Delay to re-tendering of Shropshire highways consultancy contract
The re-tendering of one of Shropshire Council’s highways consultancy contract has been put off by a year due to the pandemic. The contract is currently held by WSP had been due to end next April, but a new one-year deal will be offered to the company to give the council time to draw up a […]
SNC-Lavalin awarded maintenance contract by Transport Infrastructure Ireland
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to oversee the maintenance of Ireland’s motorway and dual carriageway network. Under an initial five-year agreement, SNC-Lavalin will procure supervision, monitoring, audit, design, technical, advisory and asset management services to maintain 844 km of motorways and dual carriageways in Dublin and the eastern seaboard […]
Cheshire East Council starts consultation on update speed management strategy
Cheshire East Council is asking its residents to share their views on the authority’s updated draft speed management strategy. The document, which is being finalised in consultation with partners including Cheshire police who are responsible for speed enforcement across the borough, is now out for public consultation. The strategy aims to provide a safer road […]
Milestones reached on major Tyneside and Teesside road upgrades
Two major road upgrades for the north east have celebrated key milestones this week. Yesterday marked the start of the main construction on the £220m A1 Birtley to Coal House scheme near Gateshead. When complete, said National Highways, it will boost the regional economy by improving journeys to the Newcastle and Tyneside area by increasing […]
More action is needed to decarbonise transport sector, says Transport Minister
More action in this ‘decisive decade’ to halt the impact of climate change, according to Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Trudy Harrison. Speaking at the Smart Transport conference, she said the main challenge for the transport sector is designed a system that is fit for the 21st century, meeting the ‘three c’s’-covid, carbon and convenience’, […]
Transport East begins consultation on regional transport plan for the next 30 years
Transport East has chosen six major routes for development to form its regional transport plan over the next 30 years. Originally, there were 55 routes identified as needing investment in the region which includes Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex. Now, an eight-week consultation will begin this week to further find insight into the ‘challenges and issues’ […]
Gloucestershire County Council starts search for contractor for M5, junction 10 improvements
Gloucestershire County Council has started the search for a contractor to deliver the upgrade work needed on junction 10 on the M5. The majority of the work will be based around removing slip roads and constructing a new roundabout to ease pressure on local roads and junction 11. It is likely the the roundabout will […]
Work underway to resurface 49 stretches of road across Shropshire
Nearly 50 stretches of road in Shropshire are to be resurfaced between November 2021 and March 2022, as Shropshire Council and its partners Kier and WSP continue their programme of work to improve the county’s roads. The roads include 20 in the south of the county, 18 in the north, and 11 in the central […]
TfL completes work to improve safety on Battersea Bridge
Transport for London (TfL) has completed work to make walking at Battersea Bridge safer. The changes are part of TfL’s Vision Zero commitment to improve road safety with the goal of eliminating death and serious injury on the road network. This work was brought forward following the tragic death of Jack Ryan earlier this year, […]
Redtail Telematics’ customisable data from vehicles enables Synaptiv to provide local councils with accurate data to combat potholes
Redtail Telematics have been appointed by Synaptiv in a bid to help local councils say farewell to the fearsome pothole by using data collected from Redtail’s ‘black box’ telematics devices that are fitted to vehicles driving on UK roads. The data that is collected can be transformed into an accurate assessment of the road surface […]