Registration opens for JCT’s online Traffic Signals Symposium

With the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium’s physical event in Nottingham cancelled because of continuing restrictions around Covid-19, delegates can now sign up to take part online from the comfort of their home or office. The 25th staging of the popular knowledge sharing Symposium takes place via Zoom on 22 and 23 September.  Sign up here. […]

DfT “minded to refuse” A303 dualling plans

A decision on plans to upgrade the A303 in Somerset has been put back to November while the Department for Transport considers safety issues around the scheme. Local newspaper the Chard and Illminster News reports that the DfT is “minded to refuse” the designs because they involve the digging of new ponds near RNAS Yeovilton, […]

M20 Operation Brock work getting underway

Work to install a moveable barrier on the M20 designed to cope with cross-channel disruption is getting underway in Kent. The Operation Brock work involves installing a Moveable Barrier System to be deployed when required as part of a contraflow to permit the motorway and junctions to remain open if there are problems at the […]

HE announces A12 preferred route

Highways England has given details of its plans to widen the A12 in Essex between just north of Chelmsford and south of Colchester to three lanes. It says the preferred route is based on its 2017 consultation routes and has been selected based on several factors including environmental impact, journey times, complexity of build, affordability, […]