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HighwaysIndustry.com has carried highways jobs since the day it launched. Now they all sit in one place: Highways Jobs, a dedicated job board with more than 3,000 live roles from 75 contractors, consultants and councils... highwaysindustry.com/highway…
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Near the M6, two vortex separators now catch sediment and toxins before they reach the Lancaster Canal. At Wild Park by Brighton, wetlands and rain gardens replace deep borehole soakaways to treat road run-off. highwaysindustry.com/nationa…
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Bethell is building the £6 million Westgate Connector for Leeds City Council, adding a two-way segregated cycle lane, better crossings and redesigned junctions on a route with 39 reported casualties between 2021 and 2025. highwaysindustry.com/westgat…
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Every English council’s A road condition from DfT’s final red, amber and green figures, with the worst and best ranked and what the measures mean. highwaysindustry.com/road-co…
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The Department for Infrastructure's urban active travel plan puts its 10-year priority programme at between £140 million and £280 million, linking over 280,000 people in Northern Ireland to everyday destinations. highwaysindustry.com/dfi-act…
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Hackney Council's Hoxton crossings proposals would add or upgrade 17 crossings on New North Road and East Road, between Poole Street and City Road, with a public consultation open until 6 December. highwaysindustry.com/hoxton-…
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Young people from Bath and North East Somerset, including participants in the council's Youth Guarantee, have met highways professionals and seen specialist vehicles at Step into Highways events in Clutton. highwaysindustry.com/step-in…
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Derbyshire County Council has named seven contractors on a Derbyshire resurfacing framework worth up to £50m in total, covering non-strategic carriageway resurfacing and minor ancillary works from September 2026 to Octo... highwaysindustry.com/derbysh…
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Bath canal tunnel repairs need surveys, design work and approvals before permanent work can begin, Bath and North East Somerset Council says, after works on the A36 above damaged the arch. highwaysindustry.com/bath-ca…
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Publishing its East Sussex transparency report on highway maintenance has earned the county council half of its Department for Transport incentive grant, with another £2.9m possible later this year. highwaysindustry.com/east-su…
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Twelve precast beams for the Guay Overbridge, the only overbridge on the A9 Tay Crossing to Ballinluig dualling, will be lifted in overnight between 30 November and 5 December. highwaysindustry.com/a9-guay…
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Telford resurfacing work on Stafford Park's main spine road, about 14,000 square metres for £600,000, was done overnight, finishing the latest scheme in the council's programme for its industrial employment areas. highwaysindustry.com/telford…
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One supplier will work alongside Dorset Council's in-house workforce on capital works under the Dorset highways term contract, which could run for 10 years from June 2027. highwaysindustry.com/dorset-…
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Councils in England would issue licences to shared e-bike schemes and set conditions on parking, fleet size and antisocial riding, under a Department for Transport consultation that runs until 31 December. highwaysindustry.com/shared-…
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Glenigan says infrastructure starts on site fell 14% on a year in the three months to October, while utilities projects pushed civils up 19% overall. highwaysindustry.com/gleniga…
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The Department for Infrastructure's opening structural maintenance allocation for Northern Ireland roads is about £98m this year, around £30m more than last year, Causeway Coast and Glens councillors have been told. highwaysindustry.com/dfi-str…
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Julie Wood of Mott MacDonald, who started out as an apprentice, has become the 162nd president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, telling members to stop treating reinvention as normal. highwaysindustry.com/julie-w…
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Swindon Borough Council is heating the loose asphalt around potholes and reworking it, rather than cutting out and replacing the surface, in a programme it hopes to take across the whole town. highwaysindustry.com/swindon…
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Lorry routes through villages, HGV parking and weight restrictions feature in the draft West Northamptonshire freight plan, which residents, businesses and the freight industry can comment on until 17 December. highwaysindustry.com/west-no…
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Nine A38 upgrades between Barrow Tanks and the M5 at Edithmead can go ahead after the Department for Transport approved the full business case submitted by North Somerset and Somerset councils. highwaysindustry.com/a38-upg…
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