North Yorks highways worker comes to the rescue of ill woman on roadside
A highways worker has been praised after stopping to help a walker who had become ill. Steve Barker, a highways maintenance manager for North Yorkshire County Council, was returning while on duty from a site visit near the authority’s boundary when he noticed two women at the roadside between Carperby and the village of Redmire, […]
Skanska wins Network Rail bridge replacement project
Skanska has won a £52 million contract for the replacement of the SAS13 bridge on the Stechford to Aston (SAS) rail line, part of the new HS2 route. The existing bridge, comprising eight masonry arches and a central steelwork span, will be demolished and replaced with a single 92 metre-span steel structure. The works will […]
Stamp It Out Campaign launches first online virtual summit
Stamp It Out, the industry-led campaign aiming to put an end to roadworker abuse, will hold its first online summit-Why Stamp It Out Now? The aim of this online virtual summit is to give the broader industry, client and local and national government an insight into the scale of the problem and the cause of […]
Warwickshire adds Safe and Active Travel Officers to its team
Warwickshire County Council is to fund the addition of two Safe and Active Travel Officers to its team from this month. The officers will be part of the Road Safety Education Team, working on the Safe and Active for Environment and Road Safety (SAfER) project. The team will encourage and support active travel in schools […]
Work to start on Chiverton to Carland Cross A30 project
Work is set to step up on Highways England’s A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade in the next few weeks. Included in the project are nearly nine miles of high quality dual carriageway, provision for pedestrian, cyclists and horse riders, over 12 miles of wildlife proof fencing, eight miles of new Cornish hedgerow, 29 new […]
Highways England considers whether water run off from roads affects the level of microplastics
Highways England has launched a study into whether surface water which runs off roads affects the level of microplastics in the environment. The Government company is committed to minimising the environmental impact of its network and in particular the vehicles using it. It already has clear assessment and design standards for maintaining and improving drainage […]
Sheffield is ‘Streets Ahead’ with resurfacing work
Streets Ahead, Sheffield City Council’s highways delivery service has reported that 18 miles of road and 38 miles of pavements will have been resurfaced this year, bringing the grand total to 1,791 miles of pavement and 901 miles of roads completed since the contract began in 2012. Despite two national lockdowns and multiple tier restrictions […]
Cumbria County Council gets £5m funding for A595 improvements
Cumbria County Council has welcomed £5m of government funding to support further scheme development of the A595 Bothel Strategic Improvement and the delivery on the ground of an improvement at the A595 Greyhound Inn / Torpenhow junction. Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (CLEP) were successful in securing funding through the Government’s ‘Getting Building Fund’ and has […]
Details of the’Linking the Greens’ project in South Gloucestershire revealed
Details of a £6.5 million ‘Linking the Greens’ project will improve pedestrian and cycling routes between Emersons Green and Lyde Green in South Gloucestershire have been revealed. Pedestrian and cycling infrastructure improvements will include the refurbishment of the Newlands Bridge over the A4174 Avon Ring Road, a new and improved shared-use path from Lyde Green […]
Over £22 million awarded for three key active travel schemes in Scotland
Over £22 million has been awarded to three permanent active travel schemes in Ayr, Hawick and Broughty Ferry in Scotland. The money, provided by the Scottish Government and allocated through the Sustrans Places for Everyone initiative, will fund projects that when complete, will make it easier for people to walk, wheel and cycle for everyday […]