Transport and Logistics Network
A major closure will be in place on and around the M6[1] in Birmingham for a number of days this month – and motorists have been warned to plan ahead to allow for delays and diversions. National Highways West Midlands said they will be renewing road ma…
A suspected World War Two explosive find by a busy stretch of the M6 motorway prompted the road to be closed leading to huge tailbacks. The M6 motorway was closed at around 2pm after the discovering of a WW2 shell in Chillinghome Road, in Hodge Hill[1]…
THE M42 opened ahead of schedule at the weekend after HS2 removed a bridge 14 hours earlier than planned.
Workers from Solihull-based firm Armac Demolition removed a 4,000 tonne bridge to make way for the HS2 railway between Friday (August 11) and Sund…
A team of twenty demolition experts has removed a four-thousand-tonne two-span bridge over the M42 in the West Midlands[1] to make way for HS2[2].
The workers, from Solihull[3]-based firm Armac Demolition, worked night and day, using eight fifty-tonne …
Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020 (Photo: David Davies)Birmingham’s motorists will have six road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.And four of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with drivers facing hol…
An ‘appalling’ Mercedes taxi thief drove into oncoming traffic and jumped red lights in a 160-mile high-speed police chase eventually ended by Warwickshire traffic cops. After being denied entry to a cab outside the South Terminal at Gatwick Airport, M…
Fans attending Saturday’s game are advised of travel disruption for road and rail:
Due to the ongoing industrial action in the form of action short of a strike, West Midlands Trains service on the Leamington – Nuneaton line has been served by bus for t…
A major stretch of motorway connecting Warwickshire and Solihull[1] was closed by police with traffic being held due to a “police incident.” A National Highways spokesperson said this evening, August 10: “The M40 in Warwickshire is closed northbound be…
Mohammed Ahmed, pictured left, stealing the taxi (Image: Sussex Police)
A thief who stole a cab from Gatwick Airport and went on a 130mph joyride has been spared jail.
Mohammed Ahmed stole a Mercedes taxi from South Terminal at Gatwick Airport and …
As I walk down a busy road in Perry Barr[1] it’s like a different world. Where once was a grey and grim area, laden with graffiti and chaotic traffic jams, the landscape has received a lick of paint to brighten it up.
Thank goodness it did since just a…