RSTA calls for move towards national strategy for highway maintenance
The highways sector needs a national strategy on highway maintenance to ensure it can work collaboratively to deliver more preventative surface treatments across the UK network. This message come from Paul Boss, Chief Executive of the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA), who was responding to last week’s report by independent watchdog, Transport Focus, which said […]
AECOM wins Greater Manchester air quality monitoring contract
Consultants AECOM has won an eight-year contract to measure air quality across 450 locations across Greater Manchester. The company will collect pollution samples from each monitoring site every month. They will then analyse this data in order to assess the effectiveness of Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Plan. Tom Stenhouse, technical director at AECOM, said: “Air quality […]
VolkerStevin wins £31m Sunderland smart bridge contract
VolkerStevin has won the contract to build Sunderland’s smart bridge. The £31m pedestrian and cyclist crossing will connect both sides of the Wear at Riverside Sunderland. It will be fitted with creative lighting and augmented reality, allowing people to use their smartphones to see virtual displays that council bosses say will create ‘an experience that will really […]
Nottingham City Council invests further in concessionary fare scheme and smart ticketing
Nottingham City Council is to invest £788,000 to enable it to continue to provide a concessionary fare scheme for older people as well as a smart ticketing service for public transport in Nottingham. The decision was made by the council so it can continue to offer services for those who use public transport, including NET trams and […]
National Highways announced as principal supporter of Highways Heroes Awards
Safer Highways has announced National Highways (formerly Highways England) as the principal supporter of the industry-wide Highways Heroes Awards. Organised by Safer Highways, and supported by many of the most forward thinking organisations in the sector, the awards are the first time the supply chain and the client body have come together to recognise the […]
West Sussex County Council creates a ‘Pollinator Highway’
Wildflowers and pollinators are making a comeback in Lancing, where West Sussex County Council’s first ‘Pollinator Highway’ is underway. The joint project between the County Council, Lancing Parish Council and Adur & Worthing Councils is helping to provide crucial food sources and habitat links for a variety of insects via the roadside verges. Just as […]
Government announces next round of funding for air quality projects
Local projects to improve air quality across England will get a £7 million funding boost this year, the government has confirmed, as applications opened for this year’s scheme. At least £1 million of the £9 million available this year will be dedicated to projects to improve public awareness in local communities about the risks of […]
A1(M) junction improvements head towards completion to help support future growth of Harrogate and Knaresborough
A1(M) improvements which will support the future growth of the Harrogate and Knaresborough areas are making good progress, according to Highways England. The £10m project at junction 47 (Allerton Park) involves widening three of the four slip roads onto and off the roundabout to increase capacity as well as a number of junction improvements. Harrogate […]
Cambridge engineers to explore how to connected physical and digital road infrastructure system
Cambridge engineers will explore how Digital Twins, smart materials, data science and robotic monitoring can work together to develop a connected physical and digital road infrastructure system. The business-led £8.6 million research project, announced in support of the government’s UK Innovation Strategy, is one of eight Prosperity Partnerships being supported with an investment of almost £60 […]
Buckinghamshire Council invests £100 million into four-year highways improvement programme
Buckinghamshire Council has announced an investment of £100 million as part of a major highways improvement programme over the next four years. As part of this investment, Buckinghamshire Council will be repairing the most damaged roads and pavements. Residents and members of the travelling public will be kept well informed about the roadworks in their […]