Boundary Marketing & PR enters collaboration with Purple Tree Communications
Boundary Marketing & PR, the only marketing company dedicated to the highways and transport industry, is to collaborate with a new specialist company, Purple Tree Communications, to help further develop its marketing, PR and communications offer to the industry. Boundary is a team of passionate people who help companies in the highways and transport sector […]
TMP launches the new environmentally friendly Manchester bio-polymer bollard
TMP, one of the the leading traffic management product brands, has announcedthe launch of its latest product within its sustainable product range. The new Manchester Bio Bollard uses a bio-polymer derived from sugar cane*.Suzanne Day, Managing Director of TMP, said: “Focusing on environmental best practices andhonouring the internationally recognised Green Apple Environment Award for Helping […]
Transforming Scotland’s public transport system could create over 20,000 jobs, says new Friends of the Earth report
More than 20,000 jobs could be created in Scottish public transport — and hundreds of thousands more in manufacturing and construction — by concerted public investment, according to a new report. Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoE)’s report On the Move, due to be published today, sets out the opportunities and challenges of transforming Scotland’s […]
Active travel now accounts for 20% of all minutes of activity taken by adults in England
Active Travel England (ATE) has welcomed new figures released today from Sport England’s Active Lives survey, which show that 33% of adults took part in active travel at least twice in November 2022. The survey, which engaged just under 180,000 people and used data from all England local authorities, has revealed that activity levels have returned […]
New era begins under bus service agreement in Brighton & Hove
A new era for improving bus services in Brighton & Hove will begin this week. The first meeting between the council and the city’s four bus operators under a new Enhanced Partnership (EP) agreement will take place this week. Under the new agreement, the council, along with Brighton & Hove Buses (and Metrobus), Stagecoach, Compass Travel and […]
Was it a colder or milder than average winter in Oxfordshire?
Oxfordshire County Council’s gritters covered nearly 50,000 miles over the space of five months this winter and travelled a distance the equivalent of Oxford to Iceland on every day that they hit the county’s roads “The gritters are always a good indication of what kind of winter we’ve had and the statistics for the 2022/3 […]
BT handed heavy fine for roadworks violations
BT has been found guilty of two offences including failing to ensure the safety of pedestrians. Nearly £15k of fines were handed to BT for roadworks offences in Bridgwater. The telecommunications firm was found guilty of two offences which included failing to ensure the safety of pedestrians. Somerset Council is responsible for managing the road […]
Minister visits South Cheshire amid councillors’ concerns over road repairs
Councillors in Willaston and Wistaston in Cheshire met with Roads Minister Richard Holden to air concerns about the state of local roads caused by utility works. Mr Holden, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Roads & Local Transport) Department of Transport. met with Cllr Allen Gage (Willaston), Margaret Simon (Wistaston) and Janet Clowes (Wybunbury) Cllr Gage […]
Sisk Civils business makes senior appointments
John Sisk & Son (Sisk) has announced a number of internal senior appointments across its UK Civils business. Dave Hill will take up a newly created role as Regional Director Performance and Engineering. Dave has been with Sisk for over five years and has over 30 years’ experience in the industry. Mike Widdicks has been […]
£30m Active Travel route and A55 improvements officially opened
The completion of the safety and improvement work on the Aber Tai’r Meibion section of the A55, which includes a new active travel route, has been officially marked by the Minister for North Wales Lesley Griffiths. The £30m scheme, which includes £20.7m EU funding, addresses the increased risk of flooding due to climate change and […]