<strong>Highways projects must take lead in tackling waterway pollution</strong>
Highways engineers are being urged to increase the focus on surface water treatment at the design stage following the recent World Environment Day 2022. This year’s World Environment Day called for collective, transformative action to celebrate, protect and restore the planet. As the highways industry continues to find new ways to protect the planet, ACO Water […]
New RSTA conference to examine the importance of managing skid resistance on UK network
A new conference that has been set up to drive the debate on the subject of managing skid resistance on the UK road network, will take place in Reading on September 14th. Managing Skid Resistance UK – The Facts and the Friction-will give local authorities and other road operators insight into how to better manage […]
A27 East of Lewes upgrade nears finish with new milestone reached
As a £75m project that will transform journeys on one of the South East of England’s most vital roads nears completion, the scheme has reached another important milestone this week. A27 East of Lewes is one of a package of four schemes to reduce congestion on the road between Lewes and Polegate which suffers below […]
Citywide action for Clean Air Day in Southampton
Southampton City Council is once again facilitating a range of activities to encourage everyone to think about how the city can collectively reduce air pollution on national Clean Air Day Southampton City Council is once again facilitating a range of activities to encourage everyone to think about how the city can collectively reduce air pollution […]
Portsmouth residents praised for actions that reduce city’s air pollution
Residents in Portsmouth are being praised for their efforts to help improve air quality in the city. The message comes as an air quality report is being submitted to Portsmouth City Council’s cabinet meeting that shows that in the first three months of operation nearly all vehicles (95 per cent) travelling through the recently installed […]
Mace wins contract to control costs on National Highways Stonehenge tunnel
Mace has been appointed as the Complex Infrastructure Programme (CIP) Commercial Partner on delivery of the A303 Stonehenge between Amesbury and Berwick Down dualling scheme and the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements. The company will deliver commercial services including cost consultancy and quantity surveying, as well as acting as a liaison between National […]
<strong>Via East Midlands appoints new Managing Director</strong>
Nottinghamshire County Council owned highways company, Via East Midlands, has announced the appointment a new MD following the retirement of the current post holder, Doug Coutts, following a successful 40-year career in the highways sector. Dan Maher, currently the Managing Director of the Arc Partnership, the Council’s property joint venture company, will be taking on […]
Latest FUSION updates features in presentation by Yunex Traffic
Yunex Traffic’s Dr Andy Hamilton has presented early results from the FUSION ‘living laboratory’ trial sites, as well as announcing new features that have been added to the system. FUSION is an entirely new application for intelligent, adaptive network control, which has been developed by Yunex Traffic in partnership with Transport for London (TfL). Representing […]
