Roadern wins Equity-Backed Start-Up of the Year in the North West Start-Up Awards 2025
One of the industry’s leading providers of pavement management services, Roadern, has won the Equity-Backed StartUp of the Year Award in the NorthWest StartUp Awards. Roadern, founded in 2021, helps local authorities and other road operators by providing fast and more accurate pavement and traffic sign and markings data, enabling them to make more proactive […]
Wakefield Council gets extra £2.4m of investment to improve its roads and pavements
Wakefield Council is to approve extra funding from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, to help fund repairs and maintenance on its road network. A council report said the money would go towards improvements on several road across Wakefield and said it was “essential” that road users were kept “safe”, reports the BBC. Matthew Morley, the […]
More action is needed to drive climate action in the highways and transportation sector, says new CIHT report
The Chartered Institute of Highways and Transport (CIHT) has issued seven recommendations to help achieve what it describes as ‘systematic change’ in the sector in relation to climate action. The recommendations include; giving the industry the tools to improve training and education in this area, more effective communication with the public and prioritising climate action […]
Cheshire and Warrington leaders consult public on ambitious goals from public transport to Net Zero
Cheshire and Warrington’s leaders today urged the public to have their say on ambitious goals ranging from better public transport and more energy efficient homes to making the area the fastest growing economy in the North. Other bold 20-year goals for the area set out in the in-depth 39-page draft Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Strategy […]
Almost £12 million will be spent by Blackburn with Darwen Council on improving roads and infrastructure
Blackburn & Darwen Council will spent almost £12 million on improving roads and infrastructure over the next year. The council’s Highways Capital Programme for 2025-2026, said that the council has received almost triple the amount of government funding obtained previously to improve travel in the borough; up from £3.8 million received in 2024-2025. This will […]
Entries are now open for the DfT Special Recognition Awards 2025
LCRIG has said that entries are now open for this year’s DfT Special Recognition Awards– a celebration of the people and organisations going the extra mile to deliver change in the highways and transport technology sector. Now in their sixth year, these Awards are proudly hosted by LCRIG on behalf of the Department for Transport. […]
£803,000 awarded for design work on historic bridge
Neath Port Talbot Council has been awarded £803,000 in UK Government funding via the Levelling Up Fund to carry out detailed design work for a proposed Active Travel project involving a historic bridge. The proposed overall scheme involves renewal work on the Grade II listed Newbridge Road Bridge and redeveloping the adjacent Dock Road as far […]
New cycling and walking route ready to transform journeys on Walney Island
A new 1.4 mile route for walking, wheeling and cycling is ready to transform journeys between Vickerstown Park and Earnse Bay on North Walney. Westmorland and Furness Council Members, funders from Active Travel England and the project team responsible for delivering the scheme, joined contractor AE Yates in Vickerstown Park to mark its opening. Designed […]
Newport City Council has announces £6.6 million investment in roads
Newport City Council has announced a £6.6 million investment in its road network. The council aims to improve the city’s road network over the coming year, focusing on the most vital and high-priority roads. It has secured more than £4.4 million from the Welsh Government through the new highway management local government borrowing initiative. It […]
If the North had seen the same transport investment as London under the previous government, it would have received £140bn more, says IPPR
A decade of broken promises has been laid bare today as a leading think tank reveals how the disparity in transport spending between the North and London has ballooned over the last ten years. In new analysis, IPPR North and IPPR have revealed that if the north of England had received the same per person […]