The UK government has published its third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) which sets out its strategic five-year plan to boost resilience against climate change risks, which includes several measures to boost resilience of infrastructure assets.
The 2008 Climate Change Act requires the government to complete a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)…
National Highways has shortlisted seven small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in its carbon reduction competition who will each receive between £15,000 and £30,000 to further develop their innovations.
The competition has been organised by National Highways in collaboration with Connected Places Catapult to find innovative solutions for net zero carbon maintenance…
National Highways faces increasing risk in the delivery of the remainder of its network enhancements portfolio in the current five year roads investment period which ends in 2025, the regulator has warned.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) released its Annual Assessment of National Highways’ performance yesterday which reviews the…
National Highways has named Skanska as its preferred bidder for the £450M Kent Roads contract for its Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) scheme.
The contract includes 6km of new road, construction of one of Europe’s largest green bridges and a new public park in Gravesham. Skanska beat Costain, Kier Eiffage JV (comprising…
An official from the Department for Transport (DfT) says roads should remain a priority despite the Climate Change Committee's (CCC's) recommendation that all road-building plans should be reviewed.
The CCC is the UK’s independent adviser to the government on tackling climate change and in its annual report to parliament regarding Progress…
The UK government has enabled a financing package of €422M (£373M) for infrastructure projects across Zanzibar, Tanzania that will be driven by UK exporters.
The financing was underwritten by UK Export Finance (UKEF), the government’s export credit agency. The package will enable a historic upgrade of Pemba Airport – the smaller…
National Highways will look to make the most of its existing network and ageing infrastructure as a priority in its upcoming Road Investment Strategy 3 (RIS3), 2025-2030.
With transport being one of the biggest carbon producing sectors and the construction of many major projects rolling over from RIS2 (2020-2025) affecting RIS3…
Costain and National Highways have created a 3D-printed concrete headwall to be trialled as part of the construction process of the A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade in Cornwall.
Headwalls are retaining walls built at the inlet or outlet of drainage or culvert pipes, and are installed to reduce any erosion…
The landslip affected A469 in south east Wales that has been reduced to single lane traffic since 2020 will be under construction until 2026 at a projected cost of £15.8M.
The projected date is 12 years after the A469 near Troedrhiwfuwch was first beset by landslip and ground movement problems and…
Transport secretary Mark Harper has granted the development consent order (DCO) for National Highways’ A303 Stonehenge tunnel (Amesbury to Berwick Down) scheme.
The scheme will see the construction of a new 12.8km dual carriageway to replace the existing A303 in this section. It will include a new 3.3km tunnel that will…
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