An additional £2.5M in government funding has been released for the Eden Project Morecambe eco-attraction in Lancashire, helping advance its design phase, with additional ground investigations expected next year.
The government will fund the tunnelling work needed to take High Speed 2 (HS2) trains to Euston station, chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in yesterday’s Autumn Budget.
Consultant Amey, working on behalf of Transport Scotland, continues to progress with design work to fix a failed retaining wall at Union Bridge on the A96 in Keith, Moray.
Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) has begun foundation work for a new bridge that will enable High Speed 2 (HS2) trains to pass under a major A-road in Staffordshire.
Property owners near the site of a landslide in Hastings may be asked to help fund the cost of survey works, after a motion was passed by councillors earlier this month.
Closure of the landslide-hit Road of Remembrance in Folkestone has been extended until August 2025 to enable contractors to carry out ground investigations and remediation work.
The UK government has approved Thames Water’s water resource management plan, which includes the proposed Abingdon reservoir in Oxfordshire and a water recycling project in Teddington, west London.
The UK government has announced an independent review of High Speed 2 (HS2) and a “renegotiation” of contracts to control the spiralling costs of the project, as plans progress for a new rail line to replace its axed northern leg.
Preparatory work has started on the Tomatin to Moy section of the £3.7bn programme to dual the A9 in Scotland, as the Scottish government gives the go-ahead for another section on the programme.
Work has started on the installation of 2,000 piles for the foundations of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Birmingham Curzon Street station.
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