Showing empathy, being flexible and a good listener – the traits of good leadership on this week’s Highways Voices
Being able to listen and show empathy for a team of people, while not losing focus on the job in hand are some of the key traits that help create strong leaders, according to Nick Lanigan, Managing Director of Clearview Intelligence. He spoke on the first in a series of Highways Voices podcasts focusing on […]
£48 million investment in highways and transport in Nottinghamshire
A total of £48m will be invested into the highways and transport network throughout Notts for 2021/2022, following the approval of the provisional Highways Capital and Revenue Programme at the Transport and Environment Committee. A further funding announcement is expected by the new administration as well, which will build on the extra £24 million invested […]
New app launched to offer personal protection for logistics and road transport professionals
A new app has been launched to turn smartphones into personal safety devices that provide live, round the clock assistance for logistics and road transport professionals travelling to and from their place of work. The app, by technology company Peoplesafe, has been developed in response to growing demand from businesses seeking ways to protect their […]
WJ operative to start huge journey for charity
A WJ operative is about to embark on a mammoth journey for charity, a cycle ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End in aid of the CRADLE Charity. Jason Riley a Hydroblast operative and his friend Peter Panacek will take on the huge challenge, unassisted, to raise money for CRADLE which their colleague Juliet Lindop, […]
Partnership with bus operators to improve services recommended in North Yorkshire, says council
Ambitions to improve bus services across North Yorkshire are at the heart of a proposal county councillors will be asked to approve this month. At its meeting on 22 June, North Yorkshire County Council’s Executive will consider a recommendation to create an Enhanced Partnership with local bus operators. This would secure continued access to national […]
More than 30 potholes are being fixed in Fife every day, says council data
More than 30 potholes in Fife are being fixed every day – with two thirds of them on roads in the north of the area, according to new data published by the council’s roads department. It shows that the council’s 12 repair teams dispatched across the region have repaired 7,652 potholes since September last year. […]
Roads in Highlands to get upgrades via Scottish Government’s Strategic Timber Transport Fund
Roads in the Highlands will receive improvements as the Scottish Government invests £2.2 million to help improve the transport of timber. The money, which will go to Highland Council and a private project at Gorteneorn, is co-financed and drawn from the Strategic Timber Transport Fund which is managed by Scottish Forestry. The funding goes mostly […]
Powys Council to apply for up to £6 million to tackle potholes
Powys Council is to apply for up to £6 million from government to tackle the state of the county’s roads. The council is putting together bids from the new Levelling Up Fund to help address problems that have seen Powys named the worst authority in Wales for road conditions. This was one of the outcomes […]
Ex-vicar’s legal threat casts doubt on smart motorways
Highways England is reported to have paused plans to turn the M62 across the Pennines into a smart motorway. The Times says a retired vicar’s threat of legal action has “stymied proposals” for 19 miles of smart motorway and raised new doubts over the future of the scheme. It says Mark Coleman, from Rochdale in […]
Transport for Wales launches Biodiversity Action Plan
Transport for Wales has set a target of no net loss of biodiversity in its operations by 2024 as part of an ambitious new Biodiversity Action Plan launched this week. Using the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ biodiversity metric for guidance, TfW is aiming to achieve no net loss of biodiversity through its […]