ADEPT’s Live Labs 2 shortlist announced
The ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads in the UK three-year, £30m programme funded by the Department for Transport has published the shortlisted projects going through to the next Dragons’ Den stage. The initial 30 bids submitted to the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) from local authority-led partnerships across the UK, […]
Innovative use of TWM Traffic intelligent warning signs the catalyst for second Dudley Council award win
An innovative use of an intelligent warning sign provided by TWM Traffic Control Systems has been the catalyst for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council and TWM winning the Road safety Scheme of the Year at this year’s Highways Awards. The system, which warns of turning vehicles at a blind bend / junction before they become visible […]
Bath & NES Council cabinet to consider Citizens’ Panel recommendations on active travel schemes
Bath & NES Council Cabinet will consider a report on the Active Travel in Bath and North East Somerset Citizens’ Panel, when it meets next week. The report highlights the outcomes of the Citizens’ Panel, which was commissioned earlier this year to consider active travel in and around Bath. The report also requests adoption of […]
North Lanarkshire Council looking for contractor for new roads contract
North Lanarkshire Council has begun the search for a contractor to deliver roads and infrastructure maintenance and improvement services under a £450M contract. The council has an ambitious vision to re-invent North Lanarkshire as the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. Through the project, an ambitious programme of regeneration and infrastructure investment, it […]
Latest aerial pictures show new M55 junction nearing completion
New aerial pictures show Lancashire’s latest major motorway improvement nearing completion. A new junction – the ‘missing’ junction 2 – is currently being built along the M55 as part of the wider Preston Western Distributor Road project. Lancashire County Council and main contractor Costain are delivering the PWDR scheme and are building the new junction […]
HSC calls for better collaboration across the sector to make ‘highways a career of choice’
Earlier this year, a survey was launched by the Highways Sector Council (HSC) Future Leaders Group to help understand how to make highways a career of choice. The survey aim was to better understand how the sector can continue to attract skilled candidates from all backgrounds, understand future skills required and retain its existing talent. […]
Acklea introduces UK’s first plastic traffic management electric vehicle with Ringway
Traffic management vehicle specialist Acklea has introduced a zero-emission electric-powered model to extend its range of recyclable plastic-bodied 7.2t commercial vehicles. It is the UK’s first electric traffic management vehicle of this size. Created especially for highway service provider Ringway, part of Eurovia, for use in London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez), this new battery […]
Further funding provided to assess e-scooter safety
The Road Safety Trust has provided funding to The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) to assess private e-scooter safety and understand casualty data. The project has three key elements: to investigate the extent of under-reporting of e-scooter casualties and ways in which this could be improved; to critique the DfT evaluation report of the […]
£70m to improve transport and highways in Barnsley
Funding of £70 million from the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, of which Barnsley received an overall £70m. BMBC’s cabinet is set to accept the funding during its meeting tomorrow (November 2), and two schemes have so far been identified for funding, reports the News and Star. The first is improvements to […]
Eurovia apprentices make history as they complete the first Road Surfacing Operative Apprenticeship Scheme
Eurovia has supported the development of a level 2 apprenticeship programme, partnering with the IAT and Wirtgen Training Centre, Nottinghamshire, the first of its kind in the UK. Four Eurovia Surfacing Apprentices have now successfully completed the apprenticeship – making history for the sector, and potentially bringing new life to an aging profession. With the […]