Eight bridges, six miles, four years: Futureproofing M6 Lune Gorge bridges22/08/2025 National Highways has kicked off 18 months of prep work so that it can upgrade eight bridges along a six-mile section of the M6 that runs through the Lune Gorge in Cumbria. |
M6 closure 'makes case for concrete'14/03/2025 The closure of the M6 this week after a major diesel spill underlines the need for a resilient road surface and robust barriers on the motorway network, the concrete carriageway trade body has said. |
Crash death smart motorway not due for refuge retrofit11/03/2025 A section of smart motorway where the driver of a stationary vehicle was killed, causing a coroner to raise concerns over the distance between safe places to stop, is not due to have extra emergency refuges retrofitted. |
Full speed ahead on last smart motorway scheme19/12/2024 National Highways has now fully opened a new all lane running scheme (ALR) that narrowly escaped the cancellation of the smart motorway programme last year. |
National Highways beats the clock with new M42 link19/12/2024 National Highways has opened a new A road and motorway junction to traffic as part of a major improvements scheme. |
Lune Gorge bridges set for deck replacement works03/12/2024 One of the most picturesque sections of English motorway is set for a ‘once-in-a-lifetime facelift’. |
Last of the smart motorway ALRs ready to open15/10/2024 National Highways has begun to open a new all lane running scheme (ALR) on the M6, which narrowly escaped the cancellation of the smart motorway programme last year. |
Huge queues on M6 leads to rethink on future closures13/09/2022 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. |
Low-level works raise profile of engineering07/07/2022 National Highways has completed a complex and technically challenging £1.5m repair programme to the concrete foundations of the M6 in Birmingham. |
Legacy ALR scheme moves forward16/06/2022 A major phase of the £200m project to upgrade a section of the M6 between Warrington and Wigan to an all lane running smart motorway will be completed this month. |
Spaghetti Junction's 50 birthday celebrations get cooking26/05/2022 As part of the Spaghetti Junction's 50th anniversary celebrations, National Highways has teamed up with Birmingham architects to restore the original model for the famous structure. |
National Highways hails M6 disappearing act10/05/2022 National Highways has successfully removed one of two old bridges across the M6 at Junction 10, as part of a £78m upgrade. |
Bird’s eye view highlights M6 junction progress17/03/2022 National Highways has released new images of its ‘transformation’ of Junction 10 of the M6 to highlight the progress being made and the scale of the work involved. |
DfT challenged over 'more than halfway' claim13/01/2022 Campaigners have challenged the Government’s decision to continue with work to convert a section of the M6 to all lane running (ALR), despite this week’s announcement of pause on new schemes. |
M6 link gets stopped vehicle CCTV monitoring13/09/2021 National Highways is to provide a dedicated team of control centre operatives to monitor a stretch of smart motorway in the Midlands after concerns were raised over live lane breakdowns. |
Video shows beam lift job as airbag is tested09/07/2021 Highways England has released an animation showing the scale of the operation to lift 44m-long steel bridge beams into place across the M6 and has confirmed a new date for the works. |
Beam lift is 'huge milestone' on M6 project17/06/2021 Giant bridge beams are to be lifted into place across the M6 next month as the transformation of Junction 10 reaches a major milestone. |
Sisk gets £78m M6 Junction 10 job30/07/2019 John Sisk & Son has been appointed to carry out a £78m upgrade of Junction 10 of the M6, whose cost has risen from the initial £64m. |
Highways England consults on £200m Midlands motorway link29/05/2019 Highways England has launched a statutory consultation on a £200m scheme to build a new link road between the M54 and M6 in the West Midlands. |
£256m upgrade 'makes M6 fit for the future'09/04/2019 Highways England has completed a £265m project to add extra lanes and new technology to a 19-mile stretch of the M6, which it called the most significant change since the motorway first opened in Cheshire in 1963. |
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