Potholes are motorists top driving concern, says new RAC report
Anger with the poor state of Britain’s local roads has reached its highest point in nine years with half of drivers (49%) surveyed for the RAC’s annual Report on Motoring listing it as a top motoring concern, making it the single biggest issue by a considerable distance this year. Concern among drivers is now at […]
DfT indicates future focus on motorway and A road renewal after trouble with major schemes in response to Transport Committee
The Government has indicated it will be less likely to invest in major road infrastructure projects in future years and instead put more focus on maintenance of England’s Strategic Road Network, something that was confirmed last week in a Highways News story from Highways UK. The suggestion is made in the Department for Transport’s response to […]
New weather stations to help get England’s motorways and A-roads ready for winter
With winter approaching, National Highways is investing £15.4m in new state-of-the-art network of weather stations, including supporting infrastructure, that will provide real-time data of road conditions. As the clocks go back this weekend, the organisation is ready for the winter season with more than 530 gritters to call upon in adverse conditions and around 280,000 […]
Work underway to recover transport network in Scotland after storm
Ministers in Scotland have thanked workers for getting much of the transport network up and running again. With the school holidays finishing in Scotland and many people due back at work today, there has been an extensive recovery effort across the road and rail network. It follows some of the heaviest rain since 1891 and […]
Dalkia Secures 12-Month Extension on Welsh Government Contract Worth Approximately £3 Million Annually
Dalkia, one of the UK’s the leading technical and energy solutions providers, has secured a second 12-month extension to its existing three-year contract with North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent (NMWTRA), who is responsible for managing, maintaining, and improving the strategic road network in North and Mid Wales on behalf of the Welsh Government. […]
Norfolk County Council starts public consultation on its walking, wheeling and cycling strategy
Norfolk County Council has opened a public consultation on a draft walking, wheeling and cycling strategy for the county. The strategy is an updated version of the previous walking and cycling strategy which was published in 2017. Since then, there has been a step change in national and local policy which has placed walking, wheeling […]
Jet Plant in new green pledge as all road planers to be powered by HVO
Leading UK road planing contractor, Jet Plant, continues to set the industry standard for sustainability after announcing that 100% of its planing machines will be fuelled by Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil. The Evesham-based business already has a strong sustainability plan and trialled the use of HVO, a diesel-like fuel that can be produced without fossil resources, […]
Webinar will highlight how introduction of geosynthetic interlayers can extend pavement life leading to significant cost and carbon savings
Councils and their consultants are being invited to a webinar which is being delivered by Foster Contracting – a provider of geosynthetic interlayers for crack reduction in asphalt surfaces. Participants will find out how geosynthetics can optimise pavement performance bypreventing premature failure and extending pavement life to achieve whole life cost and carbon savings.Foster Contracting […]
Yunex Traffic assures availability of 50 ESB chargers in Birmingham
Charge point operator ESB Energy has awarded a contract to EVCI service provider Yunex Traffic to maintain a further 50 electric vehicle (EV) chargers in Birmingham and so ensure the chargers’ ongoing reliability and availability. The company will provide an enhanced warranty service including improved response times, and at the end of the warranty period, […]
New analysis shows how TfL’s spending with UK-wide supply chain supports billions of pounds of economic growth across the country
New analysis shows how TfL’s spending with UK-wide supply chain supports billions of pounds of economic growth across the country New analysis shows how TfL’s spending with UK-wide supply chain supports billions of pounds of economic growth across the country Analysis of TfL’s UK-wide supply chain shows the positive economic impact that investment in London’s […]