Amey plans opportunity through infrastructure
Amey has launched an Opportunity Action Plan to boost social mobility across the country. In partnership with the Social Mobility Pledge and the former Education Secretary, Rt Hon Justine Greening, Amey has developed an plan which sets out a series of challenges to address a lack of social mobility in some of the country’s most […]
RSTA calls for move towards national strategy for highway maintenance
The highways sector needs a national strategy on highway maintenance to ensure it can work collaboratively to deliver more preventative surface treatments across the UK network. This message come from Paul Boss, Chief Executive of the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA), who was responding to last week’s report by independent watchdog, Transport Focus, which said […]
AECOM wins Greater Manchester air quality monitoring contract
Consultants AECOM has won an eight-year contract to measure air quality across 450 locations across Greater Manchester. The company will collect pollution samples from each monitoring site every month. They will then analyse this data in order to assess the effectiveness of Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Plan. Tom Stenhouse, technical director at AECOM, said: “Air quality […]
VolkerStevin wins £31m Sunderland smart bridge contract
VolkerStevin has won the contract to build Sunderland’s smart bridge. The £31m pedestrian and cyclist crossing will connect both sides of the Wear at Riverside Sunderland. It will be fitted with creative lighting and augmented reality, allowing people to use their smartphones to see virtual displays that council bosses say will create ‘an experience that will really […]
Nottingham City Council invests further in concessionary fare scheme and smart ticketing
Nottingham City Council is to invest £788,000 to enable it to continue to provide a concessionary fare scheme for older people as well as a smart ticketing service for public transport in Nottingham. The decision was made by the council so it can continue to offer services for those who use public transport, including NET trams and […]
National Highways announced as principal supporter of Highways Heroes Awards
Safer Highways has announced National Highways (formerly Highways England) as the principal supporter of the industry-wide Highways Heroes Awards. Organised by Safer Highways, and supported by many of the most forward thinking organisations in the sector, the awards are the first time the supply chain and the client body have come together to recognise the […]
West Sussex County Council creates a ‘Pollinator Highway’
Wildflowers and pollinators are making a comeback in Lancing, where West Sussex County Council’s first ‘Pollinator Highway’ is underway. The joint project between the County Council, Lancing Parish Council and Adur & Worthing Councils is helping to provide crucial food sources and habitat links for a variety of insects via the roadside verges. Just as […]
National Highways uses Minecraft to inspire next generation
National Highways has enlisted the help of Minecraft, the world’s best-selling video game, to inspire the next generation of talented tech experts, engineers, scientists and mathematicians. Students will be able to jump in and explore three of National Highways (formerly Highways England) proposed schemes that have been created in the game. They can learn about […]
How SWARCO’s ITS Solution is improving quality of life through a flood warning system in the Yorkshire Dales
Flooding has been a long-standing and increasing problem for North Yorkshire County Council as well as residents and visitors to Wensleydale. A particular stretch of the A684 between Bainbridge and Wensley is often affected by flooding due to its location close to the River Ure and its flood plain. Andrew Walker and Jennifer Neve explain. […]
Three years of developing AI for traffic signals – how far have we come, and what next?
As part of the Highways News Theme Week on Traffic Management, Vivacity Labs give an update on their programme to develop an AI-based traffic signals optimisation system. More details about this project will be given at the JCT Traffic Signals Symposium in Nottingham, which takes place on 15 and 16 September. This is an excerpt from their […]
