Campaign group Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) has launched a legal challenge against the government’s approval of the £1.7bn A303 Stonehenge Tunnel road scheme.
Transport secretary Mark Harper granted the development consent order (DCO) for National Highways’ A303 Stonehenge tunnel (Amesbury to Berwick Down) scheme in July. The scheme will…
Graham has completed a major beam lift for the new £100M M2 junction 5 Stockbury Flyover improvements scheme.
The lift was completed at the end of last week when a 450t “mega crane” was used to lift two 56t edge beams and 16 internal beams each weighing 20t into place. Large…
National Highways has been presented with a challenge by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to accelerate the delivery of noise mitigation measures by the end of the current Road investment Strategy 2 (RIS2) period, which runs from 2020 to 2025.
The roads body’s target for RIS2 was to provide…
Contracts worth £1.3bn have been signed by National Highways for the construction of the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme which has a total estimated capital cost figure of £1.7bn.
Known as the Stonehenge Tunnel, the project will see the construction of a new 12.8km dual carriageway to replace the existing…
National Highways is a month into its work to remove the controversial concrete infill of Great Musgrave Bridge in Cumbria and has stated the project is making “steady progress”.
The 8.4m single span masonry arch bridge that used to carry traffic over the Eden Valley Railway was infilled by AmcoGiffen on…
The long-awaited £170M upgrade to junction 28 of the M25 has hit a new milestone, with preparations for the safe diversion of a key waterway completed.
The M25 junction 28 connects the M25 with the A12, as well as providing local access to Brentwood in Essex and the A1023 Brook Street.…
National Highways has allocated £103M for renewal and improvements projects to be rolled out across the roads, bridges and paths of South West England during the 2023/2024 financial year.
The road operator’s investment is focused on improved motorways and A roads across the region over a network of approximately 1,280km of…
National Highways has delayed its completion schedule for upgrade work to the Grade II listed Wentbridge Viaduct in West Yorkshire by eight months.
National Highways confirmed at the start of this week that the removal of the road surface and waterproofing layer as part of work to restore the road bridge…
A consortium of contractors responsible for the repair and maintenance of the Historical Railways Estate (HRE) has “risen” to the challenge, according to National Highways.
Contractors Amco Giffen, Balfour Beatty, Beaver Bridges, Bethell, Dyer & Butler and ECS have been conducting a maintenance and repair programme of 265 works over the…
National Highways has launched a £7.5M contract opportunity for technical surveys and testing of structures.
National Highways is looking to procure up to six contractors to deliver structural surveys, with the six Lots split across six UK regions. Works contractors could be asked to undertake include topographical surveys or land within…
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