Sussex Police “exits local road safety partnership”
It’s reported Sussex Police has decided to leave the the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership, with the county’s Police and Crime Commissioner quoted as calling it “stale”. The BBC says the SSRP, which involves some local councils, emergency services and National Highways, works to reduce road deaths and injuries through education, engagement, enforcement and engineering, but […]
Ireland spending €9m on speed cameras
Ireland’s Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has announced an allocation of €9 million in funding for up to 100 new speed cameras as part of Budget 2025. Last year, Minister McEntee allocated a 20% increase in funding for GoSafe speed cameras, resulting in a total of 9,000 hours of speed monitoring per month across […]
Driverless pod service confirmed for NEC
Visitors to the NEC will soon be able to get around by hopping onboard a new self-driving shuttle service as part of the Solihull & Coventry Automated Links Evolution (SCALE) project. The project is a collaborative initiative, aimed at better understanding the role self-driving vehicles might one day play within our future transport system. As […]
National Highways looking for input on new Scheme Delivery Framework
National Highways has started the process of market engagement for its new cheme Delivery Framework 2 (SDF2), which will replace its current Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) and Pavement Delivery Framework (PDF), which are due to come to an end in 2027. The original SDF, which commenced in 2021, was worth £3.6bn and saw 50 suppliers appointed including […]
Mike Hansford wins “Best of Britain” award at LCRIG’s DfT Special Recognition event
The new Chief Executive of the RSTA, Mike Hansford has won the prestigious “Best of Britain” accolade at this year’s DfT Special Recognition Awards at the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) Strictly Highways event in Blackpool. The former Highways Asset Management Team Leader at Dorset Council was nominated by colleagues at Dorset for the […]
