More than 50 schools in Shropshire receive free salt spreader for treating icy pavements
More than 50 Shropshire schools have taken up Shropshire Council’s offer of a free pedestrian salt spreader and salt, to treat icy pavements near their school during spells of wintry weather. The first to take up the offer was Castlefields Primary in Bridgnorth, who have been using their spreader (named Spready Mercury) since last year. […]
Devon to receive largest share of additional funds for roads
Devon is to receive an extra £9.4 million from the Chancellor’s budget, to help fund vital highways maintenance. The county’s share of the additional £200 million capital funding is the largest among County and County Council Network unitary authorities. Councillor Stuart Hughes, Cabinet Member responsible for highway maintenance, said that this winter’s weather has had […]
Greening London by making its public transport safer
University of Westminster research is promoting a greener London by making public transport safer and more appealing to commuters. Any effort to making London public transport a preferred travel solution contributes directly to the greening of our capital. Greater use of public transport is essential to bringing London and the UK to net zero. Innovations […]
£200 million for local road maintenance should be used to start the journey on preventing potholes forming in the first place, says RSTA
The £200 million of additional funding announced today for highway maintenance as part of the Budget 2023 should be used to protect and preserve the network as well as fill potholes, says the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). This is the only way to stop potholes forming in the first place, says the association, which […]
Transport watchdog London TravelWatch publishes a report revealing that many Londoners are being left behind by digital technology
Research has shown that 1 in 6 people in London say they are unable to buy a ticket as they can’t use or don’t have access to a smartphone or internet connection – the equivalent of more than 1.5 million Londoners. A further 1 in 5 Londoners said that they have paid more for travel […]
INRIX Signal Analytics now available across the UK to measure, visualise and improve traffic signal performance networkwide
INRIX UK, a leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, has announced that INRIX® IQ Signal Analytics is now available in the UK to understand traffic signal and corridor performance easier, faster and cheaper than installing traditional monitoring infrastructure at a junction. Signal Analytics delivers junction and corridor analytics in an easy to use yet powerful cloud-based […]
Aggregate Industries Strengthens Asphalt Offering with IAT Partnership
Aggregate Industries, one of the UK’s largest asphalt providers, has partnered with the Institute of Asphalt Technology (IAT) to grow and strengthen asphalt excellence. The partnership sees many Aggregate Industries employees become part of the IAT throughout the UK, Ireland and overseas, offering a number of benefits and opportunities for the Surfacing Solutions business division […]
Improvements due for riverside path in York
York City Council has taken a residents first approach to improvements to a popular riverside path Cllr Andy D’Agorne, Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Transport, will receive a report including proposals to improve the Jubilee Terrace to Scarborough Bridge riverside path. This will be part of a report on the Active Travel Programme and will be […]
New framework to ensure road and rail development projects protect the environment
An updated framework with measures to protect the environment in new major road, rail, and rail freight schemes has been unveiled by the government today. The framework has been updated to reflect legislation set out in the Environment Act, which requires developers to recognise new environmental targets and sets out further details on biodiversity net […]
Kirklees’ Highways Capital Plan gets Cabinet approval
Kirklees Council Cabinet has approved the council’s Highways Capital Plan for 2023/24 and 2024/25 totalling £24,408,044 and £19,736,576 respectively. The 23/24 funding, made up from around £15million of grant monies (including City Regional Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) and Challenge Fund Grant). Around £9million from the Council’s own borrowing, will go towards a number of programmes […]