Over 400 Suffolk roads set for upgrade as largest ever surfacing project gets underway
Residents across Suffolk are set to benefit from 421 newly surfaced roads this year – almost doubling the number of roads completed last year, as Suffolk Highways’ largest ever resurfacing programmes get underway, according to Suffolk County Council. Residents across Suffolk are set to benefit from 421 newly surfaced roads this year – almost doubling […]
Malcolm Dare to leave National Highways
Malcolm Dare, Executive Director for Commercial and Procurement Director at National Highways is to leave the organisation after five years. Mr Dare was instrumental in helping guide National Highways through RIS2 as well as detailed work on procurement through integrated delivery, quicker payment to contractors during Covid 19 and buiding a platform for great collaboration […]
Next milestone for the A9 Dualling delivery plan
Transport Scotland has today taken a further step forward in the delivery of the A9 Dualling programme, outlining its intentions for procurement of the next section. Transport Scotland has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) for the Tay Crossing to Ballinluig project, alerting construction contractors and their supply chains to the next opportunity associated with […]
£1.3 million to back cutting-edge transport projects
A £1.3 million competition to transform the transport sector, grow the economy and inspire innovation has been launched today (17 April). The latest round of the Government’s Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) is now open, with organisations and academics able to win up to £45,000 in funding. The TRIG scheme, delivered by Connected Places […]
Mobility scooter users more than two and a half times more likely to be killed in a road crash
Mobility scooter riders are more than two and a half times more likely to be killed in a road crash compared to other road users, data has revealed. Department for Transport (DfT) road casualty statistics show that in 2022, nine mobility scooter users were killed and 270 were injured in collisions on the UK’s roads. […]
Project launched to help ensure that self-driving car technology is safely implemented
A new project has been launched in the UK by the University of Surrey to help ensure that self-driving technology can be safely implemented. The Methods for Assurance of Self-Driving Vehicles scheme, known as Massdrive, will aim to develop robust methods of approving and certifying self-driving cars as they become available. Professor Saber Fallah, co-investigator […]
Staffordshire Pothole Pro to tour county
Staffordshire’s JCB Pothole Pro is on the move around the county, helping to fix potholes and prepare roads for surface treatments. The machine has been on A519 Newcastle Road in Hanchurch, and will be moving up and down the county over the next few months to help with Staffordshire’s spring push on pothole repairs. It […]
Chinese electric cars could see a ‘total ban’
US President Joe Biden has been told to ban the sale of new electric cars made in China as fears grow over new rivals in the automotive space. Speaking on X, Sherrod Brown, the US Senator for Ohio, said he wanted cars “made in America by American workers” to be on the streets as he attacked Chinese production, reports […]
Devon County Council approves £24m highways scheme in Plymouth
Devon councillors have this week voted to improve road links to a new employment development at Langage, part of the Plymouth & South Devon (PASD) Freeport. The proposed two-phase spine road will extend the existing Kingsway road and bridge across the A38 Deep Lane Junction to connect the new community of Sherford, reports Construction Index. […]
SYSTRA signals significant growth with Leeds office move
SYSTRA has relocated in Leeds, further bolstering its commitment to developing talent in the city and across the Yorkshire region. Located in 114 Wellington Street, the new Leeds office provides a modern open-plan creative space for SYSTRA, which is one of Yorkshire’s leading transport planning, engineering and infrastructure specialists. Members of the SYSTRA Signature Team based in […]
