National Highways asks contractors to get new diploma
Contractors working for National Highways will be required to pass a new exam in integrated project delivery by 2025. The organisation said it sees integrated project delivery (IPD) as central to maximising efficiency in road building projects and is about to embed it in its procurement. It defines IPD as “a collaborative and coordinated project […]
VINCI Highways introduces new free-flow brand ViaPlus
VINCI Highways, one of the world leaders in highway concessions, has introduced a new mobility brand ViaPlus. Specialising in free-flow traffic systems, ViaPlus serves the end-to-end needs of transportation authorities by bringing the full range of back-office technologies for high-volume transactions, customer operations and data analytics. The new company, fully owned by VINCI Highways, is the merged […]
Carbon counting tool by Connected Enviro Net and NY Highways progresses
Development of a tool which measures the amount of carbon used in road maintenance works has progressed to the next level, with it being presented to the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG), Highway Authorities and Utilities Committee (HAUC UK), and National Highways, as well as two local authorities’ highways operations teams. The carbon counting […]
Portsmouth Council ramps up road maintenance after poor weather
Portsmouth City Council is increasing its road maintenance schedule to tackle a sudden rise in potholes and road surface issues that has not been seen before in Portsmouth. The most likely cause for this is a more extreme fluctuation of temperatures this winter than the region would usually experience, which has affected the condition of […]
WJ Group and WDM celebrate second successful Managing Skid Resistance – The Facts and the Friction event
WJ Group celebrates the successful completion of the second Managing Skid Resistance – The Facts and the Friction event, which it co-sponsored with WDM. Held in Perth, Scotland on April 19th, the event hosted by the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) and Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland (SCOTS) set out to foster […]
Mayor of London can install ULEZ cameras in Essex boroughs without their permission, government says
The Mayor of London has the power to install cameras for a planned expansion of ULEZ without permission from councils in Essex, the government has said. As the debate rages on over the planned expansion of the ultra low emission zone, a row as broken out between Transport for London and councils in Essex where […]
Irish cities of Cork and Dublin among best European cities for air quality
Cork and Dublin are among the best European cities for air quality but still rank as only “fair”, as 90% of city residents across the EU are exposed to harmful levels of pollution. According to an analysis from the European Environment Agency (EEA), children are especially vulnerable to air pollution levels across Europe, despite advances in cleaning […]
New highly localised data shows every borough in London exceeds World Health Organisation limits for toxic pollution
New analysis of diffusion tubes at locations across the city, which has been compiled by City Hall has, today revealed that whilst some progress has been made improving air quality in the capital, every London borough is breaching World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for nitrogen dioxide. Locations across the capital are monitored to gauge pollution […]
New vision for increasing everyday cycling across Scotland
The Scottish Government has published a new plan to increase everyday cycling across the country. It comes as funding for all forms of active travel – or walking, wheeling and cycling – is at record levels, with even more investment to come. The new Cycling Framework for Active Travel supports the 2030 Active Travel Vision – where […]
Route map unveiled for active travel City Network in Glasgow
A street-by-street guide that shows how Glasgow’s City Network for active travel will be built has been unveiled. The final delivery plan for the City Network sets out in detail how the council will prioritise its effort to add almost 270km of safer, segregated active routes for walking, wheeling and cycling to 300km of existing […]