Eurovia Contracting trys out all-electric in Cheshire East
Eurovia Contracting, delivering public realm and highways works, is supporting the council and Ringway Jacobs as their integrated highways service provider, by trialling innovative new electric plant to create an ‘all-electric’ site team to deliver one project in Macclesfield. The Castle Street scheme, which Cheshire East Council is funding, is part of a programme of […]
M Group Services completes acquisition of Skanska UK’s highway maintenance and street lighting business
M Group Services has completed the acquisition of Skanska UK’s infrastructure services operation. M GroupServices had originally announced it had exchanged contracts for the £320m revenue businessunit from Skanska UK in December 2020. Following completion of the acquisition, a new operating business, Milestone Infrastructure Ltd.(‘Milestone’), has been formed. Milestone will operate as a standalone business […]
Trials of e-scooters proved to be a success in Stafford and Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Trials of e-scooters in Stafford and Newcastle-Under-Lyme have now seen over 18,732rides taken covering a total distance of 93,676km, since they started in September 2020. These rides taken, when compared with car journey’s, has saved an estimated 13,066kg of C02, according to Amey, one of the partners in the trial. Just over six months ago, […]
Decarbonising transport is ‘crucial’ to ensuring UK meets its net-zero target, says online ICE roundtable
Decarbonising transport is crucial to ensuring the UK meets its net-zero target, according to atendees at an online ICE Presidential Breakfast. This included Rachel Maclean MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport (DfT), who engaged with business leaders in transport. energy and infrastructure. Ms Maclean, the Minister responsible for the upcoming […]
A55 improvements in Wales should be considered says Grant Shapps
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has also said he would work with a Welsh Labour Government on promised road and rail enhancements – if they retained power after May 6. On a visit to North Wales this week, he said the area played a key part in the Governments Union Connectivity Review. Mr Shapps said the […]
Morgan Sindall awarded contract for Carlisle Southern Link Road
Cumbria County Council has appointed Morgan Sindall Infrastructure to undertake the detailed design of the Carlisle Southern Link Road, that will connect Junction 42 of the M6 with the A595 at Newby West. The appointment follows a competitive procurement process which commenced last summer. The road will play a vital role in supporting both the […]
JCB’s PotholePro reaches the Highlands on nationwide tour
JCB’s pothole fixer arrived in the Highlands this week as part of a nationwide mission to fix Britain’s roads. The company launched the JCB PotholePro earlier this year – a machine that can repair a pothole in less than eight minutes, four times quicker than standard methods and at half the cost of current solutions. […]
Road Safety Trust announces further funding for four new projects
The Road Safety Trust has announced that four projects have been awarded funding to help improve road safety. This now takes the total of funded projects to eight projects that have been awarded in total since February 2021, to a value of approximately £300,000. The Small Grants Plus Programme was opened in September to applications […]
Transport for the North and Citymapper extend passenger information service across the North
Work to provide the North’s passengers with better travel information has taken a step forward thanks to a partnership between Transport for the North (TfN) and journey-planning app Citymapper. The app, used extensively across the UK, is now using an open-data tool facilitated by TfN to make information on services and any disruptions on bus, tram and […]
First LCRIG #AsktheDfT event attracts more than 100 attendees
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group’s (LCRIG) first ever #AsktheDft event attracted more than 100 attendees with members able to put their questions directly to senior personnel. The Department for Transport (DfT) representatives who took part in the exclusive session were Matthew Eglinton, Head of Local Roads Maintenance and Resilience, Local Infrastructure; and Darren Capes, ITS Policy Lead, Traffic and Technology […]