National Highways launches Lower Thames Crossing Owner Controlled Insurance Programme tender
National Highways has issued a procurement for an estimated £60 million owner-controlled insurance programme (OCIP) for the construction of the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC). National Highways requires suitable construction phase insurance policies to cover LTC and all the Contractors and sub- contractors and has agreed within the main works construction contracts to provide owner-controlled insurance […]
Road closures to start near Welsh border after 2024 Herefordshire landslip
Road closures are set to begin as part of plans to remove traffic management, almost two and a half years after a major landslip on the A40 between Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, says the Hereford Times. Delays and diversions have been in place since February 2024 following a rockfall at Ganarew, Monmouthshire, which closed the northbound […]
Oxford congestion charge scheme to end in September
Oxford’s temporary congestion charge will end on 13 September and be replaced with a new traffic filter scheme, the county council has confirmed. Similar to the congestion charge, traffic filters will ban cars from being driven past six points in the city, but instead of having the option to pay to go through them, motorists […]
TomTom and Transit Technologies announce partnership to deliver enhanced fleet and logistics operations
TomTom and Transit Technologies, a provider of software solutions powering mobility systems, have jointly announced a strategic partnership integrating TomTom Orbis Maps and Live Traffic into Transit Technologies’ fleet and logistics solutions, bringing real-time routing intelligence to transit, paratransit, and non-emergent medical transportation (NEMT) networks across the United States and Central America. Transit Technologies serves agencies that millions of […]
Shropshire: Telford & Wrekin’s roads to undergo annual “MoT test”
Telford & Wrekin Council’s highways teams will begin a major programme of annual maintenance work on the Borough’s dual carriageway network from Sunday 5 July, with work continuing until 24 July. The three-week programme runs across the A442, A464, A5, A5223, A4169, B4373 and B5072 and covers a wide range of essential maintenance tasks led by the Council’s highways […]
Devon County Council confirms plans to improve back lanes around Dartmouth village
Senior councillors in Devon have confirmed plans to plans to improve the back roads around the village of Slapton, near Dartmouth. The improvements are part of wider programme of work by the council in response to the devasting storm Ingrid earlier this year, that caused extensive damage to homes in Torcross, and undermined parts of […]
Cooperative ITS: Cohda Wireless completes CPOC Level 1 evaluation in Europe
Cohda Wireless’s MK6 connectivity solution has achieved another important milestone, having successfully passed CPOC Level 1 evaluation in Europe, with TÜV Informationstechnik GmbH (TÜViT), an accredited Common Criteria test lab, attesting a full PASS verdict on all Level 1 requirements. The Level 1 evaluation, conducted under the CPOC (C-ITS Point of Contact) protocol, confirms that […]
ERTICO – ITS Europe publishes full post-ITS European Congress 2026 Report
The official post-ITS European Congress report from Istanbul has been published by ERTICO – ITS Europe. From 27-29 April 2026, the Turkish city hosted the global mobility community under the theme “Bridging Innovation: Integrated, safe & seamless mobility”. Over three inspiring days, industry leaders, policymakers, researchers and mobility experts came together to exchange knowledge, challenge […]
Oxfordshire introduces first dual fuel hydrogen highways maintenance vehicle
Oxfordshire has become the first local authority in England to harness hydrogen power for highway maintenance by introducing a dual-fuel hydrogen and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) truck. Oxfordshire County Council‘s principal highways contractor M Group has welcomed the arrival of a 3.5-tonne highways maintenance truck, the first hydrogen-powered vehicle across the company’s 10,000 vehicle UK-wide […]
CIHT urges government to protect strategic transport investment alongside increased defence spending
The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) is urging the UK Government to ensure that transport infrastructure investment remains a national priority following the publication of the Government’s Defence Investment Plan Funding Explainer, which outlines reductions to elements of the Department for Transport’s capital programme to support increased defence spending. The policy paper, published […]