North Yorkshire Council eradicates weeds and chewing gum with ‘revolutionary’ new technology
North Yorkshire Council has invested in a new weeding machine for its works beside highways and in town centres, which works without using herbicides. The machine uses hot water insulated by biodegradable foam – made from plant oils and sugars – to keep the liquid hot to kill weeds and moss right at their root […]
LCRIG appoints Alec Peachey as its new Content Director
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) has appointed Alec Peachey as its new Content Director. As part of his role he will be responsible for developing LCRIG’s overall content strategy in conjunction with the board. He will work closely with the sector to develop relationships and help raise the profile of the organisation. Talking […]
Amey completes work on highways access to retail outlet in West Midlands
Amey has announced the completion of works on a major highways project to create access to a multi-million-pound retail outlet in the West Midlands. Working on behalf of the client, Staffordshire County Council as their Highways provider, Amey has created new road infrastructure to allow access to the £160million McArthurGlen designer shopping development, that is […]
Siemens completes London LED signal upgrade
Siemens Mobility has completed a retrofit upgrade of traffic signals for Transport for London, covering 161 junctions across the north and northeast of the capital. It’s estimated the LED central light source technology, which consumes an average of just 9W across a typical dim/bright cycle, will deliver energy and cost savings of over 75%, as […]
Digital twins: transforming the way we build roads
There’s never been a better time for asset owners to adopt digital twins to unlock significant value and provide benefits for themselves, their customers and safeguard their staff in these uncertain times. James Colclough, Civil Infrastructure Digital Project Delivery lead at AECOM, outlines key technologies and considerations that every asset owner should take – no […]
Dorset Highways commits £2m to repair damaged residential roads
Dorset Council has commited £2 million for resurfacing to permanently repair its most damaged residential roads. Recently the Department for Transport awarded £9.1m to Dorset Council as part of the Governments £1.7bn injection of funding to local highway authorities across the country through the new Transport Infrastructure Investment Fund. Dorset Highways said it has committed […]
TfGM’s Transport Professional Services contract tendering delayed for ‘exceptional circumstances’
The tendering for Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) Transport Professional Services contract will be extended due to ‘the exceptional circumstances facing the supply chain,’ according to a voluntary ex ante transparency notice issued yesterday. The authority said that in response to the results of bid readiness surveys, with applicants who had expressed an Interest by […]
TfGM awarded £1 million from the London Marathon Charitable Trust to support cycling and walking ambitions
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has been awarded a grant of £1million from The London Marathon Charitable Trust to support its ambition to get more people walking and cycling. TfGM said it will put the money towards supporting around 10,000 people in up to 60 communities across Greater Manchester to get active and travel sustainably, […]
Hampshire’s £3.45m bid to support the green recovery
Hampshire County Council has submitted a bid to Government for a further £3.45 million to help deliver a range of schemes including the redesigning of some of its roads and high streets to support social distancing, assist economic recovery and support people who want to continue walking and cycling more. The projects that have been […]
£300k Funding for road safety projects announced
The Road Safety Trust charity which is dedicated to making the UK’s roads the safest in the world, has announced it’ll open its Small Grants Plus Programme to applications on 15th September for five weeks. The scheduled Small Grants Programme was suspended in March 2020 and the reintroduction of it has been modified to encourage […]
