WJ and BEAR Scotland lead the way in sustainable road design
A collaborative approach between road marking experts, WJ Scotland, and BEAR Scotland has brought significant carbon savings of 1,778 tonnes across Scotland’s North East Trunk Road Network. The partnership has seen BEAR Scotland use WJ’s award-winning high-performance road marking, Weatherline Plus, to enhance road safety across the north east of Scotland and align to Transport Scotland’s […]
Electric cars aren’t enough to hit climate targets: we need to develop better public transport too
By Vera O’Riordan, PhD Researcher in Marine and Renewable Energy, University College Cork Transport is responsible for 24% of energy-related carbon emissions worldwide. Half of those emissions are from carrying goods and services, and the other half are from carrying people from A to B – also known as “passenger transport”. Passenger transport has a huge impact […]
New £1.5 million bridge on A887 opens to road users
A new £1.5 million bridge was opened to traffic last week on the A887, nine miles west of Invermoriston following seven months of construction funded by Transport Scotland. The new Allt Na H-Innse Beag Bridge was built to replace the previous sub-standard bridge on the A887. The new precast concrete box-culvert structure is 5 metres […]
ADEPT Live Labs projects have brought local authorities closer to innovation than ever before, says programme director on this weeks Highways Voices
The ADEPT Live Labs projects have brought local authorities closer to innovation than they have ever been before, providing them with new, more efficient and better ways of working. These are the comments of Programme Director Giles Perkins, who spoke to Highways Voices ahead of the upcoming ADEPT Smart Places Live Labs Expo, taking place […]
Next round of hearings for A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements announced
National Highways has announced the next round of hearings for the proposed A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements, a project which will help to transform one of the regions worst congestion hotspots. The A428 scheme, which proposes a new 10-mile dual carriageway from the Black Cat Roundabout on the A1 through to Caxton Gibbet […]
TfL signs new contract for CLOCS to continue its work in making London’s roads safer
Transport for London (TfL) has signed a new contract with construction business management consultant SECBE to deliver the Construction Logistics and Community Safety (CLOCS) scheme, which aims to make construction vehicle fleets safer and greener across the UK. The new contract will begin in December 2021 and last for five years. Developed in 2013 by […]
Glasgow City Council needs £20 million more to maintain roads in current state
Glasgow City Council needs £20 million more to keep the city’s roads and pavements in their current state. An investment options report shows a council spend of £10m a year on the roads but that it needs to spend £30m for the level of maintaining the current condition, the Glasgow Times reports. George Gillespie, Executive […]
New design of driverless bus which will connect Fife and Edinburgh unveiled by Stagecoach
Stagecoach has revealed a first glimpse of the UK’s first full-sized autonomous buses which will likely start operating in Scotland in early summer 2022. Four single-decker buses will run a 14-mile route from Fife’s Ferrytoll Park & Ride to Edinburgh Park’s transport hub, crossing the Forth Road Bridge on their journey. The autonomous Stagecoach buses, […]
Cheshire East agrees draft implementation plan to develop more cycling and walking network
Cheshire East Council has given the go-ahead for a draft implementation plan to develop more walking and cycling networks. Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) have been developed for Wilmslow, Crewe, Congleton and Macclesfield, setting out ambitious programmes to create high quality walking and cycling networks. The highways committee’s approval of the draft LCWIP implementation […]
New UK-first luminous road marking solution trialled in Portsmouth
A new, UK-first active luminous road marking solution has been installed in Portsmouth by civil engineering and transport infrastructure specialists, Colas. The Flowell crosswalks and cycle crossings technology has been developed by Colas teams, and trialled at various sites in France, where initial feedback has shown it to be very beneficial. The Portsmouth site on the junction of Clarendon Road and Palmerston Road, which has been fully funded by Colas, is the first of its kind in the UK and was unveiled […]