Defect delays reopening of A1 Gateshead bridge by months09/09/2025 The replacement structure for the Allerdene Bridge in Gateshead will remain closed for ‘months, not weeks’ due to a welding fault, further delaying the A1 improvement scheme. |
A1 dualling plans secretly shelved years earlier than announced29/07/2025 A leaked government report shows that earlier plans to dual the A1 were shelved in 2021 without notifying the public, according to the BBC. |
Sunk costs of scrapped A1 scheme nudge £70m08/01/2025 A total of £68.4m was spent on a proposed scheme to dual 13 miles of the A1 in Northumberland before it was cancelled by the Labour government last year, it has emerged. |
Northern Ireland opens procurement on £78m A1 upgrade contract08/01/2025 A construction contract worth £78m is up for grabs on the Northern Ireland A1 Junctions Phase 2 Road Improvements Scheme. |
Design rethink needed as A1 viaduct repairs get even more complex09/01/2024 Completion of repair work on a landmark West Yorkshire viaduct has been delayed, while the start of work on a nearby bridge has been ‘paused’, after both projects proved more complex than first thought. |
A1 cash re-announcement 'changes nothing'05/10/2023 One of the schemes said to be funded by cash saved on HS2 is a ‘committed’ scheme in the current Road Investment Strategy (RIS 2), it has emerged. |
Ministers out of excuses over A1 decision delay08/09/2023 Ministers have delayed a decision on a major National Highways scheme in the North East for a fourth time, taking the process to nearly three years since a recommendation from the Planning Inspectorate. |
A1 scheme begins strategic 'bridge switch'04/09/2023 National Highways has reached a major milestone on its A1 Birtley to Coal House road widening scheme, with some traffic using the new Allerdene bridge. |
Work starts on internationally-renowned viaduct06/04/2023 National Highways will begin a major programme of work on a landmark West Yorkshire viaduct next week. |
Concrete progress on revitalising roads03/01/2023 National Highways has released new images and video to showcase its progress on a section of the A11 in Norfolk as a part of a nationwide drive to 'revitalise' concrete roads. |
£110m A1 upgrade complete10/11/2022 National Highways has announced that its £110m A1 Scotswood to North Brunton improvement scheme is now complete. |
Bridge widening to begin on A1 scheme09/11/2022 National Highways’ contractors will add six 10-tonne girders to the side of a bridge carrying the A1 over the next three weeks as part of a £220m widening scheme. |
Shapps delays planning decisions for environmental considerations16/12/2021 Grant Shapps has delayed making planning decisions for two more major schemes on the strategic road network. |
'Revolutionary resurfacing' comes to the A1 with graphene trial09/09/2021 National Highways will be trialling the use of graphene as part of a road surface on the A1 in Northumberland this month. |
Costain gets digital after second A1 win29/07/2021 Costain has pledged to deploy digital tools to improve productivity after being appointed by Highways England as the delivery partner for a second major upgrade on busy sections of the A1 in the North East. |
Highways England seeks new upgrade for A14 - to Mway status11/09/2018 Highways England is to apply for an 18-mile section of the A14 in Cambridgeshire to be classified as a motorway when its £1.5bn upgrade is complete. |
£5m boost for new A1 junction07/12/2016 Highways England has announced a funding boost of £5 million for a new junction on the A1 in Lincolnshire. |
Cleveland Bridge install eight bridges as part of A1 upgrade22/11/2016 Cleveland Bridge UK (CBUK) has completed the installation of eight bridges as part of the upgrade of the A1 in North Yorkshire. |
New section of A1 to open24/08/2016 The largest Highways England roads project under construction in the country – the A1 Leeming to Barton improvement scheme – will open to traffic early next month (September). |
New resurfacing technology used on A104/08/2016 New technology has been used by contractor A-one+ to resurface just over a mile of the A1 at Brownieside in Northumberland. |
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