Tag: Highway

Motorist drives through roadworks on the A47 near Wisbech Last year there were 122 roadwork incursions by motorists across the east of the country. So far this year there have been 220 incidents. To highlight the issue, National Highways and maintenance contractor Ringway have released...

The current look of super-span portal gantriesA design contest, managed by RIBA Competitions, is inviting new concepts for ‘the aesthetic enhancement’ of highway gantries through. National Highways acknowledges that existing overhead gantries prioritise functionality over appearance. The competition documentation says: “This competition is seeking to...

The planned Lower Thames Crossing has gone up by £2.3bn and been delayed two years alreadyThe National Audit Office (NAO) concludes that the Department for Transport (DfT) and National Highways now have some “difficult decisions” to make in prioritising road enhancements projects. In other words,...

The blackstuff is in short supplyScarce bitumen is among the many construction materials going up in price and blowing holes in council budgets across the country. The Local Government Association (LGA) has today sounded the alarm over the massive increases in costs they are facing,...

Counting the carbonCouncil contractors have to report back on the quantity of work they have carried out, the materials they used (types and quantities), how it got to site, what fuel was used to get it to site, the equipment and fuel used needed on...

The M621 in south LeedsKeltbray is main contractor for National Highways’ improvement works on the M621 between junctions 1 and 7 Scheme on behalf of National Highways. The works are designed to add capacity to the M621, which is an urban motorway through the district...

Look what they did to Great Musgrave Bridge [all photos ©The HRE Group]Last year National Highways prompted an outcry when it infilled Great Musgrave Bridge with 1,600 tonnes of structural fill and foamed concrete at a cost of £124,000. The bridge is an 8.45-metre single...