Stoke-on-Trent Council to invest over £22 million on its road network
Council leaders in Stoke-on-Trent have agreed plans to spend £22.2 million on the roads this year. The council’s highways capital programme for 2025/26 includes a raft of schemes to upgrade individual roads and bridges, works to improve the city bus network and deal with flooding, and road safety projects near schools. Also, around £10 million […]
Partners launch innovation sandbox solution in Scotland to decarbonise UK roads
In partnership with Amey and Safetytech Accelerator, North Lanarkshire Council has launched the Barriers to Decarbonising Roads Sandbox (BDRS) as part of the ADEPT Live Labs 2 programme’s Centre of Excellence for Decarbonising Roads. ADEPT Live Labs 2 is a three-year, UK-wide £30 million programme, funded by the Department for Transport, aimed at decarbonising the […]
New CIHT President has resilience at his core
The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) has announced the election of Mitesh Solanki as its new President for 2025 / 26. At his Presidential Inauguration at the CIHT’s offices in London, Mitesh called for the Institution to continue its focus on resilience, professionalism and equity. Mitesh Solanki, President, CIHT said: ‘Climate change is […]
Local university and college students discover benefits of a career improving the road network
Team members from road safety and line marking specialist, WJ Group, have visited Keele University and The Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) Newcastle campus to highlight the benefits of a career within the highways industry. During the 2-day visit, employee from WJ Group spoke to students about what they do, their experiences working on […]
VESOS highlights emergency false alarm identification solutions after wearable tech leads to call spike at festival
The specialist eCall consultancy and software company VESOS Solutions is calling for more analysis of automated alerts to cut down false alarms reaching 999 control rooms. This follows a huge spike in calls from smart watches at a music festival in Leicestershire, when more than 700 calls were triggered when they thought the wearer had […]
Clearview delivers bespoke solution to monitor bridge use
Highways and transport solutions provider Clearview Intelligence has built its client Worcestershire County Council a bespoke 5G CCTV solution to monitor how many pedestrians and cyclists use a bridge in the county. The bridge over the River Severn in Worcester, linking Gheluvelt Park to the Kepax site, could not be monitored using traditional fibre solutions because […]
Rebuilding the foundation of asset management: LGTAG conference prepares the sector for “new incentives”
The Local Government Technical Advisers Group’s (LGTAG) 2025 President’s Conference was held at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes earlier this month. The organisation’s new President, Emily See (pictured), opened the event which had the theme of Rebuilding the Foundation – Asset Management the key to infrastructure investment. “Asset management means different things across sectors, often […]
Hertfordshire to trial new ‘one visit, more impact’ approach to pothole repairs
Hertfordshire County Council has announced that under the new administration’s 100 day plan, an alternative approach topothole repair on residential streets will be trialled in the county between 23 June and 4 July. The new approach will involve highways crews identifying and fixing the worst potholes, looking for other issues in the same section of […]
Construction begins on National Highways’ fifth green bridge
As part of the major A417 Missing Link project, National Highways has begun lifting 10 huge steel beams to create the base of an environmental bridge. Once lifted into place, the team will begin installing the bridge deck from the Gloucestershire Way bridge at Shab Hill, which will serve as a multi-purpose crossing over the […]
Stagecoach withdrawing bus services in Dumfries and Galloway over contract terms
Bus operator Stagecoach has announced it will end almost all of its bus services in Dumfries and Galloway because they are “no longer commercially viable”. The BBC and other outlets report the bus firm said that during the tender process to run new services from August it had found a liability clause that was “far […]