Highway works to help flooding challenges in Stafford
Highways improvements to help tackle flooding on part of Tixall Road in Stafford will start next week. Highways crews from Staffordshire County Council will be carrying out the investigative work on drains and gullies on the road between Stafford and Great Haywood. Crews will also be jet washing and clearing gullies as necessary with the […]
New road in landmark regeneration project officially opens
A major new link road leading to a £100m regeneration scheme at Broadway Green in Oldham has officially opened. Lydia Becker Way provides access to the development, which once complete, will provide more than 600,000 sq ft of employment space and up to 500 new homes. The road has been named after the Oldham suffragist […]
Isle of Wight Council launches draft climate and environment strategy
Isle of Wight Council has launched a draft climate and environment strategy following a climate motion made in 2019 when the council declared a climate emergency. The draft strategy sets out key activities the council can take to fulfil its duties and reduce the Island’s carbon footprint. Actions undertaken by the council to minimise its […]
JCB to unveil new pothole machine at virtual event next week
JCB will unveil a new machine that is set to change the way local authorities deal with potholes at a launch event next week (11 January). The machine, which has been described as a ‘game changer” for councils/contractors, will enable them to repair potholes permanently within eight minutes, accordimg to a report by LCRIG. […]
Coventry and Oxford to be the first cities to have all-electric buses
Coventry and Oxford are developing proposals to become the first parts of the UK to run all-electric bus services, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced yesterday. The cities are developing business cases in an England-wide competition to switch an entire town or city’s bus fleet to electric vehicles. Subject to successful business cases, each area could […]
LCRIG calls for role of local highway teams to be recognised
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) wants the role of local highway teams to be recognised as they continue to operate during the latest lockdown which will be in force until at least the middle of February. Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed a third national lockdown on Monday night with people urged to work […]
Work to continue during lockdown says Highways England
Highways England has confirmed that work will continue during the current lockdown. In an updated released yesterday, Malcolm Dare, Executive Director, Commercial & Procurement at Highways England said: “As with the previous lockdowns and regional restrictions Highways England will continue to operate in the C-19 compliant way that we have all collectively evolved. “Again, the […]
Work starts on cycle way in Leeds that will form part of 500 miles of cycleways across the West Yorkshire region
Work has started in Leeds on the Dewsbury Road cycle lane that will form part of the Connecting Leeds scheme that aims to create 500 miles of safer cycling routes in the West Yorksgire region. The new segregated routes will be part of a regional network created through the CityConnect programme. This is part of […]
Highways England provides funding for ‘missing link’ in National Cycle Network in Wiltshire
Highways England has invested £630,000 to extend a cycleway on the A36 in Salisbury in Wiltshire to help provide the missing link on one of the National Cycle Network’s key routes. The 800 metre-long extension also aims to reduce the need for detours, dismounting or cycling within the carriageway. Work on the cycleway started this […]
Highways work to continue during lockdown in the Isle of Wight
Island Roads, who manage the highways network in the Isle of Wight, will continue its work to maintain a safe highway network throughout the latest lockdown. As before with restrictions, new improvement schemes — such as the work on Skew and Alresford Road footbridges over the railway line between Lake and Shanklin — are permitted and will […]