Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council searching for term service contractor
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in Dorset has started the search for a highways term service contractor. The objectives of this Term Service Contract are for the Contractor to support Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council in the delivery of a ‘Transportation and general Civil Engineering’ programme and statutory functions for a ‘service’ period of […]
Lancashire County Council details new Jenoptik-supplied speed camera installation
Lancashire County Council has announced that the New Year is seeing progress resume on a major project to install average speed cameras on the county’s five highest-risk A-roads. The Safer Road Fund programme is a £7.9m investment to reduce casualties on routes identified by the Department for Transport as the county’s historically most dangerous A-roads. […]
eCall analysis start-up VESOS recognised by leading vehicle magazine
The start-up eCall consultancy and solutions company VESOS has been praised by the trade magazine Autocar for the development of software that slashes the time it takes for the emergency services to be alerted to crashes on our roads. The Autocar Drivers of Change award described the VESOS TeCall platform as a “pioneering idea that […]
TTF Conference returns in April, with fully-funded places for Local Authority delegates
The extremely popular Transport Technology Forum conference will take place this year at the Hilton Hotel in Leeds from 25 – 27 April. Following the highly successful event in Liverpool last May, which was oversubscribed with delegates due to the quality of its content and networking opportunities, a larger venue has been secured for this […]
Innovative software set to make narrow country lanes safer and less stressful for all
In March 2022, the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund Trustees announced the joint winners of the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund 150 Competition. One of the Competition winners, Eloy, is building a service that could solve a problem long faced by rural road users and eventually be scaled across the network. Nine months on, the Trustees are […]
Scottish motorists “missing out” on pothole compensation
It’s being claimed drivers in Scotland are suffering a “postcode lottery” of compensation for damage caused by potholes. The Herald Newspaper has seen statistics showing just one in six claims for damage was compensated in the country last year. The paper says 15.76% of pothole claims were paid out in 2021-22, amounting to £274,254.01. The […]
American city building country’s largest IoT smart city network
Smart 3D infrastructure solutions company Seoul Robotics has announced it will expand its partnership with the Chattanooga Department of Innovation Delivery and Performance, and the Center of Urban Informatics and Progress (CUIP) at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the smart city and urbanisation research centre, to deliver 86 new smart city intersections – the […]
Wellingborough town centre highways improvements to start soon in North Northamptonshire
Highways improvements in Wellingborough town centre will start next week. Kier Highways, working in partnership with North Northamptonshire Council will carry out the works to upgrade the traffic signal equipment, refresh white lining and reinstate block paving in Cannon Street and Alma Street in the town. For the duration of the works, there will be […]
Southend-on-Sea Cabinet set to discuss new moving traffic enforcement powers
An application to Government for moving traffic enforcement powers to help reduce congestion and make roads safer, is set to be discussed at a Southend-on-Sea City Council cabinet next week. Local authorities outside of London can now apply for moving traffic offences powers, enabling them to issue fines to drivers for certain offences, as part […]
North Somerset school celebrates national green travel award
Becket Primary School in Worle, North Somerset, has achieved a Bronze award for their school travel plan. Modeshift STARS is a nationally recognised scheme that rewards schools who encourage sustainable, active, and safe travel. After consulting with everyone in the school, Becket Primary School have completed more than 15 initiatives like cycle confidence training (Bikeability) […]
