Howard Robinson announced as new Chair of RSTA
Dr Howard Robinson, Managing Director of ASI Solutions, the leading provider of asphalt preservation around the globe, has become Chairman of the Road Surface Treatment Association (RSTA). He was handed the reins by outgoing Chair, Tom Foster from Foster Contracting as the senior officers of the RSTA for 2021-22 were appointed at a virtual AGM […]
Congleton link road opens to traffic
The £90m Congleton link road has now opened to traffic. The new highway joins the A534 Sandbach Road to the west and the A536 Macclesfield Road to the north, opening up connectivity and improving travel between Macclesfield, Congleton and the M6. It will release 20 hectares of new employment land with the potential to create 3,000 jobs by […]
EiB team walk 12.6 million steps to raise money for charity
The team at EiB, providers of specialist work-winning support to the highways and transport industry, has raised £1,600 for the Birmingham Children’s Hospital by walking 12.6 million steps as part of a strategic network challenge. The 6,238 miles walked by the team of 24, is equivalent to walking the full length of both Highways England’s […]
New insights into urban air pollution through novel road traffic and vehicle emission remote sensing data
Vivacity Labs has been working with Ricardo, a global engineering, environmental and strategic consultancy, and looks at how new types of traffic measurement data can be used with vehicle emission remote sensing data to better understand the contributions made by different vehicle types to urban NOx and NO2 emissions and concentrations. Read about why this was important and […]
Alun Griffiths wins Banwell Bypass contract
North Somerset Council has awarded Welsh-based contractor, Alun Griffiths, the design and build contract for the Banwell Bypass near Weston Super Mare. Plans are for the bypass to help with congestion problems on existing local roads in and around the village of Banwell in the county as well as boost the local community and businesses […]
North Somerset Council scraps plans to close some rural roads to traffic
North Somerset Council has cancelled plans to close some rural roads to traffic. Last month, as reported by Highways News, the council published an order to ban through traffic from a network of 34 lanes in some areas of the county. This was part of plans to provide space on these roads for cyclists and […]
Shapps asks ORR to confirm evidence for ‘relative safety’ of smart motorways
Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, has asked the Office of Rail and Road to confirm the evidence base for the ‘relative safety’ of All Lane Running (ALR) motorways. The move comes after Mr Shapps spoke to the House of Commons yesterday following the publication of Highways England’s smart motorway stocktake first year progress report. The report […]
Highland Council sets its sights on multi-million pound transport investment
A bid to fund the design and delivery of over £55 Million of transport infrastructure in Highland was submitted to Transport Scotland today. A partnership including The Highland Council, bus operators and other stakeholders has put together a package of measures to prioritise buses in congested parts of the network. Alongside walking, wheeling and cycling, […]
Martin Tugwell named next Chief Executive of TfN
Martin Tugwell has been appointed the next Chief Executive of Transport for the North (TfN). Following agreement from the TfN Board, Mr Tugwell is set to lead the region’s statutory transport body, which speaks with one voice on behalf of the North’s civic and business leaders on transport investment. He will succeed Barry White, who is […]
TfGM launched tram aware campaign after several accidents
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has launched a new campaign to ensure motorists are ‘tram aware’ as traffic levels start to increase. There were 122 road traffic collisions involving motorists (77), cyclists (10) or pedestrians (35) on the Metrolink network between April 2019 and March 2021. While the number of collisions remains very small compared […]