Unsung hero of world’s first ‘Tarmac’ road honoured
An unsung hero credited with inventing the modern road surface has been celebrated with the unveiling of a commemorative blue plaque in Nottingham. Edgar Hooley, a Nottinghamshire County surveyor, perfected the method of making road surfaces stick in the early twentieth century, with Radcliffe Road in West Bridgford subsequently becoming the very first Tarmac road […]
‘Greener and healthier’ approach to transport agreed by Oldham Council
Oldham Council’s cabinet has agreed a new approach that looks to get more residents walking, cycling and using public transport. Streets For All is a new Greater Manchester-wide strategy which highlights how all our streets, roads and highways can be made more accessible and cleaner. As part of the plan the council would look to […]
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council to adopt seven private roads as part of pilot project
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has agreed pilot projects to deliver highways improvements at seven private roads, including carrying out a Welsh Government pilot for one of the locations. Each road will then be permanently adopted by the council. At their meeting this week, cabinet members considered a report proposing a pilot programme of works at […]
Glasgow to build 160 miles of cycle lanes
Glasgow City Council is set to commit to building 160 miles of cycle lanes in the city, to include existing ‘Spaces for People paths. The 160 miles of cycle routes are part of a huge mission to tackle the climate crisis and promote active travel. Details of the plans are to be included in the new draft […]
Fundamental shift in funding to local level needed to help ‘level up’ English towns, says National Infrastructure Commission
Levelling up towns will require a shift in government’s approach from announcing multiple ringfenced pots of money – many of which councils must compete over – to instead handing power to local areas to deliver their own infrastructure strategies with five-year devolved budgets, according to the UK’s official infrastructure advisers. In a report launched today, the […]
Work to start in October on new bridge near Quadring, Lincolnshire
A damaged bridge in Quadring Eaudike will be replaced in October, according to Lincolnshire County Council. The northern side of the Bedford bridge partially collapsed in late 2019 and was temporarily repaired. Now the structure is to be fully replaced with a new wider bridge with concrete parapets. Water Gate will have to be closed […]
Kiely Bros joins Minister Group to create ‘Midlands Highways Hub’
Highway maintenance specialist, Kiely Bros, has joined Minster Group at its expanded headquarters near Lincoln to create a “Midlands Highways Hub”. Road surfacing and civil engineering specialist Minster Group has expanded its Lincoln site to include new office premises for road and line marking specialist Kiely Bros. Kiely Bros has signed a new 10-year lease […]
Twelve rural roads to be treated this autumn in Dorset thanks to Pothole Fund investment
Twelve rural roads are being reconstructed in Dorset this autumn thanks to the Department for Transport’s Pothole Fund. Dorset Highways has identified roads that have evolved from tracks and have very little construction, and have significant cracking, undulation or pothole damage, for permanent repair. This programme of work will use in-situ recycling to strengthen the […]
Highway maintenance worker’s foot run over by man in ‘heated’ argument
A heated argument in Kingsthorpe, Northampton ended in a highways maintenance worker’s foot being ran over by a car. The altercation took place on Friday, September 17 when a row occurred between the driver of a Mercedes and the maintenance worker between Welford Road and Harborough Road in the area. The worker was then driven […]
Shortlisted bidders on £1.9 billion Lower Thames Crossing Roads Contracts announced
National Highways has announced today the five companies shortlisted for the two road contracts worth a combined £1.9 billion to design and build routes north and south of the River Thames on the proposed Lower Thames Crossing, the most ambitious roads project for a generation. The following construction and engineering companies will be invited to […]