Deborah Sims welcomed as new President of the CIHT
The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) has announced the election of Deborah Sims as its new President for 2021 / 22. Ms Sims outlined her theme and plans for the year via an online video address at CIHT’s Presidential Inauguration event on Wednesday 22 June 2021. The main one is ‘Route to Professionalism’ […]
Council to change winter gritting routes to match ‘best practice’
Cheshire East Council has confirmed that changes to gritting routes will be implemented next winter following a review. The ‘Well-Managed Highway Infrastructure’ (WMHI) code of practice, which is overseen by the UK Roads Liaison Group on behalf of the Department for Transport (DfT), recommended local highway authorities review gritting routes to prioritise the most critical parts […]
Shifting to electric vehicles isn’t enough to meet decarbonisation aims says IPPR report
A new IPPR report argues that to be fair to all, the UK government’s upcoming plan for decarbonising transport must focus on improving people’s quality of life – and this cannot be achieved through a shift to electric vehicles alone and that public transport, walking and cycling need greater role in UK’s future. IPPR analysis […]
LCRIG launches new Innovation Fund with support of WJ Group in tribute to Steve Berry OBE
A new £150,000 Innovation Fund for road surface treatments is being made available through the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) in partnership with the leading highway marking and safety business WJ Group, who are funding the project. The money will be available to local highway authorities, universities, private sector companies and innovative individuals, with […]
Decrease in road casualties on Transport Scotland roads amidst drop in traffic
New Transport Scotland statisticians have released provisional figures for road casualties showing a significant drop in 2020. The figures show the total number of casualties fell by 35% between 2019 and 2020 (from 7,718 to 4,992), the lowest number since annual records began in 1950. One hundred and forty two people were killed in reported […]
South Lanarkshire to spend £1.7m on road safety improvements
Road safety improvements to be made in South Lanarkshire, where a total of £1.7 million will be spent on accident reduction measures, traffic signal projects, engineering measures at schools and speed limit initiatives. The money will come from a combination of council funding, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) funding and Scottish Government funding. Full details […]
Highways England challenge in Area 9 leads to transformation of primary school garden
A neglected pond area at Bentley West Primary School in the West Midlands was transformed into a garden and open area for children as part of the competition. The work was carried out by a team called Branching Out and Making Roots and the project won first place in the challenge which originally ran before […]
Ministers in Scotland urged to increase road car tax to help fund more sustainable transport
Ministers in Scotland have been urged to increase road tax for car owners to help aid funding for more sustainable transport as part of a number of recommendations to help tackle climate emergency. Scotland’s Climate Assembly has published 81 recommendations for Scottish ministers to consider adopting in their strategy to become carbon net zero by […]
Opening of rebuilt A19 welcomed by residents and local businesses
Local residents and business owners have welcomed the reopening this week of the A19 at Chapel Haddlesey. Despite the complexity of the work and time lost in the aftermath of severe weather early this year, all the stops were pulled out to complete the rebuilding of the 1.5km stretch of road, which had been closed since […]
Why the time is right to go digital
If there is one positive to take from the COVID-pandemic it has been the industry’s ability to adapt to new ways of working and embrace technological innovations to not only allow the sector to continue to work through various lockdowns but embrace longer-term objectives to become more efficient. In the first instance, the need to […]