Driving the Future of Highways: VolkerHighways client event highlights challenges and opportunities
VolkerHighways recently hosted its fourth annual client engagement event, Driving the Future of Highways, at Newbury Racecourse in Berkshire. The event brought together local authority partners, supply chain representatives and VolkerHighways colleagues to share insight, explore challenges and opportunities facing the highways industry, The day featured four interactive panel discussions alongside a supply chain exhibition, giving […]
Weather-damaged roads in Peterborough to be repaired
Highways improvements will be carried out across Peterborough to help repair road surfaces which have deteriorated due to extreme weather. Cabinet members today approved plans to award a works order of £1 million to the authority’s highways partner, M Group, to carry out a series of jobs aimed at treating roads across the council’s area […]
New Zaptec Index says EV drivers are doubling their miles for the same price as fossil fuel
UK electric vehicle (EV) drivers charging at home are more than doubling their miles compared to the same price of fossil fuels at the pumps, analysis by Zaptec has suggested. The EV charging company has launched the Zaptec Index – an open and continuously updated, European-wide, price barometer – showing how far you can drive […]
Road User Charging: ITS Australia survey signals strong industry alignment
A new survey from ITS Australia has revealed strong, consistent support across the transport technology sector for the transition to a road user charging (RUC) model, highlighting industry alignment on both the need for reform and the pathway forward. Drawing on detailed responses from professionals across the transport ecosystem, the survey captures informed, practitioner-led perspectives […]
United Infrastructure and SoilDri launch national partnership to accelerate sustainable AMP8 delivery
Critical infrastructure solutions provider United Infrastructure, and SoilDri, a specialist provider of sustainable soil improvement, have announced the launch of a national innovation partnership focused on transforming how infrastructure renewal is delivered, enabling utility clients to deliver at greater pace, lower cost and with improved outcomes for customers and communities as the industry progresses through […]