Milestone completes Oxfordshire’s largest ever surface dressing programme – 1,011,803 m2 of roads treated in 42 days
As part of its highway maintenance contract with Oxfordshire County Council, Milestone Infrastructure has successfully completed an ambitious programme of county-wide surface dressing, treating 1,011,803 m2 of roads over 42 working days. This is equivalent to roughly 300 lane kilometres or the distance from Oxford to York Surface dressing is a cost-effective highways maintenance measure […]
Wiltshire Council improves A360 during SSEN and National Highways works
Following the recent closure of the A360, Wiltshire Council has been working to improve the road before it reopened last week. The A360 from The Avenue to the A303 has been closed since April to enable Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), on behalf of National Highways, to supply electricity for the construction and future […]
Surface dressing on Leicestershire roads is underway
Highways teams across Leicestershire are in the middle of a £2.7 million summer maintenance programme of ‘surface dressing’ more than 760,000 square metres of road – the equivalent of more than 100 football pitches. Over the next few weeks, motorists will notice the many roads they use every day being covered with a layer of […]
Reading Borough Council leads the way with traffic management innovation from Solar Gates UK
Reading Borough Council, known for its commitment to innovation and safety in traffic management, has successfully integrated the INSTABOOM Go system developed by Solar Gates UK into its Traffic Operations Department. This lightweight, solar-powered, remote-controlled Stop:Go solution promises to transform industry practices by significantly enhancing safety and efficiency. Traditional methods of traffic control at static […]
Launch of the national STB EV Charging Infrastructure Framework
Transport for North’s (TfN) Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) Framework, initially launched in Autumn 2022, is expanding across England through the Sub-national Transport Body network. The work, supported by Midlands Connect and Transport for the South East, offers local authorities enhanced planning capabilities for EV infrastructure, fostering collaboration and informed investment decisions through accessible, data-driven tools The […]
Scammers posing as Lincolnshire County Council highway crews
Lincolnshire County Council is warning its residents that some people have been approach by highway ‘crew’ posing as Lincolnshire highway workers. Reports have come in of people being approached by supposed ‘crews’ who claim to be working in the area, carrying out surface dressing. They then claim to have have finished their job and just […]
Highways improvements in Newcastle, Staffordshire to start this week
A major highways improvement scheme in Newcastle, Staffordshire will start this week. The £285,000 scheme is being carried out by Staffordshire County Council and is part of a wider £50 million investment in the county’s roads over the next three years. The work on the A525 Higherland, is expected to take around six weeks to […]
IAM RoadSmart urges new government to prioritise drivers
IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s leading road safety charity and advocate, helping to improve driving and riding skills through courses and coaching, has called for the new government to prioritise the state of the road network in the country as well as road safety. IAM RoadSmart Policy and Standards Director Nicholas Lyes said: “IAM RoadSmart welcomes the […]
UK falling behind Europe in cycle lane satisfaction and safety
UK cyclists are less satisfied and do not feel as safe as their European counterparts on their local cycle lanes, according to a new survey by leading water management specialists ACO Technologies. Detailed in a report, 100 urban cyclists from the UK were surveyed alongside an equal sample size from four other nations where this […]
Whitehaven active travel improvements set to start
The first phase of works on a project to improve cycling, walking and wheeling infrastructure in Whitehaven will get underway this week. Cumberland Council was awarded funding from the Government’s Active Travel Fund to deliver the work on Route 14 of the Whitehaven Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) through the South Whitehaven area. […]