Network Rail will hold a supplier engagement event on 31 May for works on its Scotland routes as part of Control Period 7 (CP7), with the contracts notice set to be published in late June.
The event will take place on 31 May for potential bidders to deliver civils works -…
Prime minister Rishi Sunak agreed to increase government spending into a government infrastructure investment programme at G7, to the tune of £32bn over the next five years.
Sunak made the promise in Hiroshima, Japan over the weekend at the G7 sunmmit, redoubling the UK’s previous offering, £8bn a year up to…
Birmingham City Council has given the green light for the design of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Curzon Street Viaduct which is expected to create a vibrant public light artwork as well as delivering essential infrastructure for the rail project.
Curzon Street Viaduct No.2 will be a 150m-long bridge with a 25m…
Rail minister Huw Merriman has announced a £72M upgrade package for Salford Crescent and Manchester Victoria stations and the railways in north Manchester.
The funding will deliver a third platform at Salford Crescent station, track improvement work across north Manchester and extra entry and exit points to platforms at Manchester Victoria…
The government has overruled two rejections from Solihull Council to stop High Speed 2 (HS2) construction lorries from driving on village roads for the Balsall Common Viaduct works.
Solihull Council has twice rejected the application, made by HS2 contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV), which asked for permission for construction vehicles to…
A 167-year-old abutment has been removed by engineers led by Balfour Beatty working around the clock for Network Rail to repair a critical rail viaduct in Oxfordshire.
Network Rail said the structure, which sat on the south bank of the River Thames since 1856, had been demolished by the team in…
Engineers have commenced work on the £46.1M Leeds Sustainable Travel Gateway scheme that will see the historic Mill Goit at Leeds Station turned into a cycle hub and the 19th century road structure renewed.
Leeds City Station was originally Leeds New Station, built atop the River Aire in 1869. The Mill…
Investigations by the Environment Agency into the cause of a 4m wide sinkhole above the High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Chiltern Tunnels in Buckinghamshire continue as drone footage of the issue has emerged.
The sinkhole itself formed overnight on 12 May close to Shardeloes Lake near Amersham. HS2 notified the land owner…
Network Rail has announced successful completion of refurbishment work on the Severn and Carno viaduct near Caersws, Powys following a 16 day line closure on the Cambrian line that used innovative techniques to deliver the work.
The line in central Wales reopened at the start of this week following major work…
Main Point The photograph (above) used to illustrate the news story “Sunak axes all future smart motorway projects” (NCE, last month) fortuitously also illustrates the reason that all lane running smart motorways are unsafe. It shows vehicle barriers on both verges set unnecessarily close to the running lane, leaving insufficient space…
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