New HGV route signing to help air quality
In an effort to improve air quality on Boot Hill, Dorset Council has implemented a signed HGV route to avoid this uphill acceleration, which has been identified as a key contributor to emissions. The signed route starts at Chafey’s Roundabout and directs southbound HGVs to use Weymouth Way, Granby Way, Hampshire Road, Cumberland Drive (Granby), […]
Norfolk’s Norse Highways on the search for road construction materials
Norse Highways, a trading division of Norse Eastern, a company wholly owned by Norfolk County Council has started the tender process for the provision of road construction materials for delivery or collection. The company regularly undertakes programmes of routine highway maintenance including carriageway/footway patching, highway improvement schemes and an element of privately funded work attached […]
TfL announces safety ban of e-scooters on transport network
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that all privately-owned e-scooters and e-unicycles, including those that can be folded or carried, will be banned on London’s transport network from Monday 13 December. This is the result of safety concerns about these items following recent fires on TfL premises & services. Customers in possession of such devices […]
More traffic reduction measures will be needed to meet decarbonisation targets, says Green Alliance report
Traffic reduction measures will have to be implemented more widely across the UK if the Climate Change Committee’s recommendations for targets to decarbonise the sector. This is according to a new report by think-tank Green Alliance that said introducing traffic reduction measures will provide ‘certainty’ that the UK can cut emissions to necessary levels over […]
Councillors in Lincolnshire call for greater investment in public transport
Councillors in Lincolnshire have called for greater investment in public transport, roads and ‘green’ travelling. This comes as part of the South & East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership’s response to National Highways’ ‘Vision for Route Strategies’ consultation and Lincolnshire County Council’s Local Transport Plan consultation. The Partnership, which consists of South Holland District Council, Boston Borough […]
Councils unite in support of A120 upgrade route
Councils have re-stated the importance of upgrading part of the A120 to a dual carriageway between Braintree and the A12. ECC, together with Braintree District Council, is also urging National Highways to press ahead with a widely supported route for the road. Essex County Council has already run a public consultation into proposed routes for the […]
M6 scheme clocks up 500,000 hours without a single worker losing time through injury
The M6 project has reached 500,000 hours without a single worker losing time through injury. Since the scheme hit the ground in summer 2019, there have been no Lost Time Incidents – that’s more than 800 days of keeping workers safe on site. Around 100 people are working on the £78 million transformation of the […]
Funding for £8 million major road improvement scheme in Peterborough recommended for approval
Over £8 million in funding for a major road improvement scheme in Peterborough has been recommended for approval by Peterborough City Council. The report, authored by Lewis Banks, the council’s Transport and Environment Manager recommends granting approval to the award of £8,166,819 to deliver an improvement scheme on the A1260 Nene Parkway Junction 15. The […]
ORR increases scrutiny of funding plans for next road period
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is increasing its scrutiny of future road funding for the strategic road network as plans are drawn up for the third road investment strategy (RIS3). As National Highways’ independent monitor, ORR has today (8 December 2021) set out its proposed approach in its consultation on the development of […]
Cycling Scotland funds cycling facilities for residents in social housing
Cycling Scotland has awarded more than £49,900 to improving cycling facilities for residents at social housing developments run by The City of Edinburgh Council and Dunedin Canmore. More than 275 households will benefit from secure bike storage at their homes which will enable more people to use bikes as their main form of transport. In […]