Road builders urge rethink over £428m RIS3 road cuts

Civil engineering contractors have hit back at plans to strip £428m from the RIS3 roads programme and axe two major schemes.
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association is urging Government to mothball the A38 Derby Junctions and A46 Newark Bypass jobs rather than kill them off completely.
Ministers want to cut RIS3 capital spending over the first four years of the 2026-31 investment period, with the two enhancement schemes in the firing line and a further 2% squeeze proposed across othe