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Published 12 Dec 2024 The agreement marks a significant step towards achieving our vision of a connected country while conserving, enhancing and managing the natural environment. Share this article Signed on the landscape-led A417 Missing Link project, a scheme that aims to deliver four miles of a safer road with free-flowing traffic while conserving and enhancing the special character, natural beauty and wildlife of the Cotswolds National Landscape, the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…

Learning on the road to good design: Case studies Foreword The road to good design One aspect of good design highlighted in the (2018) set out our design examples is the range of other benefits that can be vision and principles generated from multidisciplinary and multifunctional for the strategic road design that makes the most of wider opportunities. network. This first series Although important, road design that only solves a of case studies help us safety or traffic problem, is not necessari…

Congham Road Bridge carries St Andrew’s Lane over the top of the former South Lynn to Yarmouth branch line. Share this article Location: Congham, Norfolk Open to the public? Yes Status: Awaiting Planning Inspectorate decision  History The rail route underneath the bridge historically was part of the former South Lynn to Yarmouth branch. One of four smaller branch lines, later becoming The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GN). At 183 miles the M&GN train system was the longest of t…

Share this article More than two dozen research fellows and doctoral students work in partnership with us. Their research spans a range of engineering topics. Here, some of our research fellows and doctoral students explain how their work helps us contribute to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals. Dr Jinying Xu Dr. Jinying Xu is a research fellow at the University of Cambridge. The title of Dr Xu's research is: Data science and advanced technologies for carbon …

Our core funding is set through the Road Investment Strategy (RIS) process, normally in five-year cycles called Road Investment Periods. Road Investment Periods For each road period, we produce a Strategic Business Plan (SBP) and Delivery Plan setting out the how we will use the funding provided to meet the requirements set by the Government’s Department for Transport through the RIS. This enables us to plan for the long term, and provide excellent value for money for our customers, the taxpay…

This privacy notice sits beneath our top level privacy notice and provides information about how personal data is used in relation to the Planned Engineering Works (PEW) system. What personal data do we collect and handle? Information we may collect includes name work email work phone number Please note that the information we process on you will always be proportionate and only used in support for the purpose specified below. What do we use the data for? All engineering works carried ou…

One of a package of schemes to reduce congestion along the South Coast. Start date 2024-25 End date Road Period 3 (2025-2030) Cost £20 million Latest updates Overview Documents Latest updates 12 August 2024 Scheme to end Following the Chancellor’s announcement that the A27 schemes will not be taken forward, we are developing our plans for bringing this project to a close. 23 February 2024 Consultation Report Publication Thank you to everyone who shared their views on our proposals t…

South of Barrhead, the unusual concrete viaduct is one of the largest monuments remaining from the former railway branch. It now offers a safe route for school children to get to and from home. We’ve secured its safe future use with over 240 separate repairs. Share this article Location: Barrhead, East Renfrewshire Contractor: Balfour Beatty Open to the public? Yes Completion: Summer 2023 History The Paisley and Barrhead District Railway was a railway in Scotland that ran between the town…

This page outlines our policy for identifying and dealing with unreasonable customer contacts. We define unreasonable contact as: Contact from customers which because of the frequency or nature of the contact may hinder our consideration of the complaint or enquiry, or the service to others. We do not expect our people to tolerate behaviour that is intimidating, abusive or offensive, or undermines their safety or wellbeing and that of others. We’ll let you know if we believe your contact is …

Published 14 Mar 2025 Scour is the leading cause of bridge failures in the world, and it’s become more common in recent years because of climate change. Historical Railways Estate Civil Engineer Andrew Willison is our team’s scour specialist. Share this article Q. What is scour?  A. Put simply: it's moving water that runs past a structure and removes the material that’s there. On a ‘normal’ day, the effects are very minimal; but, when the river that a bridge stands in runs faster (or the br…