A long list of essential infrastructure projects is crying out for attention, but traditional funding sources are drying up. Mark Hellowell asks whether the new government agency Infrastructure UK...
Lord Mandelson has published the government’s strategy for economic growth, pledging investment in infrastructure and in sustainable and communications technologies
The Highways Agency lacks basic information on whether it is getting value for money from its contractors, and must improve its commercial practices, MPs have found.
It’s supposed to be lighter touch but it is certainly tougher. The Audit Commission’s first area assessments were revealed this week – and put up on the Oneplace website for everyone to see. David...
The cost of resurfacing roads in England might have increased by as much as 70% in the past six years, according to a National Audit Office report on the work of the Highways Agency
Growing public dissatisfaction with roads and highways can be resolved only by setting up a government-run bank for infrastructure projects, the Institution of Civil Engineers has said
The new Forth Crossing will be built regardless of whether Scotland is given borrowing powers by Westminster, the Scottish Government announced as part of its Legislative Programme today
The government should make economic viability the priority when considering transport reforms even if it means closing lesser used rail routes, according to a think-tank
A row has flared over Edinburgh’s controversial tramway plan after the city council entered into a formal legal dispute with the consortium building the £545m project
MPs have demanded an overhaul of the rail franchising system, describing it as a ‘mess’ that allows operators to walk away from their responsibilities when times get tough
The row over the funding for a second Forth road bridge in Scotland has reignited in Parliament, with Scottish Liberal Democrat MP Willie Rennie urging ministers to allow Scotland new borrowing...
Improvements to transport links between England and Wales are being held up by a lack of co-operation between central government and councils, MPs have said.
The Scottish Government has defended public bodies’ spending on consultants following claims that three quangos have spent more than £360m on external advice in recent years.
Transport experts have given a cautious response to the rail minister’s announcement that investment in a new high-speed line must go ahead despite looming public spending cuts.
News that part of the rail network is to return to the public sector has been greeted as the ‘last chance’ for rail franchises by one leading transport expert.
