HS2 bridge works see month-long road closure02/09/2025 A month-long closure of the B4115 Ashow Road in Stoneleigh has been rescheduled to start this month after a last-minute delay prevented its closure in August. |
UK’s heaviest bridge slide completed by Balfour Beatty VINCI09/05/2025 The A46 Kenilworth Bypass was reopened to traffic 30 hours ahead of schedule after Balfour Beatty VINCI closed the road from 11 April – 29 April to allow its engineers to slide a 14,500-tonne concrete box structure into position beneath the road for High Speed 2 (HS2). |
DfT warns councils over resurfacing cash plans10/04/2024 One in seven eligible highway authorities in England have failed to publish resurfacing plans by the Government's deadline. |
Comment: HS2 barrier operations target efficiency and safety13/02/2024 Anna Blake, marketing manager at barrier provider Solar Gates UK, discusses the operational support solutions the firm has provided for the mammoth HS2 project. |
HS2 boss and MPs joust over compensation for 'completely destroyed' roads16/01/2024 Buckinghamshire Council has pledged to hold HS2 Ltd to account to secure compensation for damage to its highway network from HGVs helping build the high-speed rail line. |
Sunak pledges roads boost after HS2 axe04/10/2023 Rishi Sunak has pledged scores of new road schemes and to resurface roads across the country, funded from what he said was £36bn saved by cancelling HS2 north of Birmingham. |
M42 to close for Boxing week16/12/2021 National Highways has reminded drivers that the M42 will be fully closed between junctions 9 and 10 for HS2 works for a week over the festive period. |
£70m fund to support road safety along HS2 route12/10/2016 Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has announced £70 million funding to support local communities and road safety along the HS2 route between London and the West Midlands. |
IHE president calls for HS2 consideration19/09/2013 The president of the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) says the HS2 project needs to be thought through. |
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