A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by Housing Secretary Sajid Javid as one of the key steps towards delivering the homes the country needs. Homes England will play a major role in fixing the housing market by helping to deliver an average of 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s.
The Government has outlined its plans for a Major Road Network (MRN) of local roads including proposals on funding and how the routes and schemes will be chosen.
After a wonderful Christmas break, we'd like to wish a very happy new year to all our staff, clients and contacts!
Heathrow is to reveal detailed proposals for bridging the M25, terminal designs and plans for phased construction during a public consultation on expansion starting in January.
The Engineer recently revisited some of the finest tunnelling achievements to grace its pages down through the years, and this week we bring you a collection of articles where the focus is another engineering mainstay: bridges.
Congratulations to Sarah Smart, who is a Principal Transport Planner at our Woking office, on becoming Mrs Sarah Burton after marrying Matt in July. Sarah will be returning to work this week after a period of maternity leave.
Road safety has just entered another dimension. The third dimension, that is. Several towns across the globe have introduced new pedestrian crossings that look like floating 3D optical illusions.
Self driving cars are expected to enter the market and become a fixture on UK roads within four years, the Transport Secretary has said this week.
Richard Gregory, Associate at Mayer Brown, recently attended MIPIM UK; the leading real estate summit for all key stakeholders operating in the UK property market.
Mayer Brown would like to welcome James Redfearn and Justyna Kubicka to our London office. James has joined us as a Graduate Transport Planner after completing his degree in Geography at Birmingham University. Justyna has also joined us as a Graduate Transport Planner whilst working towards her MSc in Quantity Surveying at GCU London University. Justyna’s other qualifications include a bachelor degree in logistics.
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