Roads
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Amey wins £325m contract to maintain north west roads
Highways England has awarded a 15-year contract to Amey to maintain motorways and major A-roads across the north west. -
Work on first triple decker roundabout in the north east is 80% complete
Highways England say a £75m scheme for a triple decker roundabout is 80% complete with enough soil to fill 32 Olympic-sized swimming pools removed. -
Balfour Beatty set to deliver first stages of East Leeds Orbital Route
Leeds City Council appoints Balfour Beatty to deliver major road project to replace Carillion. -
First main section of delayed £745m Aberdeen bypass opens to motorists
The four-mile section of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route has opened to motorists as workers continue to plough ahead towards completion. -
Bad weather to mean further spiralling costs on Aberdeen bypass, Galliford Try say
Galliford Try say the practical completion of the £745m Aberdeen bypass is expected this summer but faces additional costs. -
Pothole plight is getting worse says the AA
Apart from London, every region of the UK has reported a worsening of the condition of trunk roads in the last year. -
Campaign group calls for greener roads and new way of thinking for engineers
The Campaign for Better Transport is calling for a green retrofit of the road network by highlighting examples of best practice. -
Scottish Government announces extra £10m for road maintenance following cold snap
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay unveiled the extra funding for all 32 councils to fix road surfaces following the bad weather. -
Turner & Townsend wins work on key Highways England programmes
Turner & Townsend has secured work on upgrading the A303 and the M6 smart motorway upgrade for Highways England. -
No magic money tree, but Britain's pothole problem has reached crisis point
As the state of the UK's roads worsens each year, a three-point plan to resolve the issues has been put forward by Wayne Holt.