Solar traffic signal first from SRL
SRL Traffic Systems has become one of the first companies to offer UK and RoI traffic managers solar technology for mobile traffic signals, enabling them to deliver projects more sustainably, cost-effectively and safely. The only solution on the market that can be retrofitted onto customers’ existing stock, SRL Solar PLUSTM is the latest addition to […]
Medway awarded more than £270,000 to improve air quality
Medway Council has been awarded more than £279,000 government funding to help improve air quality in Medway. The money is from the government’s annual Air Quality Grant which aims to helps councils develop and implement measures to benefit schools, businesses and communities and reduce the impact of air pollution on people’s health. The funding will […]
£133m for highways and transport in Norfolk over the next year
Carbon-cutting transport schemes are set for a £29 million boost in Norfolk, despite the tough financial climate. Norfolk County Council’s Cabinet will be considering a forward looking and carbon-cutting transport budget for the new financial year at a meeting on Monday 6 March. At £133m the 2023/24 highways and transport budget represents a £29m increase […]
Work begins on £65M upgrade of A12 in Essex
Work to remove, reconstruct and resurface a stretch of the A12 in Essex is starting this week. National Highways will begin work on the £65M project to revitalise the A12 Margaretting Bypass between the Trueloves Interchange (junction 13) and the Webbs Farms Interchange (junction 15), reports New Civil Engineer. This forms part of a nationwide […]
Norfolk villages to get investment to improve roads as part of Popular Parish Partnership scheme
Nearly 100 Norfolk villages could be sharing over £770,000 to improve their roads. Up to 95 communities across Norfolk are looking set for new locally-important highway schemes. The Popular Parish Partnership scheme, which began in 2011, has seen £9.5m million spent on schemes including trods, village gateways, bus shelters and vehicle-activated signs. Graham Plant, Norfolk County Council cabinet member […]
Cumbria construction company wins place on National Highways’ Pavement Delivery Framework
A Cumbrian construction company is one of 12 chosen by the Government to upgrade the UK network. DSD Construction, based in Carlisle, has won its bid to be part of the National Highways’ £1.3 billion, five-year Pavement Delivery Framework and will work in the North West and North East regions. DSD Construction’s operations director, Martin […]
Shropshire Council to provide further support to save under-threat bus services
Shropshire Council is to extend its financial support for a number of under-threat bus services from 31 March [2023]. In March 2022 – and again in September 2022 – the council agreed to support a number of both commercial and subsidised services that Arriva and other operators wanted to amend or withdraw from operating due […]
New pedestrian crossing coming to Weston seafront
A popular road junction in Weston-super-Mare will have a new pedestrian crossing added and its traffic lights refurbished next month as part of North Somerset Council’s ongoing roads maintenance programme. Work will be carried out at the junction of Beach Road and Clarence Road North in Weston-super-Mare. A new pedestrian crossing will be added on […]
£1 million to improve air quality across the West Midlands, as Environment Secretary visits University Campus
Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has visited the University campus to see some of the work being carried out to monitor air pollution in the region. The campus tour was part of a visit to the region which came as the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) was given almost £1 million to tackle air pollution. Improving air […]
Midlands Highways Alliance Plus (MHA+) starts search for civil engineering contractors for new Professional Services Partnership 4 framework
Midlands Highways Alliance Plus (MHA+) has started its search for civil engineering contractors to bid for a framework that includes £960 million worth of highway, civil and municipal engineering works. The new Professional Services Partnership 4 (PSP 4) is set to start on August 28 was started for the provision of civil engineering professional services, […]