New alliance of bus operators in Glasgow to improve bus travel in the city
A new alliance of bus operators in Glasgow have unveiled a five-year plan to improve bus travel around the city. The alliance, which includes: Stagecoach, First Bus, JMB Travel, McGill’s, Whitelaws and West Coast Motors, operators of Glasgow Citybus and Glasgow City Sightseeing have signed up to the pledge. The Glas-Go Bus Alliance’s manifesto outlines […]
Senior councillors in Leeds set to discuss ‘world class’ gateway highway schemes enabling further city centre transformation
Leeds City Council’s Executive Board will consider a report progressing further plans to transform transport in the city centre next week. It presents plans to enable the closure of City Square at the end of 2022 in readiness for the Year of Culture in 2023, plus the preliminary designs for the Armley Gyratory highway scheme. […]
Suffolk looks to make the change to increase flooding resilience
Suffolk County Council’s flood risk management committee has published its recommendations following a meeting last month in which data indicated the number of road flooding problem area had increased by 60% in 18 months, leaving a backlog of more than 800 areas that could take a decade to fix. The committee has said that the authority needs […]
Work to start on active travel scheme near Inverness
Work on an active travel scheme to encourage more walking and cycling near Inverness is set to begin next week. The Raigmore Active Travel Link, which will go from the Raigmore estate and existing Golden Bridge to the Raigmore Interchange, will form part of the Inverness City Active Travel Network (ICATN). This route will allow […]
Top consultancies among the winners on new West Midlands Combined Authority procurement framework
WSP, Arcadis and Mott MacDonald are among a group of 40 companies that have won places on the new West Midlands Combined Authority procurement framework. Atkins and Jacobs also feature on the framework, The Midlands Connecct Specialist Technical Framework, set up to help the combined authority deliver the Midland’s Connect technical programme for 2021 and […]
Campaign for Better Transport survey reveals that cars will still be the preferred mode of transport post-Covid
Cars will continue to be the preferred mode of transport for around half of journeys post-Covid, a survey of travel plans has revealed. This puts climate targets and a fair economic recovery at risk according to leading sustainable transport charity Campaign for Better Transport. The survey, which was carried at last month, asked people what […]
Comment & Opinion: Using technology to plug the council funding gap
By Richard Talbott, Head of Marketing, StarTraq The Covid crisis will force councils to make ‘deep cuts’ to services. Councils warn of a budget shortfall. UK councils fear bankruptcy amid Covid-19 costs. Just some of the headlines from the past year that reflect the funding disaster facing UK Councils. Costs for Councils have risen due […]
Multevo strength Civil Engineering Division with new appointment
Multevo has appointed Luke Dean as Civil Engineering Contracts Manager to support recent service delivery successes across the UK. The Constructionline Gold company created the civils arm of the business to help support its popular nationwide highway maintenance operations using the Multihog to deliver highway maintenance services. Multevo is also the UK distributor for the […]
Wokingham Borough Council receives extra funding for air quality
Wokingham Borough Council has received an additional £259,000 from the government to improve the air quality in the area. The money is from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)and the council will work alongside the Public Protection Partnership (PPP), to reach its aim of becoming carbon-neutral by 2030. The council, which has declared […]
Transport for Buckinghamshire launches new road safety campaign
Transport for Buckinghamshire has launched a new road safety campaign aimed at informing drivers tto ‘share the road’ safely. Throughout April, Transport for Buckinghamshire’s road safety initiative, Travel Safe Bucks, will be focusing on the ‘Share the Road’ campaign. This supports the Thames Valley Police and Hampshire Constabulary ongoing ‘Two Wheels’ campaign, looking at biker, […]