Transforming travel in and around Hebden Bridge
Calderdale Council is determined to transform travel in and around Hebden Bridge, to ensure that all who travel into the town can do so in a way that is safe, better for people’s health and supports local businesses. In line with these priorities, the Council is in the final stages of delivering a £5 […]
Peterborough Council highly rated in highways survey
Peterborough City Council has been ranked as the third best performing highways authority in the country in a national survey. The authority once again scored highly in this year’s National Highways and Transport (NHT) survey, which asked residents across the country for their views on highway and transport services. The NHT conducts the survey each […]
Starling Technologies now an approved supplier on G-Cloud 14
Detection and analysis company Starling Technologies has been announced as an approved supplier on the G-Cloud 14 framework. Intended to provide the public sector with easy access to cloud services, this will simplify the procurement of Starling’s leading edge technology by local authorities across the UK. Starling’s intelligent transport system detects all types of road […]
Cornwall’s A30 road upgrade homes in to provide perfect bat habitat
Bats have been found making themselves at home and settling nicely into a specially built house alongside the new A30 dual carriageway in Cornwall. As part of National Highways’ A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade, and among a number of environmental mitigation measures, the bespoke bat house was constructed close to the new dual carriageway […]
Transport Scotland sets out local road safety investment
The Scottish Government has announced it is committing £14 million to assist Scotland’s 32 local authorities enhance road safety across the local road network. £10 million is being allocated through the Road Safety Improvement Fund to support critical safety schemes focused on lowering risks and reducing casualties on local roads. An additional £4 million […]
Kessock Bridge works to take four months longer than planned
Scottish roads contractor BEAR Scotland has announced a new timetable for essential safety improvements on Kessock Bridge on the A9 which crosses the Firth of Beauly, north of Inverness. The project involves structural strengthening within all four steel towers and will also see the installation of new anemometers to measure wind speed and aid bridge […]
MP promises to fight Great Yarmouth roundabout decision
The MP for Great Yarmouth says he will fight plans to scrap the £50m Vauxhall roundabout upgrade in the town after the Chancellor said the scheme did not provide “clear value for money”. The BBC quotes Reform’s Rupert Lowe as telling the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “The new Vauxhall roundabout scheme has been axed by […]
Think tank warns DfT may face cuts in budget fallout
There’s a warning that the Department for Transport may be in line for cuts in the future because the tax rises in the budget will not raise as much as forecast. The Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis says the increase employer national insurance contributions announced on Wednesday will not raise “anything like” the £25 billion […]
