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Roads
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Video: Big beam lift on new M1 link
Highways England has released a timelapse video showing the progressive lifting and placing of 38 steel beams on the A5-M1 Link project. -
Roads investment – no more stop-start please
The A14 upgrade has the green light and all the road spending cuts of 2010 have been more than reversed. Investment must continue, ending historic patterns of start-stop-go, says RAC Foundation director Steve Gooding -
Construction start announced for delayed A14 upgrade
Secretary of State has given go-ahead for work to start before end of 2016 – latest in the long running stop-start saga of the A14 upgrade in East Anglia -
Infrastructure growth being held back by sluggish roads sector
Planned investment in the roads sector needs unlocking, say contractors' organisation. -
The driverless cars heading to a motorway near you
Trials of wirelessly connected vehicles and driverless cars to hit UK roads as part of HE innovation push -
Third of motorists receptive to road payments
A survey carried out on behalf of the Independent Transport Commission, indicates that one-third of motorists are receptive to new forms of funding to pay for roads and their upkeep. -
14-year backlog to repair roads
This year’s ALARM survey reports that councils fixed almost two million potholes in the last 12 months.But that's nowhere near enough -
Amey and Kier-Mouchel first winners under new highways contract regime
Highways England has announced the first contract awards of its new arrangement of motorway and trunk road maintenance. -
Budget 2016: further fillip for roads
George Osborne's Budget has confirmed a positive long term outlook for the roads sector, albeit one dominated by the North and projects already known -
Consultants appointed to plot next M25 expansion
Highways England has appointed a consortium of WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff, Steer Davies Gleave and GL Hearn to study options for adding capacity to the M25 west of London.