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 […]
Wrightbus secures £26 million government-backed support in global pursuit of green transport
UK Export Finance (UKEF) is providing a Northern Ireland-based bus manufacturer with an 80 percent guarantee on its major financing deal from Barclays. The government guarantee is on an £18 million Green Trade Loan and £8 million Green Bank Guarantee, allowing Wrightbus to export its cutting-edge zero emission buses to new export markets. Based in […]
Clearway to launch first in range of wearable technology at Highways UK
The safety of highway workers has been taken to another level following the launch of the first products in a range of wearable technology aimed at helping those working in high-risk environments such as next to live traffic. The official launch, which features a ‘helmet-cam’, will take place at the forthcoming Highways UK exhibition taking […]
Undergraduate Lauren spotlighted for award-winning performance at GRAHAM
GRAHAM, has presented one of its emerging young civil engineers with a prestigious accolade in recognition of her outstanding performance. Now in its tenth year, the annual award ceremony is in memory of respected colleague Harry McMullen, who was a positive influence and mentor to many young engineers in GRAHAM for over four decades. Loughborough […]
Hampshire County Council selects Milestone to deliver the Botley Bypass
Hampshire County Council has appointed Milestone Infrastructure, a part of M Group Services’ Transport Division, as their contractor for delivering the planned Botley Bypass The Botley Bypass is a significant and complex highways infrastructure project which will not only provide the necessary capacity to cope with additional traffic from nearby new developments, it will also deliver transport […]