Essex Highways takes defect reporting in-house with a major update
Residents and road users have more options when reporting road defects following a major update by Essex Highways. The update comes as users will no longer be able to raise issues via third-party sites, such as Fix My Street, from 1 January 2025 due to the lack of detail they provide inspectors. The ‘Report It’ […]
Greater Manchester approves Vision Zero mission
Greater Manchester’s authority says its journey towards ending all road deaths and life changing injuries by 2040 has reached a major milestone, with a new Vision Zero Strategy and Action Plan for the city-region unanimously approved, with leaders from the 10 local authorities giving it their strong support. First implemented in the 1990s and now […]
Bath active travel consultation extended
Residents and businesses now have until after Christmas to respond to plans to create more than 6.2km of improved walking, wheeling and cycling on four proposed routes across Bath. Bath & North East Somerset Council is consulting on its plans for the active travel routes and has extended the consultation period to run until […]
Lower Thames Crossing reveals shortlisted designs in low-carbon footbridge contest
National Highways says the future of the “humble footbridge” has come a step closer, as the Lower Thames Crossing project unveiled the five designs that have been shortlisted for its low-carbon footbridge contest. Launched in July, the contest is seeking innovative, sustainable designs for a crossing over the A127, a key strategic road connecting Southend […]
Bill for public ownership of railway passenger services gets Royal Assent
The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill received Royal Assent on 28 November 2024, putting on the statute books this important piece of legislation – one of the first government bills to be enacted in this Parliament. The act enables the government to deliver its manifesto commitment to bring passenger services into public ownership as a first […]
Scottish budget sets aside £1.1bn for trunk roads
The Scottish Government has set out plans for transport in its budget. It says in 2025-26, it intends to spend nearly £1.1 billion to ensure Scotland’s trunk road network is well maintained and enhanced, and progress major road projects, including dualling the A9 (pictured) and improving the A83. It adds that a key aspect of […]
Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel tolls confirmed
It’s been confirmed car drivers will pay £4 during peak hours to use the new Silvertown tunnel and existing Blackwall tunnel crossings when the new crossing opens in the spring. The Greenwich Wire website reports Transport for London’s board signed off the charges at a meeting at City Hall, with the tolls being broadly the […]
CCTV could be used to monitor school parking in Bristol
CCTV cameras to catch parents parking illegally while dropping their children off at school could be installed across Bristol. ITV X reports that Bristol City Council will meet on today (Thursday 5 December) to decide whether to introduce a trial of Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras across the city. It says a report concluded enforcement […]
RAC welcomes rise in surface dressing
The RAC has reacted to statistics showing an increase in the amount of surface dressing carried out on the UK’s roads, calling it good news, because it should prevent potholes. The Road Emulsion Association reported an increase in the manufacturing, sale, and use of bitumen emulsions for surface dressing for the first time in 12 […]
