Norwich and Great Yarmouth to receive funding boost for Active Travel
Residents in Norwich and Great Yarmouth are set to benefit from three new schemes proposed as part of the council’s latest funding award from central government for active travel improvements across the region. The Government’s new executive agency Active Travel England, led by Chris Boardman, will oversee the delivery of 134 first-rate schemes, backed by […]
Nottingham City Council wins bid for £18m for cycle and bus improvements
Nottingham City Council has successfully bid for more than £18m of external funding for cycling and bus improvements which will help towards Nottingham’s carbon neutral ambitions. A segregated cycle corridor with improvements for pedestrians along St Ann’s Well Road, along with cycling and walking improvements along Lincoln Street in Basford and at Beechdale Road’s junction […]
Burton-upon-Trent flood defence work completes £30 million investment
The Environment Agency has completed additional flood defence work in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, to alleviate issues around the A38 at Branston. The work, which started last summer in 2021, reduces flood risk to some 397 properties, including 18 affected by the flood of February 2020. The whole investment in Burton, including £2 million from the National […]
Kier Highways awarded major highways maintenance works and services contracts by North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council
Kier Highways has officially announced it will be providing highways services across North and West Northamptonshire, having been awarded separate contracts by the new councils for the two areas. The awards will see Kier as the sole highway services provider to North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council delivering their new contracts, each valued at […]
Highways projects must take lead in tackling waterway pollution
Highways engineers are being urged to increase the focus on surface water treatment at the design stage following the recent World Environment Day 2022. This year’s World Environment Day called for collective, transformative action to celebrate, protect and restore the planet. As the highways industry continues to find new ways to protect the planet, ACO Water […]
New RSTA conference to examine the importance of managing skid resistance on UK network
A new conference that has been set up to drive the debate on the subject of managing skid resistance on the UK road network, will take place in Reading on September 14th. Managing Skid Resistance UK – The Facts and the Friction-will give local authorities and other road operators insight into how to better manage […]
A27 East of Lewes upgrade nears finish with new milestone reached
As a £75m project that will transform journeys on one of the South East of England’s most vital roads nears completion, the scheme has reached another important milestone this week. A27 East of Lewes is one of a package of four schemes to reduce congestion on the road between Lewes and Polegate which suffers below […]
Citywide action for Clean Air Day in Southampton
Southampton City Council is once again facilitating a range of activities to encourage everyone to think about how the city can collectively reduce air pollution on national Clean Air Day Southampton City Council is once again facilitating a range of activities to encourage everyone to think about how the city can collectively reduce air pollution […]
Portsmouth residents praised for actions that reduce city’s air pollution
Residents in Portsmouth are being praised for their efforts to help improve air quality in the city. The message comes as an air quality report is being submitted to Portsmouth City Council’s cabinet meeting that shows that in the first three months of operation nearly all vehicles (95 per cent) travelling through the recently installed […]
Mace wins contract to control costs on National Highways Stonehenge tunnel
Mace has been appointed as the Complex Infrastructure Programme (CIP) Commercial Partner on delivery of the A303 Stonehenge between Amesbury and Berwick Down dualling scheme and the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements. The company will deliver commercial services including cost consultancy and quantity surveying, as well as acting as a liaison between National […]