VolkerHighways delivers carbon neutral works for West Berkshire
VolkerHighways has successfully completed an entire surfacing programme whilst remaining carbon neutral, thanks to the innovative use of reduced carbon surfacing project, Milepave™ The works, delivered in collaboration with Miles Macadam and West Berkshire Council, form part of VolkerHighways’ seven-year highways maintenance and public realm contract with the council. The project involved laying 32,000m2 of Milepave™, […]
Proposed route of 26-mile ‘cycle spine’ through Gloucestershire revealed
A proposed 26-mile ‘cycle spine’ through Gloucestershire has been announced. Extending from Stroud to Bishop’s Cleeve, the map shows how the route would pass through Gloucester and Cheltenham, creating a substantial cycling and walking network through the county. Funding has already been committed to link Gloucester city centre to Cheltenham, with a route along the […]
Cambridge researchers develop free, online tool to help planners design active travel into cities and towns
A new, free online tool to help transport planners design active travel into towns and cities has been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge. The Cambridge team has created the Integrated Transport and Health Impact Modelling Tool (ITHIM), and other models to assess the health effects and trade-offs of different transport scenarios and policies. Typically […]
The Green Party pushes active travel spend in Shropshire
The Green Party has called on Shropshire Council to create a new investment fund of £4.6 million for improved facilities for walking, cycling and public transport across the county. The council is due to set its budget at a meeting on Thursday and the Greens will be proposing spending money on promoting walking, cycling and […]
Major investment into Worcestershire’s highways announced
Worcestershire County Council has pledged to make major additional investment to improve and maintain the county’s highways as part of their annual budget setting. In the budget for 2022/23, which was approved on Thursday at February’s Full Council meeting, the County Council made the commitment to invest in further improvements to Worcestershire’s roads. Highways will […]
Call made to sort ‘wholly unacceptab;e’ transport links between West Fife villages and major transport links
A call has been made to tackle what has been described as ‘wholly unacceptable’ transport links between West Fife villages and major transport links. Graeme Downie, the Scottish Labour candidate for West Fife and Coastal Villages, said journeys from places like High Valleyfield, Torryburn, Culross and Kincardine should be a priority in Fife Council’s Local […]
Clarity needed over the future of bus funding, says Labour
Labour has urged the government to ‘come clean’ on bus funding as operators prepare to cut services as early as this week. Almost one in three services are at risk, the industry and local authorities have warned, with the Treasury refusing to confirm if it will continue grant funding to support operators whose bus revenues have yet […]
West Sussex renews WSP contract
West Sussex County Council has re-engaged consulting engineer WSP to provide highways design and ancillary consultancy services for another four years. WSP’s new contract with West Sussex County Council, worth £66.5m, runs from May 2022 to the beginning of May 2026. The company was previously awarded a six-year contract, valued then at £36m, in July 2016, […]
Birmingham goes ‘Big’ on bikes giveaway
Twenty of 500 selected Birmingham residents collected a free bicycle yesterday, courtesy of Birmingham City Council’s ‘Big Birmingham Bikes’ scheme. Big Birmingham Bikes is a city council initiative which aims to increase the health and mobility of those who do not have the resources to buy their own bicycles. Between January and March 2022, 380 […]
Air quality research supports calls to clean up the school run
Research involving experts at Northumbria University outlines the health risks caused by harmful pollution from vehicles measured outside schools in Newcastle. Air quality data from monitoring sites outside 12 schools in the city, covering a 24-month period, demonstrated that short-term levels of pollution, linked to patterns around school drop-off and pick-up times, would have consistently […]