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Institution of Civil Engineers crowns Smart Motorways top project
Economic Development
'Birmingham Box' scheme, which aims to ease congestion on busy strip of M6, takes home project of the year prize at award ceremony
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ICE Awards 2014
Commercial Property
Institution of Civil Engineers 2014 West Midlands Awards
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Centro calls for Midlands roads to be sold to fund new projects
Economic Development
Region's transport authority pushes government for radical toll schemes to raise capital
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Locke director Steven Knight shares his vision for a more creative Birmingham
Enterprise
Tom Hardy – “the best young actor Britain has got” – is the star of his new film, Locke, about a man undergoing a personal and professional crisis while driving from Birmingham to London
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Aston Expressway Birmingham at 'considerable' risk of collapsing, claims council report
Economic Development
Raised section of the seven-lane expressway needs £26 million investment to fix it to make the 40-year-old carriageway safe
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Jobs boost as Hill & Smith Holdings invests
Manufacturing
Hill & Smith Holdings has created 37 new jobs making temporary steel barriers on the back of rising spending on the country’s roads.
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Hill & Smith creates dozens of jobs as infrastructure spend rises
Manufacturing
Hill & Smith Holdings has created 37 new jobs making temporary steel barriers on the back of rising spending on the country’s roads
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Former Villa star sees speeding fine halved
Economic Development
Young, 28, was given a six-month driving ban on Thursday after speeding at 71 miles per hour on a 50mph section of the M6 Toll motorway in Warwickshire in March last year
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M6 to be focus of new BBC documentary series
Economic Development
The BBC is planning a documentary on the M6 motorway, and is desperate to speak to Midland road users for their tales of woe.
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Data analysis: Birmingham pedals a £1.7 million cycling revolution
Economic Development
Cycle paths along the River Tame, under the M6, Cole Valley and Rea Valley are set for upgrades to encourage more people to get active and improve cycle safety
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Engineering group Lonestar to invest £7.5m in new headquarters
Commercial Property
The company manufactures and supplies high-performance fasteners, sealing and precision-engineered components for the global energy markets.
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Birmingham Airport's expansion plans rejected by Davies Commission
Economic Development
A Government-backed inquiry has called for airport expansion in the south east but rejected plans for a new runway in the Midlands
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Data analysis: Ten years of the £900 million M6 Toll
Economic Development
Report revealed that since peaking in 2006/7, use of the road is steadily falling and has never come close to its forecast 75,000 vehicles a day
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Data analysis: How road upgrades will support 900 West Midlands jobs
Economic Development
Pproject includes the completion of a managed motorway network between junctions 5 and 8 of the M6
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Concrete evidence of England's big progress
Retail & Consumer
A new book explores England’s green and concrete land. Graham Young reports.
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M6 smart motorway contract awarded to Carillion
Economic Development
Midland firm to improve stretch between Wolverhampton and Stafford
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Green light for £11m Chester Road scheme
Economic Development
The A452 Chester Road project, which will take a year to complete, will get underway next Spring
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£8.3m scheme to alleviate congestion on major commuter route approved
Economic Development
Work is needed to tackle jams on the regionally strategic route, improve traffic flow and upgrade facilities for pedestrians and cyclists
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HS2 scraps plans to move River Tame
Economic Development
HS2 will arrive in the city using a new tunnel running under the M6 viaduct at Bromford, after river plan ditched
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Motorway hard shoulders to be opened up to motorists across the West Midlands
Economic Development
Improvements planned for M6 and M5 as part of £100bn development of Ƶ's roads
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M5 and M6 hard shoulders to be opened in £100bn drive
European Union
'Managed motorway' moves part of Government infrastructure spending plans
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M6 Toll ‘could be used to ease traffic’
M6 Toll
Toll road operator refuses to comment on reports claiming it could be used to ease congestion on the M6
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Post Comment: Time to get our city moving
Economic Development
A look through back copies of the Birmingham Post will show that thousands of column inches have been filled debating and discussing the city's transport network.
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Tunnel underneath Birmingham proposed for HS2 line
Economic Development
The company behind the construction of the High Speed Two rail line through the Midlands has announced plans to build a 2.6km tunnel beneath Birmingham.
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