New Nuneaton highway scheme receives council approval
A new, developer-funded, highways scheme for Nuneaton has received endorsement from Warwickshire County Council. This project will see significant improvements to the junction of Eastboro Way and Crowhill Road ahead of the development of 360 new homes in the area. Both Warwickshire County Council’s Cabinet and Full Council this month approved the addition of £4,409,900 […]
Cumbria County Council appoints a contractor for Carlisle Southern Link Road
Cumbria County Council’s Cabinet has agreed to appoint Galliford Try Construction Ltd to undertake the design and build of the multi-million-pound Carlisle Southern Link Road project. Despite several challenges with rising costs of materials, the County Council, City Council and Government have remained committed to progressing the project. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and […]
Oxbotica and Google Cloud Unite to accelerate adoption of autonomous driving solutions
Oxbotica, the British-based autonomous vehicle software developer, has announced a new strategic collaboration with Google Cloud that will help accelerate the deployment of its autonomous software platform to customers around the world. The partnership will combine Google Cloud’s expertise in cloud infrastructure with Oxbotica’s market-leading autonomous vehicle software to create scalable, safe, and reliable autonomous […]
Funding grants of £110,000 to be given to help National Highways’ net zero bid
National Highways has teamed up with Connected Places Catapult to find innovative solutions for net zero carbon maintenance and construction in an exciting new competition worth £1.7m launched today. The winners could receive £30,000 to create a detailed trial proposal to test their idea on the road network and a further £80,000 to make their […]
London’s boroughs awarded more than £63 million in funding to make streets healthier and safer for all
Transport for London (TfL) has allocated more than £63m in funding for London’s boroughs in 2023/24, with more to follow in 2024/25, as they continue their vital work making the capital’s roads safer and more attractive for people using public transport, walking and cycling. Healthy Streets investment in boroughs provides funding for local projects that […]
£11.9 million confirmed for highways and footways programme in Southampton during 2023/2024
Southampton City Council has committed a £11.9 million spend for the highways and footways programme which will be delivered over the next 12 months Selected roads and pavements will benefit from resurfacing and/or patching works which will be completed by January 2024. The full list of roads will be announced later in the Spring 2023. […]
Only 25% of public willing to switch to public transport, research finds
New research from Moneyzine.com has revealed that, while 75% of the public agree that switching to greener forms of transport is very or somewhat important to tackle climate change, only around a quarter of people are willing to make the switch to walking, cycling or using public transport, to tackle the issue. Two government studies, […]
Paula Claytonsmith to become new Chief Executive of LCRIG
Paula Claytonsmith will take over as the new Chief Executive of the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) from July. Paula, who is currently the organisation’s Director, Government and Strategy, will take over from Martin Duffy in July. Martin will assume the role of Chair of LCRIG. This means that LCRIG will retain Martin’s knowledge […]
Ten million Go-Ahead passengers benefit from £2 nationwide bus fare cap
Go-Ahead’s bus companies have carried ten million passengers at the nationwide promotional fare of £2 since the Government began funding a scheme capping the price of bus travel on New Year’s Day. As of today, Go-Ahead bus companies outside London have sold more than £20 million worth of tickets. The initiative, which is part of […]
Marlborough Highways celebrates completion of £1.2m improvements scheme at Ridley Road Market in the London Borough of Hackney
Working in partnership with Hackney Council, Marlborough Highways has announced that it has completed a major £1.2m public realm improvements scheme at Ridley Road Market in East London. On Friday 17 March 2023, works were officially unveiled at a ribbon cutting and walkabout event, which was hosted by Marlborough and the Council, and was led […]