Kent County Council launches its vision for zero road deaths by 2050
A new strategy setting out how Kent County Council and its partners aim to eliminate deaths on Kent’s roads by 2050 has been revealed. KCC unveiled the map for safer roads at an event at Manston Airfield on Wednesday, September 15, attended by Prince Michael of Kent and KCC leader, Roger Gough. Also in attendance […]
Panel of leading UK transport and climate change experts to carry out Welsh roads review
A panel consisting of climate change and transport specialists from across the UK, will be led by Dr Lynn Sloman MBE will take charge of the Welsh Government’s road review. The Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters MS, has announced the Chair and panel that will be carrying out the review and confirmed the […]
Kier gets back on track with strong operational performance and ‘materially improved’ results
Kier Highways’ contract win in London to deliver Transport for London’s new £200 million Maintenance and Management contract has contributed towards Kier Group’s ‘strong operational performance and materially improved results.’ The group’s results to end of year June 30th, had a revenue of £3.3bn, which was a slight reduction on last year’s £3.3bn due to […]
Yunex Traffic wins Newcastle CAZ work
Yunex Traffic, the new name for Siemens Mobility’s Intelligent Traffic systems business, has been awarded a contract to design and install a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera monitoring and enforcement solution across Newcastle city centre. The introduction of the system follows a consultation undertaken by Newcastle and Gateshead councils with […]
Traffic Group Signals launch advanced temporary signalling technology for haul routes
Traffic Group Signals, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of portable and temporary traffic signal products, has launched the innovative Metro Haul Route Crossing System. Currently available for hire, the Metro is the only wireless, temporary traffic signal range that complies with haul route permit conditions and has been designed to combat safety issues which […]
Norwegian based company Asolvi buys company behind MyMobileWorkers
Norwegian-based company Asolvi, has announced that it has acquired UK-based Momote, the company behind MyMobileWorkers (“MMW”). MyMobileWorkers is one of the UK’s most successful mobile workforce solutions for the traffic management and highways maintenance sectors. The deal will see Asolvi acquire 100% of Momote and adding the highly skilled Momote team to the expanding Asolvi UK […]
Enterprise collaboration with Microsoft brings connected car technology to rental, commercial and fleet vehicles
Enterprise Holdings has announced a partnership with Microsoft to bring connected car technology to Enterprise’s car rental, commercial and fleet vehicles in the UK as well as the US and Canada. As many as 350,000 vehicles are set to be connected in the U.S. by the end of 2021 with a fully connected fleet targeted […]
Dyer & Butler win RosPA Gold Award for health and safety values
Dyer & Butler, a part of M Group Services, has received a prestigious RoSPA Gold Award in recognition of ts health and safety values, practice and performance in the highways sector. Organisations receiving a RoSPA Award are recognised as being world-leaders in health and safety practice. Every year, nearly 2,000 entrants vie to achieve the […]
Historic Oxfordshire railway bridge to be restored to its former glory
A deteriorating nineteenth century railway bridge in Oxfordshire will be given a new lease of life as part of a renovation project led by National Highways. Restoration of the railway bridge in Horspath was announced in May, and, following a number of preparatory surveys, work is now set to start on 11 October. The bridge […]
High street retailer wilko invests in autonomous delivery company StreetDrone
High street retailer wilko has announced a major investment in the UK’s leading autonomous delivery company, StreetDrone. The £3 million investment will give the retailer a significant interest in the company, putting it at the forefront of investments in retail technology in the fast-growing autonomous vehicles industry. The investment, which is part of a wider […]