Innovative carbon negative asphalt wins national award
Rotherham Council and SteelPhalt have won the Innovation Award at the 2022 ALARM Risk Awards for its pioneering use of carbon negative asphalt in the borough. Earlier this year, the new asphalt was on a stretch of Broom Lane, just outside the town centre as part of the £24 Million to 2024 Roads Programme. The […]
£6 million from Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority to take A141 St Ives Improvements forward
The Board of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority votes to take the A141 St Ives Improvement scheme up to the next level by putting £6 million to fund the Outline Business Case. Unanimous approval from all members followed a wholehearted recommendation by the Combined Authority’s Transport and Infrastructure Committee. On July 13th, the committee […]
Liverpool City Council start public consultation on three new cycle routes
A major public consultation has being launched to get views on improvements to three cycle routes in Liverpool. Liverpool City Council is asking the public for their feedback on the proposed permanent lanes, which are located on the following routes: • East Lancashire Road to the city centre – from Norris Green to Breck Road and on […]
Applications open for new active travel project funding in Scotland
Sustrans has reopened its Places for Everyone programme funding to new applications for active travel infrastructure projects, the first time for over a year following the Covid-19 pandemic. Funded by the Scottish Government, Places for Everyone aims to create safer, more attractive, healthier, and inclusive places by increasing and diversifying the number of trips made […]
Clearway Technology wins Transport Technology category at LCRIG Innovation Festival
Clearway Technology has won the Transport Technology category at the inaugural Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) Innovation Festival and will now receive support to develop the technology further and facilitate a trial of its range of operative wearable safety recording devices on a local authority network. As a new provider to the highways sector […]
Work on new active travel link gets underway in Stockport – the latest phase in town’s £1billion transformation
The next milestone in Stockport’s £1billion transformation started this week as works commenced to build a new cycling and walking link between the new transport interchange and Station Road in the area The 195-metre cycling and walking connection, which has been funded through the Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund (MCF), will provide a traffic-free, […]
Essex County Council asks: “Please respect our road workers”
Essex County Council is urging residents to respect itsroad workers as the summer holidays start. In 2020, the number incidents of abuse rose by 10%. This is despite the significant reduction in traffic flow as a result of COVID restrictions. With the school holidays now underway, you may see more roadworks taking place. This is […]
Solar Gates plays host to conference that will highlight to highway leaders the importance of giving ‘second chances’ as a part of their HR policies
In September, highway industry leaders will have the chance to learn how some companies in the sector are approaching the recruitment challenges by working with prisoners and other people in recovery to help give them a ‘second chance.’ Kent-based Solar Gates, the leading manufacturer and installer of solar hybrid barriers and gates for the highways, […]
Transport for the North welcomes report from the Transport Committee on the IRP
Transport for the North has said it ‘wholeheartedly’ welcomes report from the House of Commons Transport Committee which calls for the government to reassess its plans for rail investment in the North and Midlands. Transformation of the rail network is at the heart of realising the North’s economic potential, of connecting people to opportunities and […]
Greater Manchester wins more than £2.4 million to build safer streets
Greater Manchester has been awarded £2,400,856 to tackle anti-social behaviour and make streets safer for residents across the city-region. The Safer Streets Fund, launched by the Home Office, aims to tackle issues that blight communities by putting measures in place to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour and support victims. Manchester, Wigan and Stockport have all […]