Call the copse! National Highways continues Missing Link tree planting project
As part of the major A417 Missing LInk project in Gloucestershire alongside its main contractor Kier, National Highways is continuing its environmental work and building on the 17,000 trees planted in 2025. Landscaping work has seen the planting a mixture of trees and shrubs, including Oaks, Holly, Field Maple, Hawthorn and Yew, which are native […]
Active travel: “Patchy data” blamed for minimal increase in cycling
The Welsh Government has concluded that the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 is “sound” and requires no legislative changes, with the focus instead on improving delivery and data collection, with ‘patchy data’ being blamed for the minimal take-up of cycling in Wales. Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, told the Climate Change, […]
Survey suggests rising Active Travel confidence in Glasgow
New findings from the Glasgow Walking and Cycling Index 2025 show a rise in confidence in using local streets, alongside public backing for safer neighbourhoods and improved cycling infrastructure. Produced by Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (formerly Sustrans) in partnership with the council, the Index demonstrates increasing positivity around active travel when compared with the 2023 […]
West Sussex replacing over 64,000 streetlights with LEDs
West Sussex Council is commencing its scheme to replace thousands of streetlights with energy-saving LEDs. The Council says it will begin the programme this month as part of a four-year, £24m project. According to The Argus, the work will modernise the network and cut its environmental impact and will be split into eight stages, beginning […]
Rennicks invites Local Authorities to share vehicle detection and traffic data priorities
Rennicks is inviting Local Authority highways and ITS teams to share their perspective on vehicle detection, traffic monitoring and network safety challenges. The PX150 Radar is a multi-lane and zone tracking radar designed to deliver precise, real-time vehicle detection from a single compact, all-weather unit. It can monitor up to 16 lanes of tracking, 64 […]
London Borough of Barnet announces £15.5m package of annual highways improvements
Details of the roads that will be upgraded as part of Barnet Council’s 2026-27 Improving Barnet’s Roads and Pavements have been published. Following approval by the council’s Cabinet in December 2025, £15.52m will be invested in the next 12-month phase of road and pavements improvements. The money is part of the £97m package announced in […]
Plans afoot for £4m Active Travel bridge over River Medway near Maidstone
A bridge specifically for cyclists could be built over the River Medway, according to Maidstone Council which has allocated £250,000 in its budget to have architects draw up plans for the crossing. It would run alongside the existing High Level Rail Bridge by Maidstone East Station. The council has also set aside £4 million in its […]
Coventry sets out over £20m investment for greener and more accessible travel across the city
Coventry City Council has announced plans for a major investment of £21 million in the city’s transport network over the next two years. The programme aims to create safer roads, better walking and cycling routes, improved public transport, and the continued provision a range of travel options including increasing electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities. The […]
Dorset Council responds to record number of flood-damaged roads
Priority repairs to flood damaged roads are set to go ahead later this year, as Dorset Council responds to a record number of highway issues. From December 2025 to February 2026, the council recorded a 92% increase in reported potholes, a 54% increase in other road defects and an 83% increase in emergency call-outs – […]
Gravesham firms get help to win work on the Lower Thames Crossing
Businesses from Gravesham have been given a helping hand to win work on one of Britain’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, as the Lower Thames Crossing Supply Chain Roadshows continue across the region. National Highways has now started early work on the Lower Thames Crossing, and with at least £1 in every £3 from the construction […]