Highways England invites tenders for two roads contracts on its Lower Thames Crossing project
Highways England has started its search for contractors as it invites tenders on two roads contracts to build the routes north and south on its proposed Lower Thames Crossing project. The tender process is for two roads contracts: The Kent Roads contract, which is a two-stage design and build contract for the part of the route […]
SWARCO Traffic’s speed limit signs could save Ipswich economy up to £1 million on high-wind days
Leading ITS solutions provider SWARCO Traffic’s automatic variable speed limit signs have been installed on the Orwell Bridge near Ipswich to enhance driver safety and allow the stretch of road to remain operational more often during windy weather. The bridge, which is crossed by 60,000 vehicles per day and forms the stretch of the A14 […]
Highways asset management specialist Symology wins global Esri partner award
Esri UK partner Symology has been recognised in the global Esri Partner Network awards, for its achievements using cloud-based GIS, by winning an ArcGIS Adoption Award. The awards took place during the virtual annual Esri Partner Conference and showcased the innovative work of 26 companies, selected from over 2,700 Esri partners worldwide. A major player […]
Amey Consulting wins place on TfGM Professional Services Framework
Amey Consulting has won a place on Transport for Greater Manchester’s £88m Professional Services Framework. Spanning a three-year term, the engineering consultancy has proposed several exciting innovations to drive performance improvement across transport in the North West. Among the proposals is utilising Quartz, Amey Consulting’s award-winning data science application, currently used by Network Rail. Quartz […]
HE gets to grips with the link between sustainability and design thanks to progress of its Strategic Design Panel
Sustainability and climate change will be key considerations of future road design, thanks to the work of Highways England’s Strategic Design Panel. The panel has published its fourth progress and recommendations. This report sets out the progress over the past year and a half (June 2019 to end of 2020) and makes key recommendations to […]
Cycling is ‘ten times’ more important than electric cars for reaching net-sero in cities
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the world’s fossil fuel car fleet. The emission savings from replacing all those internal combustion engines with zero-carbon alternatives will not feed in fast […]
Jenoptik’s flexible speed enforcement solution underpins new storm safety scheme on the A14 Orwell Bridge
Highways England’s new variable speed limit scheme to allow vehicles to safely travel over Suffolk’s Orwell Bridge more often during storms is being supported by a flexible average speed camera solution from Jenoptik. The scheme involves new electronic signs on the bridge near Ipswich displaying enforceable, changeable driver speed limits, mandating speeds as slow as […]
Sunderland begins e-scooter trials across the city
Sunderland City Council will begin its e-scooter rental trial today with the first of 300 distinctive orange e-scooters being deployed across the city. The 12-month trial, operated by Neuron Mobility in partnership with the City Council, is aimed at “providing the city with a safe, socially-distanced and environmentally-friendly transport option for those that must travel”. To […]
Surface treatments need to be embraced if reactive maintenance is to be significantly reduced, says RSTA
The amount of time and money spent on reactive and structural maintenance programmes could be significantly reduced if councils were to continue to increase use of a wider range of surface treatments at the right time in the lifecycle of the network. This was the message from Paul Boss, Chief Executive of the Road Surface […]
ALARM Survey 2021 – Maintenance budgets up, but inconsistent funding not a long term solution, hears Highways Voices
Average highway maintenance budgets were up by 15% on average in England last year although were below the levels reported in 2019, citing a continued pattern of inconsistent levels of funding, making it difficult for councils to plan longer term, according to this year’s Asphalt Industry Alliance ALARM Survey. Listen to the thoughts of AIA […]
