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The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced its roster of 37 contractors appointed to its £600M STARThree framework to advise on the delivery of rail, road and aviation projects.

STARThree is is officially known as the Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory for Rail and Other Transport Systems Framework and this is…

While Norfolk County Council has paused its work on the £251M Norwich Western Link Road while it awaits a decision on its strategic outline business case, NCE can reveal £40M has been spent by the council on the project to date.

Highlighted in a Freedom of Information (FoI) request from NCE,…

The government has promised the £50M A38 Bromsgrove will begin construction “within weeks” despite not having yet appointed a contractor.

Worcestershire County Council officials said “contactors will be appointed shortly”. The scheme will aim to radically improve the A38 Bromsgrove, aiming to make it easier for Worcestershire residents to get to…

Arup has been appointed by the Department for Transport (DfT) to monitor and evaluate the carbon-busting highways innovations being developed under the £30M Live Labs 2 initiative.

Live Labs 2 is a DfT-funded initiative run by the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (Adept) that aims to develop…

Cross-party MPs have called for a reconsideration of the planned enhancements to the strategic road network (SRN) as they are expensive and complex, leading to delays that cause confusion and uncertainty.

These are the findings of the Transport Select Committee’s inquiry into the government’s strategic road investment strategy, published today (26…

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…

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…

Transport for London (TfL) will need £475M from central government to meet its 2024-25 capital delivery programme, prompting renewed calls from the London mayor and TfL commissioner for a long-term funding deal.

Sadiq Khan and Andy Lord, speaking in a plenary meeting at the London Assembly on Thursday 6 July, stated…

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has slammed the Department for Transport (DfT) over its mismanagement of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) London terminus at Euston and says it “does not know what it is trying to achieve with the station”.

The DfT took the decision in March this year to pause construction…

A £500M plan to remedy a railway line bottleneck in Cambridgeshire will be discussed in a summit organised by Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority.

The Ely area capacity enhancement (EACE) is a proposal to upgrade the railway allowing more trains to run through Ely and to remove a stranglehold that the…