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Network Rail picks six for £750m civils framework
Contractors Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and Carillion have been named amongst six chosen for Network Rail’s £750m mixed works framework.The framework, which combines signalling track and other civils work, is split in to five regions and is known as...
Infrastructure
High Speed 2 ‘fundamentally flawed’ say Tory MPs
Conservative Transport Group says HS2 route should avoid open countryside and connect directly with Heathrow Tory MPs have urged the Government to abandon its current plans for High Speed 2. The Conservative Transport Group said the...
Transport
New Zealand opens Hobsonville motorway
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has opened the Hobsonville motorway in north west Auckland, six months ahead of schedule.The new NZD$220 million ($184.5 million) motorway has two sections, where one is a six kilometre-long, four-lane motorway between Upper...
Transport
Massachusetts to complete bridge upgrades by summer
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT ) in the US is set to complete the “93 Fast 14” project by the end of the summer.The $98 million project involves the replacement of 14 structurally deficient bridges on Interstate 93...
Infrastructure
Green light for £25m Northampton station
West Northamptonshire Development Corporation is now seeking funding for BDP-designed railway station.A plans for a £25m station scheme in Northampton have been approved. The castle station would form the ’Station Gateway’ which could see the...
Transport
Vietnam begins Nhat Tan Bridge-Noi Bai ring road project
Vietnam has commenced construction work on the ring road from Noi Bai International Airport to Nhat Tan Bridge in in Dong Anh district, Hanoi.The project is estimated to cost about $239.4m, and will be funded by the Japanese official...
Transport
Leighton Contractors, ARTC to build Southern Sydney Freight Line in Australia
Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has appointed Leighton Contractors for an Alliance contract worth AUD150 million ($165.7 million) to carry out the final stage of the Southern Sydney Freight Line (SSFL) in Sydney, Australia. The scope...
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