Following the announcement that Highways England has (9 December 2019) opened the Huntingdon Southern Bypass one year ahead of schedule, Natalie Chapman, Head of East of England, South of England and Urban Policy at FTA, comments: “Speaking on behalf of the UK logistics industry, FTA is thrilled Highways England has… Read more »
A14 Huntingdon bypass opens
A new 12-mile bypass to the south of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire has opened to traffic, Highways England announced yesterday (9 December). The new bypass runs between Ellington and Swavesey and is part of a project to upgrade 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon. With the new bypass… Read more »
A14 bypass opening date revealed
The new bypass will run between Ellington and Swavesey and is part of a £1.5 billion project to upgrade 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon. Last month, the Government announced that the bypass would open to traffic in December, a full year ahead of schedule. Now Highways… Read more »
Operation Brock activated on M20
Drivers of lorries weighing more than 7.5 tonnes heading for Eurotunnel or the Port of Dover on the M20 should follow signs directing them onto the coastbound carriageway of the M20 between junction 8 for Maidstone and junction 9 for Ashford. A 30mph speed limit is in place and, in… Read more »
Highways England awards further groundbreaking major road upgrade contracts
As part of its groundbreaking Regional Delivery Partnerships framework, Highways England has signed contracts worth £435 million with Galliford Try to deliver two major road upgrades – the A47 corridor improvement programme around Norwich and Peterborough and the Sparkford to Ilchester dualling scheme along the A303 corridor in Somerset. Contracts… Read more »
Extra motorway lanes saving drivers 40 minutes each week
Highways England completed the biggest ever upgrade of the M6 in Cheshire earlier this year, and figures from the first few months of operation show that peak-time drivers are now travelling up to 15 miles per hour faster than before work started. Drivers travelling towards Crewe after 9am and leaving… Read more »
Major upgrades planned for trans-Pennine route
A multi-million upgrade to the A69 Bridge End junction, which will save drivers around an hour a week, and the installation of permanent average speed cameras to improve safety at two locations along the road, are due to start in the next two months. Highways England project manager Russell Mclean… Read more »
A12 closures cause 20 mile diversions for four weeks
From Friday 9th August, 9pm to 5am, junctions 29, the Ardleigh interchange, and junction 30, at Stratford St Mary, on the A12 will be closed due to resurfacing, road marking and stud renewal. Drivers will experience a 20-mile diversion route, resulting in an added 30 minutes to journey times, as… Read more »
Dual carriageway opening to provide boost to North West and Mid Ulster Economy
In response to the opening of seven kilometres of the new A6 dual carriageway, Seamus Leheny, Policy Manager for Northern Ireland at FTA, commented: “As the organisation representing the UK’s logistics sector, FTA campaigned for the dualling of the A6 for several years; we are so pleased that a seven kilometre stretch of the new carriageway… Read more »
Highways England awards groundbreaking contracts to deliver major upgrades
Highways England has signed a £61.4 million contract with supply chain partner Geoffrey Osborne Ltd to deliver a major upgrade that will transform a bottleneck on the A46 in Coventry. And in the South East, a £52.4 million contract has been awarded to VolkerFitzpatrick to deliver a series of improvements… Read more »
