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• Permission granted for Southend Airport terminal extension

  Date: April 27, 2012

  A 90m extension to the new terminal at London’s Southend Airport will begin later this year after plans were approved by Rochdale council yesterday.

• £49m HS2 design contracts awarded to four consultancies

  Date: April 20, 2012

  Mott McDonald, Atkins, Capita Symonds and Arup have been awarded design contracts worth £49m by high speed rail operator HS2 under Lot 1 of its Professional Services Framework.

• Environmental Consultancy work for HS2 awarded

  Date: April 20, 2012

  The four remaining environmental consultancy jobs have been awarded to ERM Temple Group Mott MacDonald Consortium, Atkins and Arup as part of HS2’s professional services framework.

• £415m of Scottish motorway work unveiled

  Date: April 20, 2012

  Transport Scotland have revealed opportunities to work on £415m worth of motorway improvement works at a recent industry day.

• Airport whitepaper commissioned

  Date: April 20, 2012

  As part of his Budget 2012 announcements, Chancellor George Osborne has stated that a whitepaper addressing airport infrastructure will be released during the summer stating that “We cannot cut ourselves off from the fastest growing cities in the world” and that Transport Secretary Justine Greening would “set out” government thinking.

• Boris Johnson set to champion Crossrail 2

  Date: April 20, 2012

  The Mayor of London may be looking to set himself up as the man to make Crossrail 2 a reality according to a recent report in Construction News. The second line, running between Hackney and Chelsea has been described as “absolutely vital” and, more importantly, affordable given the savings of over £1bn that have been made to date as part of Crossrail.

• Shortlist announced for £35m Crossrail station

  Date: April 20, 2012

  Laing O’Rourke Construction, Hochtief UK in a joint venture with its German business, Costain and Geoffrey Osborne have been announced as the bidders to pass through the prequalification stage to tender for the £35m Custom House station. Located in east London it will be the only above ground station in Crossrail’s central section.

• High Speed Rail Network (HS2) gets green light

  Date: April 20, 2012

  Plans to build the first part of a new, £33bn, high speed rail link between London and the North were unveiled on Tuesday by Transport Secretary Justine Greening. A parliamentary bill is expected to be passed that will allow for the first stage of the project, £17bn worth of work, to begin as early as 2017.

• Ringway secures North West highways maintenance deal

  Date: April 20, 2012

  Ringway Infrastructure Services have been elected to carry out road maintenance and street service across Shropshire by Shropshire County Council replacing the current maintenance provider, Enterprise.

• Northern Line extension in doubt

  Date: April 20, 2012

  The financial security of the Northern Line extension project, highlighted as one of the government’s 40 ‘priority projects’, has been brought into question this week as banks move to take control of the Battersea power station site.