Messagemaker Displays to launch new MS1 and Urban VMS at Highways UK M
Messagemaker Displays will launch two new LED sign ranges at Highways UK this week, taking place on the 16th and 17th of October at the NEC in Birmingham. The MS1 is a highly specialist product for motorway applications, designed to facilitate a quick and easy installation with a variety of existing brackets. The Urban Variable Message Signs […]
Traffic officers help uncover a piece of history at 800-year-old priory
A team of traffic officers gave up their time to help with the conservation of an 800-year-old priory – and unearthed a long lost piece of ancient wall. Swapping their National Highways uniforms for waterproofs, the volunteers had offered to help remove some of the thick vegetation and shrubbery that had grown over the ruins […]
Major clean-up getting underway to cut road flooding issues in Northumberland
A major clean-up of Northumberland’s drains is getting underway – to help combat problems caused by last winter’s extreme wet weather and avoid further problems from being experienced this coming winter. Costing over £1m, teams will be carrying out an intensive programme of ditch cleaning, channel sweeping and gully cleansing over the coming months in […]
Department for Transport has funded the repair of 31.5 km of roads in West Sussex this year
This year’s road maintenance programme, which is funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) Road Resurfacing Fund, has come to an end in West Sussex with the final scheme of works being completed in Yapton. The DfT Road Resurfacing Fund granted a total of £4.322 million to West Sussex County Council for the 2023-2025 financial […]
Mabey Hire facilitates fine-tuning of Manchester motorway bridge bearings
When differential settlement was detected between the piers to a busy motorway bridge in Manchester, Mabey Hire was called upon to assist with adjustments to the bridge bearings, involving levels of precision rarely seen, as well as continuous monitoring of the micro-millimetre increments to the jacking procedure. Originally constructed in the 1960s, Barton High Level […]
VolkerFitzpatrick starts prep-work for £210m M3 junction upgrade
National Highways has given VolkerFitzpatrick the go-ahead to start compound construction and vegetation management for the M3 Junction 9 Improvement near Winchester in Hampshire. Work is set to start in early 2025 and finish in late 2027 on the complex £210m Winnall roundabout scheme, reports Construction Enquirer. Programmed works include the creation of four traffic […]
Armitt says pay-per-mile charging “inevitable”
The chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission says motorists will “inevitably” end up paying per mile to drive on Britain’s roads as the switch towards electric cars drains away fuel taxes The Daily Telegraph quotes Sir John Armitt as saying the Government has to consider new ways of funding Britain’s critical infrastructure, as the Treasury […]
Borough tells how DfT’s TSOG funding has already made a difference
One of the recipients of a share of the £30 million Traffic Signals Obsolescence Grant (TSOG) handed to councils across England by the Department for Transport earlier in the year, has told how the near £600,000 they were awarded has been “game changing” for traffic management in the borough. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council’s (RMBC) Traffic […]
Scottish Transport Secretary warns of budgetary challenges
It’s being reported Scotland’s Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop has warned SNP government colleagues that her department is running at a loss and had made “all viable savings” after being asked to make further cuts. The Sunday Times this weekend said Ms Hyslop warned the finance secretary that the transport portfolio “has been carrying a significant […]
Driver visited by ULEZ debt collectors after paying for wrong day
A man has told how he’s been visited by debt collectors after he accidentally paid his ULEZ charge on the wrong day. Steven Bortone from Southend on Sea in Essex told the Essex Live website experiencing “sleepless nights” over concerns about settling the fine. He says despite his appeal requests, Transport for London has rejected […]
