Walk Wheel Cycle Trust receives multi-year National Cycle Network funding boost
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust has welcomed the announcement of £104 million from Active Travel England to improve and maintain Active Travel routes in England. Until now, funding for the National Cycle Network has generally been awarded annually, which creates a level of uncertainty and makes it challenging to plan for the long term. This new […]
Warwickshire publishes Local Highways Maintenance Transparency Report
Warwickshire County Council has published its newly updated Local Highways Maintenance Transparency Report, providing residents and businesses with a comprehensive look at how the county’s vast transport network is maintained, managed, and funded. The report highlights the scale of the maintenance work required across the county, outlining the council’s ongoing strategy to ensure roads, footways, […]
Lower Thames Crossing: The first signs of progress
The first visible signs of the Lower Thames Crossing are now emerging in Kent and Essex, as early construction and environmental works get under way on the £10.6bn road project. The BBC has been given exclusive access to some of the preparatory work taking place along the route, including the creation of a new wetland […]
SG launches end-to-end EV charging solution
Solar safety and security specialists SG has announced the launch of its EV charging solution: a single-contract service covering design, installation, grid connection, management and maintenance. The offering brings DNO (Distribution Network Operator) liaison and grid capacity assessment inhouse, led by P&D Specialist Services, the electrical contracting business within the wider Torquay Group alongside SG […]
Confirm adoption enables Croydon to deliver safer roads and greater transparency with funding confidence
When the London Borough of Croydon adopted the Confirm asset management system in 2018 as part of a major transformation of its highways and infrastructure services, it coincided with a new highway maintenance contract with FM Conway and formed a key pillar of Croydon’s strategy to simplify operations, reduce system fragmentation and improve transparency across […]
How building trust could unlock up to 10% more value from highways partnerships
Today’s Highways Voices hears how highways and infrastructure organisations could unlock between 5 and 10% more value from their strategic partnerships by treating trust as an operational asset. XTP founder Pieter Johnson tells us that contracts designed to encourage collaboration will not produce better results unless they are accompanied by openness, shared objectives and the […]