Norfolk Council Council to discuss £42 million road maintenance spend
Norfolk County Council’s cabinet is set to meet next week to discuss a possible £42 million maintenance programme including 113 small but ‘locally important’ schemes as well as improvement projects totalling £85 million. Cllr Martin Wilby, Cabinet Member for Highways, Infrastructure and Transport, said: “It’s an impressive range of projects on the table and it […]
Streetworks sector should look ahead with ‘optimism’, says new report
There is ‘substantial’ grounds for optimism for the future of the UK streetworks sector although some questions remain over how the sector will change as a result of the pandemic, according to a new report by the one.network-Work in Progress. Despite this, it said the top six works promoters commissioned over 50,000 works each. This […]
Roadmaster lends a hand in Nottinghamshire
New technology has been credited with helping to maintain and repair Nottinghamshire County Council’s road network. Mechanised patching equipment has helped to maintain more than 35,500sq metres of mainly urban roads, while the Roadmaster patching vehicle has worked on 61 sites, treating surface defects, filling cracks and removing potholes. The equipment supports the council’s strategy […]
Dyer & Butler introduces fleet of remote controlled miniature vacuum exacavators
Dyer & Butler, a part of the M Group Services Transport Division, has introduced a fleet of remote controlled, miniature vacuum excavators to its plant and fleet portfolio as part of its continued investment in its excavation safety procedures as well as innovation across the company. Following its investment in the Vac-Ex AIR-VAC II excavators, […]
Boost for local bus services in the West Midlands
Development work has started on a £30 million package of bus priority measures to improve reliability and journey times on commuter routes covered by some of the region’s busiest bus services between Birmingham, Sandwell and Dudley. The measures will include new bus lanes, priority junctions and bus gates, with brand new state-of-the-art bus stops offering […]
Arup and partners start work on Greater Manchester’s active neighbourhoods
Arup has started work with Sustrans and Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), 10GM and local councils to design 10 Active Neighbourhood schemes across the Greater Manchester city region. The Active Neighbourhoods project aims to prioritise the movement, health and safety of people over cars. This includes using modal filters such as benches, planters or bollards […]
Scotland commits to plan to have best road safety performance in the world by 2030
The Scottish Government has published a new Road Safety Framework to 2030. The Framework sets out a vision for Scotland to have the best road safety performance in the world by 2030 and an ambitious long term goal where no one is seriously injured or killed on its roads by 2050. The Framework builds on what […]
WJ Group win Excellence in Safety Innovation Award at Highways England Awards
WJ Group has been announced winner of the ‘Excellence in Safety Innovation Award’ at the Highways England virtual awards event. The “Robotic age dawns for the road markings sector”submission featured the WJ Robotic PreMarker highlighting the huge health, safety and wellbeing benefits provided by eliminating risks and protecting vulnerable operatives. This latest Highways England accolade […]
Cheshire West and Chester Council presses the pause button on trial emergency active travel lanes
Cheshire West and Chester Council is pausing the trial Emergency Active Travel lanes that have been in operation for the past five months in Chester, after listening to the recommendations from the independent Sustainable Transport Task Force that has been analysing their use. The Council introduced two new trial Emergency Active Travel lanes in Chester […]
Midlands Connect asks for £400 million for infrastructure across the region
Midlands Connect has asked the Government for £400 million to help improve infrastructure across the region. These include an additional platform at Birmingham’s Snow Hill station and a smart ticketing system similar to Oyster used in London to pay for bus, metro and rail journeys via a single car or mobile phone. The Budget submission […]