Sheffield is ‘Streets Ahead’ with resurfacing work
Streets Ahead, Sheffield City Council’s highways delivery service has reported that 18 miles of road and 38 miles of pavements will have been resurfaced this year, bringing the grand total to 1,791 miles of pavement and 901 miles of roads completed since the contract began in 2012. Despite two national lockdowns and multiple tier restrictions […]
Cumbria County Council gets £5m funding for A595 improvements
Cumbria County Council has welcomed £5m of government funding to support further scheme development of the A595 Bothel Strategic Improvement and the delivery on the ground of an improvement at the A595 Greyhound Inn / Torpenhow junction. Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (CLEP) were successful in securing funding through the Government’s ‘Getting Building Fund’ and has […]
Details of the’Linking the Greens’ project in South Gloucestershire revealed
Details of a £6.5 million ‘Linking the Greens’ project will improve pedestrian and cycling routes between Emersons Green and Lyde Green in South Gloucestershire have been revealed. Pedestrian and cycling infrastructure improvements will include the refurbishment of the Newlands Bridge over the A4174 Avon Ring Road, a new and improved shared-use path from Lyde Green […]
Over £22 million awarded for three key active travel schemes in Scotland
Over £22 million has been awarded to three permanent active travel schemes in Ayr, Hawick and Broughty Ferry in Scotland. The money, provided by the Scottish Government and allocated through the Sustrans Places for Everyone initiative, will fund projects that when complete, will make it easier for people to walk, wheel and cycle for everyday […]
Transport Scotland consults on A96 dualling options
Transport Scotland has gone out to public consultation to help decide the preferred option for the section of the A96 to be dualled between East of Huntly and Aberdeen. Based on the previous options appraisal, the preferred option consists of the Cyan route option between East of Huntly and Colpy, the Pink route option between […]
Transport Scotland searching for solution to ice forming on Queensferry Crossing
Transport Scotland has said it is struggling to find ways to stop ice forming on the deck of the Queensferry Crossing. It has said, according to a report in the Daily Record, that it has reviewed bridges across the world and found most operators simply close them and wait for ice to drop off. The […]
