Safer Highways announced as supporter of the One Million Lives global mental health campaign
Safer Highways has now been announced as a supporter of the One Million Lives campaign. One Million Lives campaign, set up to promote positive mental health and wellbeing, provides a free mental health check-in tool that helps users assess their current state of mind and provide supportive suggestions for help and growth. As the title […]
Brake and Road Safety GB award Manchester’s CYCLOPS junction Local Roads Innovation award
Brake and Road Safety GB have awarded Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester City Council the Local Roads Innovation Award for the CYCLOPS (cycle optimised protected signals) junction, in Hulme. The junction forms part of Greater Manchester’s Bee Network and is innovative in placing the cycle route on the outside of the pedestrian crossings, fully […]
Artistic acoustic barrier installed in East London
A first-of-its-kind barrier to cut noise pollution on a busy main road in London which the designers say turns a civil engineering project “into a memorable public artwork.” The installation, on the A12 at Bromley-by-Bow, is almost thirty metres in length, and reaches a peak height of three metres. The designers say it draws inspiration […]
Shire Leasing and Bath & North East Somerset Council join forces to help investment in lower emission vehicles
Shire Leasing has been appointed by Bath & North East Somerset Council to deliver the UK’s first financial assistance scheme to support businesses affected by the introduction of clean air zones to invest in lower emission vehicles. The finance scheme has been launched to support Bath’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ), which will charge most higher emission vehicles – except private cars and motorbikes […]
Highways England and supply chain partners cut back on noise and dust at roadworks thanks to new innovation
New equiopment has been developed by Highways England, which means that living near roadworks will have to contend with less noise, dust and vibration while work is going on. Operatives working on such projects will also benefit from the new Deck Scraper vehicle which uses a blade to shave off the membrane of the surface […]
WSP hires rail expert to run transport and infrastructure business
The engineering professional services consultancy WSP has appointed Charlie Hodgson as Managing Director of its UK Transport & Infrastructure (T&I) business. He joins from The Go-Ahead Group where he was Managing Director of Rail Development and Chairman of their Nordic and German businesses. Go-Ahead is one of the UK’s leading public transport companies and listed […]
‘Back to Black’ ploughing should be adopted for better performance and safety on the network
More local authorities should be planning to plough ‘back to black’ on the road surface during snow events if they want to help deliver better performance and maintain safety on the network. These are the thoughts of Debbie Cavanagh, UK Sales Manager for Safecote who says that alternative plough blade technology, now available to councils, […]
Highways England considering new depot and salt barn to serve M62/A63
A new depot and salt barn to be situated in the East Yorkshire business park is being considered by Highways England so it can better serve the M62 and A63 corridor during the winter. Plans are being submitted to improve the critical winter service offered on the major trunk roads linking the city and port […]
Renault completes driverless car project in France
Renault has announced it’s completed what it calls a “ground-breaking” three-year research project in France exploring and understanding the technology required and conditions needed for autonomous vehicles to work away from built-up urban areas. The trial was made up of two key experiments, including one completed using a specially developed autonomous Renault ZOE. Starting in […]
Crossrail faces being “mothballed”
There’s a warning that London’s Crossrail could have to be mothballed unless there’s extra funding to allow it to be finished. Sky News reports that London transport commissioner Andy Byford has written to the permanent secretary at the Department for Transport asking for £80 million of immediate support to keep the project on track. “If […]
