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Kier scoops £200m TfL tunnels contract

25/01/2021

Transport for London has awarded Kier a maintenance and management contract worth up to £200m for road tunnels and pumping stations.

Arcadis to help ensure products are 'tunnel-ready'

21/01/2021

Highways England has selected Arcadis, in partnership with tunnels and operational technology specialists 4way Consulting, to support its tunnels, systems and products strategy.

Cameras to enforce Rotherhithe Tunnel size limits

16/01/2019

Transport for London (TfL) is bringing in new cameras in the Rotherhithe Tunnel to enforce safety restrictions and deter oversized vehicles from using the route.

Tunnel Vision: New research highlights road users' concerns

06/12/2018

As Highways England prepares for several major tunnelling projects, it has teamed up with watchdog Transport Focus for some timely insight into road user concerns around these key assets.

Highways England looking at shorter trans-pennine tunnel for RIS2

21/08/2018

Highways England is examining options for a shorter version of a tunnel linking the Sheffield and Greater Manchester city regions with a view to including such a scheme in the second Road Investment Strategy from 2020.

Clyde Tunnel "needs open heart surgery"

07/03/2017

A councillor in Glasgow is warning that the city's Clyde Tunnel will not last ten years if it does not get funding to give it "open heart surgery".

Costain to bid for tunnels work

04/12/2014

Costain is set to bid for work under a new framework contract on major road tunnels in North Wales, owned and operated by Welsh Government.

Indra to modernise London’s Tunnels Control Centre

16/09/2014

Transport for London (TfL) has appointed Indra to supply new technology that will modernise the control and operation of 12 road tunnels and 90km of approach roads in the capital.  

Birmingham tunnels closed for six weeks

22/07/2013

The tunnels in Birmingham city centre have been closed for six weeks while essential highway maintenance work is carried out.

Five in frame for £200m TFL tunnels and bridge work

10/03/2013

Transport for London has shortlisted Balfour Beatty, BAM Nuttall, Costain, Hochtief and Skanska for a major programme of bridge and tunnel strengthening in the capital.

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