Senior councillors in Leeds set to discuss ‘world class’ gateway highway schemes enabling further city centre transformation
Leeds City Council’s Executive Board will consider a report progressing further plans to transform transport in the city centre next week. It presents plans to enable the closure of City Square at the end of 2022 in readiness for the Year of Culture in 2023, plus the preliminary designs for the Armley Gyratory highway scheme. […]
Suffolk looks to make the change to increase flooding resilience
Suffolk County Council’s flood risk management committee has published its recommendations following a meeting last month in which data indicated the number of road flooding problem area had increased by 60% in 18 months, leaving a backlog of more than 800 areas that could take a decade to fix. The committee has said that the authority needs […]
Work to start on active travel scheme near Inverness
Work on an active travel scheme to encourage more walking and cycling near Inverness is set to begin next week. The Raigmore Active Travel Link, which will go from the Raigmore estate and existing Golden Bridge to the Raigmore Interchange, will form part of the Inverness City Active Travel Network (ICATN). This route will allow […]
Top consultancies among the winners on new West Midlands Combined Authority procurement framework
WSP, Arcadis and Mott MacDonald are among a group of 40 companies that have won places on the new West Midlands Combined Authority procurement framework. Atkins and Jacobs also feature on the framework, The Midlands Connecct Specialist Technical Framework, set up to help the combined authority deliver the Midland’s Connect technical programme for 2021 and […]
Shapps under pressure to act on Hammersmith closure
The Transport Secretary is under pressure from MPs in London to fund the reopening of Hammersmith Bridge, as he is being told the two-year closure had become an “international embarrassment”. The Evening Standard reports that London MPs have demanded Grant Shapps honours a pledge he made last September to “take control” of the project and reopen […]
Campaign for Better Transport survey reveals that cars will still be the preferred mode of transport post-Covid
Cars will continue to be the preferred mode of transport for around half of journeys post-Covid, a survey of travel plans has revealed. This puts climate targets and a fair economic recovery at risk according to leading sustainable transport charity Campaign for Better Transport. The survey, which was carried at last month, asked people what […]
Fibre sensing trial aims to improve air quality in Staffordshire
A new trial is testing the concept of using fibre optic sensing to detect vehicle movements using standard telecom fibres that run next to the roadside. Staffordshire County Council is working with Amey and Fotech to try the technology as part of the Department for Transport-funded £22.9m Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport […]
