AtkinsRéalis achieves renowned PAS 2080 carbon management standard
AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear company with offices around the world, has achieved PAS 2080:2023 verification for carbon management in the UK, demonstrating the company’s systematic approach to helping clients reduce their carbon emissions across the entire infrastructure lifecycle. PAS 2080:2023 is a globally leading standard which provides a robust framework for managing […]
Heidi Alexander appointed new Transport Secretary
Heidi Alexander has been appointed the new transport secretary after Louise Haigh resigned. The Swindon South MP who was a justice minister until her promotion today, and previously worked as Sadiq Khan’s deputy transport mayor between 2018 and 2021. Ms Haigh resigned after it was revealed she pleaded guilty to an offence related to incorrectly telling police that […]
Industry responds to government’s plans for Integrated National Transport Strategy
Different sectors of the highways and transport industry have been responding to yesterday’s announcement by the Government on plans for a Integrated National Strategy. The former Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Louise Haigh MP, outlined her vision for an Integrated National Transport Strategy across England during a speech to Mayors and Transport bosses […]
Go-Ahead’s bus operators announced as winners at UK Bus awards
Go North West, part of the Go-Ahead Group, won the Recruitment and Retention Category award at yesterday’s UK Bus Awards for their Elite Driver Recruitment campaign. They developed a fresh approach to recruitment and retention by changing perceptions of bus driving to attract new talent, making substantial investments in the entire recruitment process, involving their […]
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund seeks emerging transport career professional as an adviser
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is seeking early or emerging transport career professionals to support the Trustees as an adviser. Are you within the first 10 years of your transport or highways career? Do you enjoy thinking about the long term role that roads play in the UK, how roads can be more sustainable and environmentally […]
Driving forward improvements to roads across West Northants
Motorists across West Northamptonshire are seeing an increase in pothole repairs and road resurfacing schemes, enhanced by additional funding as part of the Highway Investment Programme. In July of this year, West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) approved an additional £10 million to extend resurfacing, maintenance, and local infrastructure improvements. Since then, a variety of works, have […]
Transport secretary Louise Haigh resigns
The Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, has resigned, following her admission that she pleaded guilty to an offence relating to a police investigation over a mobile phone she originally said was stolen. The BBC reports that in 2013, she told police she had lost her work mobile phone in a mugging, but later found it had […]
Telent appointed by National Highways to manage mission-critical nationwide network
Mission-critical infrastructure specialist Telent has been appointed by National Highways to operate and maintain its Corporate Wide Area Network (WAN), enabling collaboration and digital security across the company’s facilities. As well as providing the WiFi infrastructure for all National Highways staff, the Corporate Network Service connects and supports crucial operational systems across over 130 National […]
Jet boost sees thousands of extra repairs on Essex roads
An innovative repair method has received funding for the Essex road network. Thousands of additional road repairs have been carried out across Essex following funding for an innovative technique. Jet patching fills road defects, such as potholes, with an asphalt emulsion to prevent damage and deterioration from moisture. The Jet Patcher quickly blows away debris […]
National Highways partners with The Tree Council to support up to 40 community projects with tree donations
National Highways is partnering with The Tree Council to support multiple community projects by donating thousands of trees to charities, local communities and heritage and wildlife sites across the UK to benefit biodiversity. Up to 40 tree planting projects are being delivered this year to help meet the target of growing and planting three million […]
