Virtual Reality will help ‘predict and prevent’ approach to maintenance on HS2 infrastructure
Virtual Reality and real time monitoring by sensors built into HS2’s infrastructure including rails, bridges and overhead power lines will help towards a ‘predict and prevent’ approach to maintenance. Detailed designs being prepared by engineers working on Britain’s new highspeed rail network are being developed using advanced computer design programmes. The data produced will both […]
Number of cyclists has overtaken motorists on A-roads, says DfT
The number of cyclists has surpassed that of motorists on several UK A-roads, according to Department for Transport (DfT) data for 2020. In London, 87% of traffic on sections of Lambeth Road consists of cyclists while in the City, Royal Mints Street has registered 81% of cycling traffic, the Sunday Times reported. Other four locations […]
More than 50 different transport improvement projects agreed by West Midlands Combined Authority
More than 50 different transport improvement projects worth £1.3 billion have been agreed by the West Midlands Combined Authority. The list of preferred schemes will now be submitted to the Department for Transport for final approval after which the full list will be published. The wide-ranging plans include more than 60 miles of new segregated […]
Galliford Try adopts One Click LCA carbon calculator tool to help meet its net zero carbon commitments
Contractor Galliford Try is to adopt the One Click LCA carbon calculator tool to help meet its net zero carbon commitments, as part of its overall Sustainable Growth Strategy Digital tools such as this calculator will play an invaluable role in assisting the business to achieve its targets of reaching net zero carbon emissions from […]
Invest in smarter materials for sustainable, right-first-time pothole repairs, says Tarmac
Tarmac is urging highways specialists top consider new approaches when it comes to achieving permanent, lomng-lasting pothole repairs. Talking on National Pothole Day (14th January), Tarmac said that with sustainability high on the agenda, it’s essential to make smarter choices when repairing potholes – helping to eliminate waste materials, avoid repeated cycles of failure and repair, and prevent unnecessary transport emissions. According to the last Annual Local […]
More than £30m invested to improve Durham’s roads during the last year
More than £30million pounds was invested in road improvement schemes across County Durham during the last financial year. As part of its commitment to keeping County Durham moving, Durham County Council has continued to increase its contribution to planned road maintenance and improvement projects, investing £10.43million in 2020/2021, reports the East Durham News. Next week, […]
Shropshire Council reports success with pothole repairs in the last year
A total of 20,156 potholes have been repaired across the county since April 13, 2021, the latest figures show. Crews from Shropshire Council and its contractor Kier are using a variety of ways to fill in an average of more than 516 potholes every week – or around 74 every day. Alongside more traditional methods, […]
Norwich City Council votes to reject £198m bypass link road
Norwich City Council has voted to reject the proposed Norwich Western Link road. The Norwich Western Link (NWL) would extend the Broadland Northway – or Northern Distributor Road (NDR) – by three miles (5km) by joining the A1067 Fakenham Road to the A47. Norwich City Council’s cabinet voted against the link, claiming it could promote […]
Revised air quality plan sees two Chichester management areas declassified
Chichester District Council has started to implement its revised Air Quality Action Plan, which will see two of the district’s Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs) revoked as their pollution levels have dropped. Chichester has declared four such areas since 2006 – in parts of St Pancras, Orchard Street, the Stockbridge A27 roundabout and Rumbold’s Hill, Midhurst. Local […]
Operation Brock to move on later this month
National Highways has said it will relocate the movable barrier on the M20 used as part of Operation Brock later this month. National Highways will be carrying out an extensive drainage upgrade, ground work to enable storage of the movable barrier and signage installation in the central reservation and London-bound verge to move the Brock […]