 and M62 smart motorway project after winning a contract worth £6.6 million over the next two years. |
FLI helps secure signs on M6225/06/2014 FLI Structures has helped with the installation of advanced message indicator (AMI) signs on the M62. |
Four contractors to work on £184m smart motorway project19/06/2014 Costain is one of four contractors that have been selected to deliver an upgrade to the M60 and M62 motorways on behalf of the Highways Agency. |
Smart motorways could be on their way to Manchester06/11/2013 The Highways Agency is consulting over plans to cut congestion and make journey times more reliable on the M60 and M62. |
Drivers warned against misuse of managed motorways05/08/2013 Motorists are being urged to adhere to the law when it comes to using a new section of upgraded motorway on the M62 in West Yorkshire. |
Managed motorway testing begins24/07/2013 The Highways Agency is carrying out five days of testing of the newly installed managed motorway systems on the M62. |
Managed motorway speed signs switch-on20/03/2013 Drivers using the M62 in West Yorkshire can now see new mandatory speed limit signs between junctions 27 and 28. |
M62 team reunite lost dog with owners02/01/2013 Site workers from the Bam Nuttall/Morgan Sindall joint venture on the M62 have reunited a lost dog with its distraught owners. |
Work to start on M66/M62 upgrade23/08/2012 Work starts next week on a £460,000 Highways Agency project to improve access from the M66 onto the M62 in Greater Manchester. |
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