The public wants 60mph speed limits, according to new survey
Lowering the motorway speed limit to 60mph is among the measures supported by the public in an effort to reduce carbon emissions, a new survey has found. According to the survey by conservation charity WWF and think-tank Demos, the move to reduce speeds could form part of a raft of measures to cut the UK’s […]
GE Announces Multi-Million Pound Investment to Create Diverse New Generation of UK Engineers
General Electric (GE) has announced a five-year, $3.5 million (£2.5m) investment in the UK as part of its global Next Engineers programme, to increase the diversity of young people entering engineering. The UK programme will be based in Staffordshire, where GE operates three sites that design, develop, and service products used throughout the power and renewable energy […]
Air quality improves in Lutterworth for the third year in a row
Air quality has improved in Lutterworth, Harborough for the third year in a row – boosted by a string of Covid lockdowns. The annual average levels of nitrogen dioxide in the air continued to fall in Lutterworth’s Air Quality Management Area in 2018, 2019 and 2020. The positive up-to-date pollution picture has been revealed in the Air […]
Additional £3 million investment in roads maintenance and repairs programme in Aberdeenshire
Councillors have agreed an additional £3 million spend on roads maintenance across Aberdeenshire. This follows an earlier £2.5 million cash injection agreed during the Budget discussions in March of this year to address delays in repairs as a direct result of the Covid pandemic. During discussion of the General Services Capital Performance at a recent […]
Midlands Connect to give six councils money to develop the case for investment in local roads
Midlands Connect is giving six local authorities up to £50,000 to develop the case for investment in local roads. The investment will allow local councils to assess the feasibility of key schemes in their area, potentially paving the way for Government support. The Major Road Network (MRN) forms a middle tier of the country’s busiest […]
AA joins LGA in call for more money for local roads
The AA has said pothole repairs should focus on rural and residential roads as local councils face road repairs financial blackhole The organisation said a ‘widescale resurfacing of crumbling streets’ is needed. Last week, the Local Government Association said council highways budgets had been reduced by £400 million-which could have fixed nearly 10 million more […]
Video shows self-driving car navigating Las Vegas traffic
A video produced by Zoox, an Amazon-owned self-driving startup, shows how driverless technology has advanced to allow an autonomous vehicle to navigate through Las Vegas traffic. The video shows the drive through the car’s exterior cameras, as well through the software itself that identifies the traffic and plots the best course of action for the […]
Few more weeks to complete Safer Highways Thriving at Work Survey
There are two more weeks for organisations to complete the Safer Highways Thriving at Workplace Survey, which aims to benchmark the provision of workplace mental health support. Last year Safer Highways sampled the 100 biggest organisations who work, not only on the strategic road network, but also who serve to maintain our local roads to […]
Demolition starts at Stockport’s old bus station to make way for multi-million-pound interchange
Next week demolition of Stockport’s old bus station will begin to make way for a new state-of-the-art transport interchange in the heart of the town centre. The new multi-million pound transport interchange being developed in Stockport is part of a major redevelopment scheme being undertaken by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), Stockport Council, and the […]
Amey invests in the next generation workforce across Area 10 highways contract
Five apprentices have been welcomed into their new roles across Amey’s Area 10 contract, as Highways Maintenance Operatives. This level 2 apprenticeship programme is being offered by SB Skills Solutions and provides both practical and theoretical training, covering all aspects of highways maintenance. Account Director on the Amey, Area 10 contract, Lucy Fell said: “We want to invest in […]