Acklea adds plastic light board and tail lift options to its plastic 7.2t traffic management vehicle range
Traffic management vehicle specialist Acklea has added two new lightweight options to its 7.2t traffic management vehicle range: a 500kg tail lift and a plastic LP13 light arrow board with a swing-out frame. The new options will be available through Acklea and through commercial vehicle rental company, Enterprise Flex-E-Rent®, which will be offering these new […]
Heidelberg Materials UK first to reach updated Responsible Sourcing standard
Heidelberg Materials UK has become the first building materials company to achievecertification to the updated BES 6001 standard across its business. The Framework Standard for Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products coversthe environmental and social issues for organisational and supply chain management,including all the processes from the origin of raw materials, through all stages of themanufacturing […]
Almost three quarters of all public transport journeys in Nottingham made on NCT buses as passenger numbers rise
Bus numbers have risen in Nottingham- with almost three quarters of public transport journeys in the city now made on its services. David Astill, NCT’s managing director, says each year around 64.4 million journeys are made on public transport in the Greater Nottingham area, which includes the city and surrounding towns and villages such as […]
Record highs for public transport passenger numbers in Ireland during 2023
The number of passengers using Ireland’s public transport network during 2023 has returned to record highs, according to preliminary figures released by the National Transport Authority (NTA) this week. Over 308 million passenger journeys were provided by Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann, Luas, Go-Ahead Ireland and TFI Local Link on ‘Transport for Ireland’ Public […]
Solar Signals go ten months without battery change
It’s been announced a pair of portable traffic signals has gone ten months without a battery charge. Mervyn Lambert Plant supplied the solar-powered Nissen LZA 550 signals to Intelligent Traffic Systems Ltd who hired them to TMO Highways. The company says the signals have been on continuous hire and use in Norfolk since 13 February […]
Unprecedented response to Plan for Drivers traffic signals funding challenge process
The Transport Technology Forum has revealed that more than 97% of authorities who could apply for a share of £40 million of new money to make traffic signals more efficient put in a bid for funding. As part of the Department for Transport’s Plan for Drivers, announced by Secretary of State Mark Harper last October, […]
Engineers “considering all possible solutions” to deal with frequently-damaged bridge
Drivers are being advised to leave extra time for their journeys on the M42 near Birmingham after a bridge straddling the motorway was damaged in two separate collisions. The bridge between junctions 7 and 6 has been hit nearly 20 times in the last ten years. Only two lanes are running underneath it, with the […]
RSMA 2024 is Re-flow’s First Stop on the Road
The year’s only just begun, and the team at Re-flow Field Management, providers of award-winning field management software, are already getting set for their first trade exhibition of the year. Making a return appearance, the team is proud to be attending the Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) Annual Conference & Dinner at the Chesford Grange […]
Amey reappointed National Highways Digital Lab partner
Amey has been reappointed as a delivery partner to National Highway’s Digital Lab following the delivery of around £30 million savings over three years. Since 2020, Amey has been supporting National Highways on its digital transformation by accelerating data-driven approaches across all directorates. It explains that, central to the partnership is the development of internal […]
Essential roadworks announced for A55 in North Wales
Traffic Wales has announced major road works and lane closures will begin on the A55 between junction 36 at the Warren Interchange and the Wales/England border at the end of January and continue until the end March. The works to repair the underlying concrete bays and resurfacing of the road will begin on the eastbound […]
