Infrastructure – Page 4
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NewsMPs back bid to halt HS2 as petition triggers Parliamentary debate
Debate confirmed for 13 September after public petition gathers more than 150,000 signatures
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NewsTransport department launches toolkit for better-value rail projects
Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Road also worked on new platform
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NewsCrossrail chief forced to admit Bond Street station opening date at risk of slipping – again
Mark Wild has already conceded the central section will open with or without the scheme
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NewsHS2 bracing for more complaints as construction ramps up
Public gripes running at more than five a day in first three months of year
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NewsCrossrail wants to get full line open six months earlier than planned
Railway had been planning for entire east-west route to open one year after key central section
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NewsIntegrated Rail Plan delays to set back Northern Powerhouse Rail by at least 12 months
Transport for the North says region will have to wait longer for improvement works to begin
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NewsExpect heat and building strategy ‘within weeks’, government net zero champion says
Reports hold-up has been caused by row over funding
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NewsBond Street making progress to meet next deadline, Crossrail boss says
Cost of statiion has shot up to £660m from an original £111m
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NewsHS2 having ‘no material impact’ on products cost and shortages, minister says
Andrew Stephenson insists scheme not causing supplies to run low on other jobs
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NewsBan on new petrol and diesel trucks by 2040
Transport decarbonisation plan to phase out polluting HGVs, while pinning hope on new technology to make aviation green
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NewsProblems for contractors getting access to stations putting Crossrail at risk, consultant warns
Railway says it has set up a group to overcome issues
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NewsRace starts for £300m HS2 ground investigations deal
The contract will cover the yet-to-be-confirmed route north of the Midlands
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NewsCrossrail still needs millions more to finish the job, spending watchdog finds
Bond Street station now costing £660m – after originally being budgeted at £111m
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NewsKier picks up £50m civils deal for next phase of HS2
Work involves highways and utility diversions
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NewsMinister discloses HS2 staff are picking up an average of £60k a year
Number of people employed by railway approaching 1,600
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NewsCrossrail 2 ‘ready to be restarted when time is right’, London’s mayor promises
Scheme was mothballed this spring
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NewsWoolwich latest Crossrail station to be handed over to TfL
Weston Williamson and Mott MacDonald also worked on the project
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NewsNothing sinister in Jacobs not getting invite to key Crossrail meetings, project’s boss says
US consultant has been keeping tabs on scheme for government and Transport for London
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NewsBalfour team to formally start work on HS2’s Old Oak Common station
Transport secretary to fire starting gun on £1.3bn scheme today