Two new ministers have been appointed at the Department for Transport, with three leaving the department, including the sacking of one minister who was only appointed in July.
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£100m M2 junction project gets into gear
National Highways has started work on the new slip roads that will link to and from M2 in Kent as part of an upgraded Junction 5, closing routes on and off the motorway for eastbound vehicles for four months.
Huge queues on M6 leads to rethink on future closures
National Highways has pledged to rethink future closures of the M6 after works at the weekend resulted in long queues, with drivers being delayed for hours.
In memoriam: Queen Elizabeth II
It is with enormous sadness that Highways marks the death of Queen Elizabeth II and looks back on her historic reign.
‘We need a pipeline of people’: ADEPT’s Traffic Managers’ conference
The chair of ADEPT’s National Traffic Managers forum has said the highways sector needs to develop a ‘pipeline of people’ as he discussed the skills gap in advance of the fourth National Traffic Managers’ Conference in Birmingham next month.
Carbon tool is ‘game changer for pavement design’
Infrastructure consultancy firm AECOM has signed a memorandum of understanding with digital start-up ORIS to collaborate on carbon impact assessments for road designs.
Forensic analysis begins in National Highways spillage trials
National Highways is analysing the results of a £270,000 trial to find new ways to treat spillages on England’s strategic road network without destroying vital evidence.
Tunnelling starts at Silvertown site
Transport for London and the consortium building the ‘new public-transport focused’ Silvertown Tunnel have confirmed that tunnelling work, which was due to start in the spring or summer, is now underway.
Analysis: Incorporating the circular economy into highway operations
Martin Lamb, director at Maple Consulting Ltd and part of the International Transport Experts Network, and Helen Viner, director at Enodamus Ltd, discuss the theory behind the circular economy and how it is being applied to new research in the highways sector.
Bath keeps it thermal with ‘eco-friendly’ repairs
VolkerHighways and Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) Council have invested in an ‘ultra eco-friendly’ thermal road repair system.