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 […]
New technology supporting aim to cut spine road accidents in Northumberland
New technology is being introduced on one of the county’s busiest roads in Northumberland in a bid to cut accidents. The A189 southbound approach to the A19/A189 Moor Farm Roundabout, near Cramlington, has an unwanted record of rear end shunt type collisions – and the roundabout itself is the number one collision hotspot in Northumberland. Research has pinpointed factors including high approach speeds […]
Highways England to hold new public consultation on Lower Thames Crossing proposals
Highways England has today [Wednesday 23 June] announced details of a new round of public consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing, as it prepares to submit its application for a Development Consent Order later this year. This Community Impacts Consultation will give people the opportunity to review and comment on Highways England’s plans to build […]
£20m bid submitted for ‘Levelling Up’ in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Council has submitteds a bid to the government’s Levelling Up Fund for road improvements in the south east of the county. The bid is being boosted with letters of support from business leaders, local MPs and all councils across Greater Lincolnshire. The council’s submission aims to reduce congestion in Boston and along the […]