Highways England helps fund study to alleviate flooding in Staffordshire
A £2.5 million scheme to increase wildlife numbers, provide better access for families and alleviate flooding around rivers in a Staffordshire town moves a step closer. The £150,000 donation has funded an environmental feasibility study which is now under way to develop, plan and cost a five-year plan for the Stafford Brooks Project. The project […]
Brighton to search for ways of reducing accidents on its road network
Brighton & Hove Council is considering proposals to reduce the number of cars coming into the city to address the high numbers of people that have accidents and are killed on the city’s roads every year. The city council will discuss plans to sign up to the Road Danger Reduction Forum charter which looks at […]
Plans for mass transit and connected travel in Yorkshire as West Yorkshire Combined Authority launches new proposals
Plans for a transport network – including a new mass transit system – that connects all West Yorkshire’s communities to jobs, education have been released by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The authority’s Connectivity Infrastructure Plan and Mass Transit Vision 2040, sees proposals that will identify where people will live and work in the coming […]
Amey works with Moshon Data to enhance the safety of its vehicles with crash protection product
Amey has enhanced the safety of its workforce by installing the RadViz crash prevention product that helps prevent lorries crashing into highway maintenance vehicles. The small and innovative product was created by UK-based company Moshon Data, after it did some work with the Dutch Highways Agency who wanted to investigate why Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) […]
Colas joins the Social Value Portal
Colas has partnered with the Social Value Portal and is rolling out the use of their measurement tool as its aligns with the National Themes, Outcomes and Measures (TOMs) framework. Adopted by more than 60 public sector authorities, including many of Colas’ clients, the National TOMs is the most popular and widely used Social Value measurement framework […]
Touchless technology to be trialled at six pedestrian crossings in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is set to trial touchless pedestrian crossing technology at six sites across the area. The trial is funded by Welsh Government as part of its support for sustainable transport measures in response to COVID-19. The new setup will allow pedestrians to activate each of the signal controlled crossings by moving their […]
Six companies given highway improvement contracts by West Sussex Council
Contracts, worth a total of up to £15million, have been awarded to six companies for a range of highway improvements in West Sussex. In September, the council announced more than £19million worth of improvement works are set to take place on West Sussex’s roads and footways until March 2021. The successful bidders for planned road, […]
First phase of Windy Habour to Skippool bypass in Lancashire to start next week
The first phase of works on the A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool bypass in Lancashire will start next week, according to Highways England. Work will include the bypassing of Singleton village with a new dual carriageway linked to new junction arrangements along the existing A585 at Windy Harbour and Skippool, helping ease congestion, and improve […]
John Sisk & Son appoint new Head of Quality
John Sisk & Son has announced the appointment of Professor Perry Shard as its new Head of Quality – UK Construction & Group Civils. He will drive Sisk’s quality agenda across the UK construction and group civils division and has vast experience in construction in a range of roles. Sisk continues to evolve its approach […]
Sutton and Kingston Councils partner with Vivacity Labs to improve active travel and create safer areas
Sutton and Kingston Councils will be working with UK-based transport AI company Vivacity Labs to help improve active travel insight and the safety of high footfall areas. The councils, as part of the InnOvaTe project, will utilise Vivacity’s AI and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to provide data on different transport modes and movement patterns. The project […]