Kier given eight year contract to deliver Area 3 M&R
Kier Highways has been appointed to deliver the £190m Area 3 maintenance and response (M&R) contract by Highways England. The Area 3 contract responsibilities will include all cyclical and routine maintenance, incident response, defect rectification and severe weather delivery on the all-purpose trunk roads and motorways within the Area. It will also include the maintenance […]
Vivacity Labs working with Richmond Council to give better insight into people and transport movements
Vivacity Labs’ is working with Richmond Council to give it new insights into people and transport movements in one of the borough’s busiest areas The sensors have been installed to provide data into active travel and pedestrian movements, to inform planning to improve the road network and urban environment, and help make the borough smarter, […]
Roads are still vital for effective port connectvity but more freight needs to be moved by rail and sea, says new report
UK roads carried over 300 million tonnes of goods to and from UK ports in 2019, highlighting the importance of roads in any future ports strategy. That is one of the findings from a new analysis of port traffic and the modal split of port freight conducted by port analysis specialists Port Centric Logistics and […]
Completion of Stafford Western Access Route moves a step closer
The completion of a multimillion-pound road project to ease congestion in Stafford town centre and lay the foundations for future growth is well on schedule for later this year, according to the county council. The Stafford Western Access Route construction began in summer 2019. It will enable millions of pounds worth of new housing and […]
Renfrewshire Council to invest a further £8m in its road network this year
Renfrewshire Council will invest a further £8 million in its road network this year as part of its six-year £47 million investment programme. There will be upgrades in every town and village as roads and footways are either fully resurfaced, restored ahead of future resurfacing or minor repairs carried out. The programme also captures any projects from 2020 […]
Dundee City Council appoints Jacobs to investigate further active travel links
Dundee City Council has appointed consultants Jacobs to investigate active transport links between the Western Gateway and the city’s amenities. Jacobs to provide an option appraisal report that identifies any new or improved connections that could increase the number of journeys made by walking and cycling travel. The report will also consider ways of improving existing routes. The firm will […]
North Yorkshire Council pilots on-demand bus service in three areas of the county
An on-demand bus service that allows users to choose when and where they want to travel, will be piloted in the Ripon, Bedale and Masham area from 1st July by North Yorkshire Council YorBus will be run by the council and will allow users to book via a dedicated app, which will be available to […]
Stockton Council looks to ‘plastic’ as possible solution to maintenance challenge
Plastic roads are being considered as a possible solution to dealing with some of its highway maintenance challenges as it looks to deal with a £1.6m funding gap in its carriageway budget. Parts of the UK already use asphalt mixed with waste plastic on some roads – with Cumbria, Newcastle and County Durham seeing polymers […]
ASI Solutions on the search for local authority partner to demonstrate how Rhinophalt asphalt preservation could change the way bridge decks are maintained in the future
ASI Solutions, the leading provider of asphalt preservation technology in the UK and around the globe, is calling on local authorities and other bridge owners to come forward to take part in a new demonstration. The company wants to demonstrate its Rhinophalt® asphalt preservation product on bridge decks as the second part of a new […]
Government urged to promote public transport as new campaign is launched to get people back on board
A national campaign to help get people back on board public transport is being launched outside the House of Lords and across social media today by sustainable transport charity, Campaign for Better Transport. The Way Forward campaign is calling on the Government to support public transport by actively encouraging people to use buses, trains, coaches and […]