“Britain needs to work better for more people in more places” – Heidi Alexander explains the Government’s plan for better roads
Heidi Alexander MP, the Secretary of State for Transport, has set out a £7.3 billion investment to fix potholes and a system to hold councils accountable and has taken to the national press to explain how the plan will be executed. Writing in The Telegraph, Ms Alexander said: “When the Prime Minister says people feel politics doesn’t work […]
Road casualties: The next steps are the most important, says road safety scientist
Behavioural science and road safety research specialist Elizabeth Box says that the real value of the 2025 road casualty statistics lies in what we do next. Writing on LinkedIn, Ms Box, director of ECM Research Solutions, says that the latest set pf published data reinforces several long-term patterns, rather than revealing something new. “Across the […]
Aurrigo International wins £1.43 million CAM funding to boost airport safety
Aurrigo International plc has been awarded £1.43million of UK government funding to investigate how autonomous vehicles can be used to make airports safer. The company, which moved into its new Advanced Engineering Centre in Coventry earlier this year, will use the CAM Pathfinder grant to deploy its Auto-Shuttle® vehicles (pictured)to complete several routine tasks, including […]
AppyWay wins 5,000km Digital Traffic Regulation Order contract with North Yorkshire Council
AppyWay, the kerbside and traffic management technology company, has been awarded a contract with North Yorkshire Council to deliver a comprehensive, end-to-end Digital Traffic Regulation Order (D-TRO) system. The scale of the undertaking is striking: AppyWay will survey and map 5,000km of roads and kerbside across the region, a distance roughly equivalent to travelling from […]
LEVC production scale-back leaves London black cabs in short supply
London taxi drivers face the threat of a black cab shortage after a Chinese manufacturer radically scaled back production. Drivers and fleet operators in the capital have complained of nine-month waiting times for even small numbers of cars from the London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC), which is currently the sole manufacturer available, says The Telegraph. […]
West Yorkshire MP’s frustration over ‘completely unacceptable’ Ilkley roadworks
Ilkley’s MP Robbie Moore and District Councillor Richard Downey have met with Yorkshire Water to demand clearer accountability and faster progress on the Skipton Road roadworks. They raised concerns that no contractors have been present on the West Yorkshire site during normal working hours, despite road closures and growing traffic queues affecting residents, commuters, buses, […]
Wiltshire: County-wide School Streets initiative sees new traffic camera installations
New traffic cameras will be implemented to enforce a temporary ban on traffic around several Wiltshire schools. Wiltshire Council will launch a School Streets pilot at four schools across the county from September, in a bid to improve safety for children and their families, says the Gazette & Herald. This pilot will take place at […]
Sinking highways: Staffordshire looking into A519 hole
Highways officers from Staffordshire County Council are investigating a hole that has appeared on the A519 at the Junction of Brook Lane and Stubbs Gate in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Following an initial inspection, engineers uncovered a large hole beneath the road surface, exposing several connecting pipes beneath the carriageway of Brook Lane. Engineers are working with relevant parties, including Severn […]
Utilities company fined for ‘unapproved’ Oxfordshire road works
A utility firm could face a bill of up to £60,000 in a row with a council over the closure of a busy slip road. Oxfordshire County Council said it had issued the maximum fine allowed to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), after it allegedly closed an A40 slip road in Marston without a […]
Work set to start on Cambridgeshire peat road repair trial
Construction work on a trial aimed at tackling a council’s £500 million repair backlog on soil-affected roads will begin next week. Cambridgeshire County Council has claimed roads built on peat can cost four times as much to repair as standard roads, and about 1,00 miles of the county is covered by weak soil, reports the […]