Liverpool Mayor announces £17m for first phase of new walking and cycling link for East Runcorn
Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced more than £17.5m is to be committed funding to the first phase of new pedestrian and cycle links for East Runcorn, supporting sustainable transport, employment and housebuilding in the area. This first tranche of funding – approved at June’s meeting of the Combined Authority – will be […]
Armley Town Street: Highway proposals aim to improve public transport and active travel journeys
New proposals for Armley Town Street in Leeds are set to be considered over the next few months, starting with public consultation. The £2.91m proposals aim to reduce bus delays whilst improving the street environment for visitors and shoppers with wider pavements, planting and landscaping and more crossing points to encourage active travel journeys. The […]
WDM and WJ Group to sponsor the RSTA’s ‘The Facts & The Friction’ conference 2024
The RSTA has announced the next The Facts and The Friction event, which will be held at Bolton Football Stadium on Tuesday 10th September. Following successful events in Reading and Perth in 2022 and 2023, W.D.M Limited and WJ Group will again be sponsoring the friction-focused seminar, targeting participants from the North of England and […]
Case study: Re-flow Field Management Review by The Lamorna Group
The Lamorna Group encompass three different businesses: CGS Contractors Southwest Limited, Celtic Turf Limited, and Iktin Solutions Limited. They began as a sole tradership in 1997 in West Cornwall, initially focussing on landscaping and groundworks and then expanding significantly, going from three employees to 75 in the process. Between the three businesses, Lamorna offer services […]
Employing innovative techniques to ensure Road Safety in West Berkshire
Building on successful programmes in previous years for West Berkshire Council, VolkerHighways, in collaboration with WJ Group, looked once again to employ road surface retexturing at suitable sites over 2023 and 2024 to restore or improve skid resistance to over 14,755m² of the local authority’s road network. As vehicles travel over the surface, the skid resistance […]
£3million contribution towards Newark Southern Link Road
In a boost for local growth, Nottinghamshire County Council has given the green light to transfer £3m to Newark and Sherwood District Council (NSDC) to support the development of the Newark Southern Link Road scheme which will help unlock thousands of new homes and jobs in the area. The new 5km road will connect the […]
Leaders in East Sussex double investment in East Sussex’s road patching
Investment in East Sussex Council’s road patching programme will be doubled after a £1 million boost was agreed by council leaders. The extra money is on top of the £1 million already committed for patching this year to repair sections of damaged road across East Sussex and annual spending of £2.5 million for pothole repairs. […]
Re-flow – The Latest Re-flow Features that Protect, Streamline, and Enhance Highways Operations
The ideal piece of field management software should seem like an indispensable member of a company’s admin team. In big infrastructure this translates to quicker and more efficient operations via: The software should operate with the grace and confidence of a company expert. Staff and operatives should be saying, ‘I can’t imagine life without it.’ […]
Young designer from Southend sees artwork used for local road signs
A local pupil with an interest in road signs has seen his creativity come to life with the installation of two ‘slow down’ signs near St Christopher’s School in Southend-on-Sea. Edward, a year 9 pupil at the school has always been interested in road signs and he has now seen his design produced and installed […]
Extra active travel funding for Cambridgeshire
An extra £1.1m worth of funding from Active Travel England, Active Travel Fund 4, for Cambridgeshire will be discussed next week at the Highways and Transport Committee (Tuesday, 23 July). A bid made by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority for more schemes under the Active Travel Fund 4 extension was successful and if agreed […]