Cheshire East offers free bus travel for children this month

Children and young people across Cheshire East will be able to travel by bus for free throughout August, thanks to a national initiative helping families save money and enjoy summer days out during the school holidays. The new scheme, funded by the Department for Transport anf following the announcement of a similar TfGM scheme announced […]

Carbon reduction is ‘changing the way local authorities specify roadside infrastructure’

As local authorities, consultants and contractors face increasing pressure to improve road safety while delivering against ambitious carbon reduction targets and PAS 2080 objectives, the way roadside infrastructure is beginning to change. Increasingly, procurement decisions are being influenced not only by performance and cost, but also by whole-life value, environmental impact and long-term asset resilience. […]

North Lincolnshire: Barton link road work begins

Smoother journeys around the Barton-upon-Humber area are a step closer as construction begins on the town’s new link road that will connect Barrow Road, the A1077 and Caistor Road, helping to reduce pressure on existing routes, improve traffic flow and cut the number of HGVs travelling through the town centre. It will also create better […]