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The A57 Link Roads scheme will relieve the long term issue of congestion in Mottram in Longdendale and help to improve journeys between Manchester and Sheffield. Start date December 2024 End date Road Period 3 (2026 – 2031) Cost TBC Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 11 September 2025 Traffic Lights at Roe Cross Road – Starting Monday 15 September We’re building a temporary road linking Roe Cross Road to Old Road. Over the next few weeks, we’ll begin moving and shaping t…

We’re replacing the footbridge which carries footpath 184 over the M3 connecting Whitmoor Road, Bagshot and Lightwater Country Park. Start date Winter 2024 End date August 2025 Cost TBC Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 19 September 2025 Bridge protection works - 24 - 26 September 2025 We will be installing some vehicle bollards at either end of the new bridge to protect it from unintended vehicle access.  During these minor works the bridge will remain open at all time…

The A432 Badminton Road bridge crosses the M4 on the outskirts of Bristol. Investigations have revealed damage to the bridge which cannot be repaired long term or cost effectively. Start date 12 July 2023 End date TBC Cost TBC Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 09 September 2025 10 October to 13 October - M4 weekend closure We'll close the M4 in both directions between junction 18 (Bath) and junction 19 (M32) from 7pm Friday 10 to 6am Monday 13 October.  We need the clos…

With 250 archaeologists working on site during the peak of work, this scheme was one of the biggest and most complex archaeological projects ever undertaken in the UK. What we did and why We worked closely with Cambridgeshire County Council to ensure that areas of possible archaeological or historical interest were either investigated or preserved. Archaeological work began with geophysical surveys in 2009, when the scheme was first being considered. These helped to identify possible archaeol…

Enhancing safety on this busy gateway for the west Midlands. Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 11 December 2024 Overnight closures for planting work While our upgrade of the M40-M42 Interchange was completed before Christmas 2023, several months earlier than planned, we need to close some lanes for some planting works that were not part of the original project scope.  All parties have agreed that it made sense to correct them now. To do this safely, we need to install the…

Back Published 06 January 2025 Press Release News The television series focuses on archaeological finds over the last year and begins its twelfth series tomorrow with a look at a Roman stone coffin. Due to be broadcast at 8pm on BBC2, and presented by Professor Alice Roberts, the series opener features the story of an enormous hand carved stone coffin that had laid undisturbed since its burial in Roman times over 1,500 years ago. A team of archaeologists from Headland Archaeology set to w…

Maintenance schemes taking place in the Yorkshire and North East region. Overview Documents The latest maintenance schemes that will be running in this area can be found below in the 'Project information' by clicking on the headings below. Project information Schemes across the region You can view more details about the maintenance schemes taking place in Yorkshire and the North East below: A1 Wansbeck to Warreners resurfacing - 29 September 2025 - mid January 2026 Work We’re resurfacin…

We are making safety and capacity improvements to this important strategic route to support economic growth and planned development in the region. Start date Started End date 2024-25 Cost £282 million Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 08 September 2025 Work from 22 September to November We’ll repair B4438 Catherine de Barnes Lane bridge and B4102 Solihull Road bridge at the same time. Closures To work safely, we'll need these overnight (9pm - 5am) closures on the M42 a…

The Connected and autonomous plant (CAP) roadmap will revolutionise construction safety and bring productivity gains of £200 billion if adopted by 2040. About the roadmap Together with i3P, we led the development of a roadmap for the implementation of automation in construction. This was a collaborative project which drew on expertise from clients, academia, industry, and government to create the roadmap. Stakeholders shared in the development of the vision and explored how challenges in tech…

Back Published 21 January 2025 News Press Release Beaumond House Hospice Care has been given some much-needed media equipment thanks to community funding provided by the team behind the planned dualling of the A46 Newark Bypass.  The hospice has been awarded over £3,200 from the project’s social value fund, part of a wider National Highways commitment to ‘give back’ to local communities by providing funding for projects, volunteer time, materials or arranging career-related activities in s…