Bridge restoration project in Staffordshire wins top industry awards
A project to restore a Staffordshire Grade II* listed road bridge has won a clutch of top industry awards. The project to restore the historic Chetwynd Bridge near Alrewas took eight months. The bridge is the largest surviving pre: 1830s cast iron bridge in England and the second largest in the world. Now, Staffordshire County […]
Liverpool City Region on track for active travel revolution after securing further £16m
The Liverpool City Region said it was on track for a ‘active travel revolution’ in the area after confirming it has received a further £16 million for projects. It will create a network of safe, easy-to-use walking and cycling routes across the region. The funding takes the Mayor’s total investment in active travel to nearly […]
VolkerHighways and John Wainwright & Co collaborate to get the job done in Bath and North East Somerset
Maintaining the roads to the highest standard is a major part of VolkerHighways’ collaborative contract with Bath and North East Somerset Council. To achieve this, VolkerHighways is supported by surfacing contractor, John Wainwright & Co, and, working closely together, the businesses are proud to have collectively completed over 60 schemes so far during the 2022/23 […]
Highways Heroes and Driving for Better Business launch White Knight Award
Highways Heroes has announced a new award for this year’s ceremony, the White Knight Award Delivered in partnership with Driving for Better Business the award will be given to a non supply chain partner whose actions had an undoubted impact. So what is meant by a White Knight and who should enter? In simple terms, […]
Cricket club bowled over at being the first to benefit from new A46 community fund
Farndon Cricket Club has become the first organisation to benefit from new community funding provided by the team behind the planned dualling of the A46 Newark Bypass. As well as providing money for local projects, the National Highways’ social value fund is part of a wider commitment to ‘give back’ to the area by providing […]
Aggregate Industries land highways contract with Blackburn and Darwen Council
Aggregate Industries has secured a place as one of the contractors that will provide surfacing works across roads in Blackburn and Darwen. The company was successful in securing a place on Lot 1 Surfacing and Civils Works Framework for Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. The contract is for an initial period covering April 2023 to […]
Leicestershire’s roads set for £3m boost
Three-million-pounds is being earmarked to top up the budget for fixing and maintaining Leicestershire’s roads, cycle paths and pavements, according to the council. Leicestershire County Council is proposing to redirect the one-off investment to mend pot holes and ‘patch repair’ across its 2,800-mile network to mitigate the impact of funding pressure and costs increases. The money is […]
Southend-on-Sea road users urged to support Vision Zero – because even one road death is one too many
Road users in Southend-on-Sea are being urged to pledge their support as part of a campaign across the county to help eliminate deaths and serious injuries on local roads. The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) is calling for individuals, schools, businesses and organisations across the county to sign the Vision Zero pledge – promising to […]
Go-Ahead hospital bus presented to Ukraine ambassador
A bus donated by one of Go-Ahead’s local bus companies has been converted into a field hospital for use in treating casualties of the war in Ukraine. The bus, which until recently carried passengers in Wiltshire as part of Swindon’s Bus Company, was today presented to His Excellency Vadym Prystaiko, Ambassador of Ukraine to the […]
Portsmouth City Council welcomes Keith Willcox as Transport Advisor
Portsmouth City Council has announced the appointment of Keith Willcox, who has joined as Transport Advisor to assist rolling out high profile transport schemes within the city, including the cities ambitious Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP). Keith joins Portsmouth City Council on a part time basis, bringing a wealth of transport industry knowledge and experience […]