New M62 and A27 closures after Hants chaos18/09/2024 National Highways has warned drivers to keep well away from the key M62 trans-Pennine route near Rochdale this weekend as the motorway faces another full closure. |
Full M62 closure for 'first time in recent memory'27/08/2024 A key section of the trans-Pennine M62 will be closed for two full weekends next month as a 60-year-old railway bridge is replaced. |
Rail bridge replacement to disrupt M6208/07/2024 The westbound carriageway of the M62 near Rochdale will see five successive overnight closures next week in preparation for the replacement of a railway bridge over the motorway in September. |
M62 barrier works 'all but finished'17/07/2023 A safety upgrade on the M62 in West Yorkshire is heading into its final phase with lighting and footbridge improvements completing the scheme. |
National Highways retreats in the face of safety upgrade cost16/05/2023 National Highways is compensating Costain and WSP for work on a proposed upgrade to a stretch of the M62 after the project was cancelled shortly before work was due to start amidst rising concerns over cost. |
'Minimal' environmental impacts vary between junction upgrade options04/11/2021 National Highways has put forward three options to improve the M1/M62 Lofthouse interchange near Leeds for public consultation. |
Mixed signals over motorway repairs08/10/2021 National Highways has said it will fix faults with overhead gantry signals on a smart motorway section of the M62, which occurred more than a month ago, ‘as soon as possible’, but did not give a timescale. |
Highways England accused of 'greenwash'09/06/2021 Highways England has had to backtrack on its plan to convert a section of the M62 to all lane running without a statutory environmental impact assessment after a retired vicar threatened legal action. |
Full safety spec for new all lane running scheme at Simister04/02/2021 Highways England has confirmed that a new stretch of all lane running smart motorway in the North West will have key safety elements and will follow the recommendations in the Government’s recent stocktake and action plan. |
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. |
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