Kent County Council and Amey install traffic insight sensors using Vivacity Labs technology
A trial using state of the art traffic sensors is being carried out by Kent County Council (KCC) and its partners at Amey to monitor traffic patterns to help make future transport decisions for the county, as part of the £22.9m Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) SMART Places Live Labs […]
Lincolnshire faces £12.3m less funding for roads for the next financial year
Lincolnshire County Council is set to receive £12.3m less funding this financial year for its roads, compared to last. The county’s capital maintenance grant for 2020/21 was £51m, compared to £38.7m for 2021/22. This is a reduction of almost a quarter. Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “For such […]
Cheshire East Council gets £13 million for highways maintenance funding-a 29% reduction
Cheshire East Council has been allocated a total of £13 million from the government’s highways maintenance funding for next financial year, which includes £5.7 million for potholes. This represents a drop of nearly £4 million, which is a 23% reduction compared with the current year. Furthermore, between 2016/17 and 2019/20 the level of funding was […]
Doncaster highways work backlog stands at around £150 million, says senior councillor
A senior councillor in Doncaster has said there is around £150 million of highways works that need to be delivered across the borough. Cllr Joe Blackham said the reduction in the revenue support grant of around £120 million made it difficult for the department to carry out the work they wanted to do. “We’ve managed […]
Kier to offer more apprenticeships in Northamptonshire
Kier is offering apprenticeships in Northamptonshire. It highways division held a series of virtual events last week to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week. The events were held countrywide to explore the different career opportunities and paths a person can follow within the highways industry. Speaking about National Apprenticeship Week, Kier Highways talent, development and inclusion manager, […]
Coventry to invest in all-electric bus city by end of 2025
Coventry will receive £50m to fund 297 all-electric buses for the city by 2025. The funding will be secured once a final business case is approved by the West Midlands Combined Authority on 19 March. Highways officers believe it will save around 55 tonnes of Nitrogen Dioxide every year. The £50 million will be invested […]
New footbridge to be installed over A5
Highways England is replacing a reinforced concrete bridge that crosses the A5 at Atherstone, north Warwickshire, with a new steel one. The new wider bridge can be safely used by both pedestrians and cyclists and the gradient of the new access ramps will meet modern standards. The headroom clearance of the bridge over traffic using […]
Woodland near M6 gets Highway England makeover
Burton Woods, near Burton-in-Kendal, a 2.5 hectare copse alongside the southbound M6 just south of junction 36, has been transformed after a investmemnt by Highways England to help encourage more wildlife and biodiversity. The woods were planted when the motorway was built between 1957 and 1960 to provide a screen for local villages but the […]
20mph speed limit to become a reality on Welsh roads from this summer
Eight pilot 20mph speed limit trials have been confirmed to take place on Welsh roads The pilot areas will have a phased start from this summer until the end of the year. They come ahead of the planned national rollout of 20mph limits for April 2023, and will help develop enforcement arrangements and overcome unforeseen […]
Midlands’ oyster-style’ smart ticketing system ‘essential part of levelling-up agenda’ say MPs
MPs have urged the Government to invest in a Midlands-wide ‘tap and cap’ smart ticketing system for public transport, to boost passenger numbers, convenience and safety post-COVID-19. New research by transport body Midlands Connect, which helped to develop the plans, showed that nine out of ten people surveyed supported the scheme, while 61% of respondents […]