Galliford Try on the search for earthworks companies for A47 upgrade project
Contractor Galliford Try has started the search for specialist earthworks companies as it makes progress with its contract to upgrade the A47. Through a public tender, it is looking for the companies for two dualling schemes. As Highways England’s East Region Delivery Partner, the firm is seeking to get earthwork specialists on board for early […]
Coventry University joins forces with Motability to drive forward accessible transport research
Coventry University has collaborated with national disability charity Motability to recruit and sponsor a number of doctoral candidates to undertake research into accessible transport at the university’s National Transport Design Centre (NTDC). The collaboration combines Coventry University’s strong tradition of design transport teaching and Motability’s objective to support and develop innovative solutions to meet the evolving transportation needs of […]
Rural areas could be forgotten on the path to net-zero transition, says new report
Rural areas are less able to reduce their carbon emissions due to a lack of funding and poor transport links, according to a new report published by UK100. It said that people living in rural and sparsely populated regions are more likely to have to travel for work and are more inclined to use their […]
Councillors vote in favour of cross-party working to review highways delivery in Nottinghamshire
Councillors have vote unanimously in favour of a motion proposed by Leader of Nottinghamshie County Council, Ben Bradley MP, to set up a new panel that would oversee new methods and ways of working to improve roads in the county. The group will include councillors from all parties who will now work together to examine […]
Shapps says the UK’s future transport system could make the country the biggest economy in Europe
The future of the UK’s transport systems can lead us to become the biggest economy in Europe, according to Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps. Speaking yesterday with a speech to Passenger groups, transport groups and the media,he outlined his vision for the future of transport in the UK. At the centre of this vision are plans to ‘level […]
SRL shortlisted in major manufacturing awards
SRL Traffic Systems has been shortlisted in the Made in the North Westawards. Now in its ninth year, the awards celebrate the top companies in the region’smanufacturing sector. The Middlewich-based firm has been shortlisted in the Automotive,Aerospace and Rail award category. SRL has grown rapidly and introduced the only multiphase adaptive detection system (ADS)technology for […]
ADEPT’s new president calls for a radical, far reaching national housing policy
A ‘radical’ new policy is needed, which must be fit for purpose in a post-Covid environment and address climate change, health and inequality. Paula Hewitt, the new President of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) also warned against imposing formula-driven targets on local authorities. ADEPT’s new Housing Policy Position launched […]
A9 Dualling project makes progress as new junction and overbridge comes into operation
The A9 Dualling Luncarty to Pass of Birnam project in Scotland has achieved a significant milestone, as the new Stanley/Tullybelton Junction and overbridge comes into operation for the first time, as part of a new traffic management layout implemented from early June. The new junction, the largest structure of the project, has been under construction […]
Tarmac provides specialist asphalt to Cheshire infrastructure project
Tarmac has successfully supplied and installed a specialist asphalt surface course to the largest infrastructure project East Cheshire has seen to date. Laid with the assistance of paver averaging beams to provide the best possible finished surface, Tarmac supplied and laid 12,000 tonnes of the specialist asphalt as part of a 79,000-tonne surfacing package. In […]
Highways England unveil plans to transform junction 9 of the M3
Highways England has unveiled plans to transform junction 9 on the M3 at Winnall in Hampshire. The organisation will now start a new public consultation after an initial consultation in 2019 provided some ‘important comments’. These include the length available for vehicles to change lanes when joining the A34 from junction 9 and then heading […]