WMCA starts search for mobility-as-a-service partner
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has started its search for a delivery partner in its plans to build mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) for the region. The authority said it wants to focus on improving the customer experience of planning, booking and paying for sustainable modes of transport through a single interface. Relating to this, it also […]
Andy Burnham wants more strategic roads to be covered in CAZ
The Mayor of Greater Manchester has called for Government to consider minimum air quality standards for parts of the strategic road network (SRN) to help reduce emissions. The region will have the UK’s largest clean air zone (CAZ), covering 10 boroughs and 2.8 million residents, when it goes live from May 30, 2022. However, Greater Manchester […]
Cameras installed in Portsmouth ahead of CAZ implementation
Cameras are being installed within Portsmouth’s government mandated Clean Air Zone (CAZ) this week, ahead of it going live in November. The CAZ is being introduced in the city to address harmful levels of air pollution. Portsmouth City Council is working with contractors Colas and telecoms company Siemens to start putting up 39 cameras that […]
London’s Santander cycle hire scheme celebrates 11th year with record numbers
TfL’s cycle hire scheme marks its eleventh anniversary following an exciting year which has seen a record-breaking number of hires. In March, Santander Cycles reached a major milestone of 100 million hires and since then hires have increased again vin April and June. Daily hire figures have been very strong in the past year […]
Tarmac receives RoSPA Award for achievements in health and safety
Tarmac has won an internationally recognised award for demonstrating high health and safety standards which has included successfully adapting its operations to the challenges of COVID-19. The leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business has received a RoSPA Gold Health and Safety Award for working hard to ensure its employees and contractors get home safely […]
Gaist and TRL Software combine data and technology to form ‘revolutionary’ new offering in digital asset management
The development of new digital integrations between Gaist and TRL aiming to revolutionise how we plan and manage the road network is set to accelerate rapidly with the first Gaist-iROADS integration announcement. As part of the global partnership announcement with TRL, it was outlined that the capability to ingest Gaist’s road asset data will be […]
Hampshire County Council to develop new Network Recovery Strategy
Hampshire County Council is to develop a Highways Network Recovery Strategy for managing the future maintenance of the county’s roads and footways in the face of unprecedented challenges facing the highways service, largely as a consequence of a long-term under-investment in local roads highway maintenance by successive Governments At a public decision meeting, held last […]
DfT starts consultation on giving metro mayors more highway management powers
The Department for Transport (DfT) has started a public consultation on potential proposals to give metro mayors and their combined authorities greater decision-making powers and accountability with regards to the Key Route Network (KRN). The proposals include providing mayors with additional highway management powers as well as giving them sole or concurrent highway powers over […]
High Court judge puts the brakes on Highways England’s development consent order for A303 Stonehenge project
A High Court judge has quashed Highways England’s development consent order for Highways England’s £1.7bn A303 tunnel near Stonehenge. Mr Justice Holgate has ruled the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps had not received a sufficient briefing on the scheme’s heritage impact near the Stonehenge site. He also failed to consider alternative proposals for the tunnel, including […]
Econ to expand its operation with the development of new engineering facility
Gritter manufacturer, Econ, is to expand its operation further with the development of a new £7m engineering facility near Thirsk and create 50 new jobs. The family owned-business, based in North Yorkshire has bought a 24-acre site at Sowerby, 11-miles from its headquarters in Ripon. When completed, this new North Yorkshire base – which will […]