Highways England’s 93 new gritters to make their debut this winter as Roads Minister reminds councils to be prepared
Roads Minister Baroness Vere has called upon local authorities across the country to ensure key transport routes to COVID-19 test centres are kept open and running smoothly this winter. Baroness Vere has written to councils urging them to ensure their supplies of salt and grit are topped up so that essential routes, such as those to hospitals and COVID-19 testing stations, are […]
Mottram to coast-to-coast Trans Pennie cycle route planned
Highways England is developing plans for a new mile-long combined footpath and cycleway as part of a £228 million bypass to improve journeys between Manchester and Sheffield, further supporting its work in this area. The cycle path would run alongside a new single carriageway road between Mottram Moor and Woolley Bridge, designed to separate Glossop […]
Freyssinet wins Glasgow Subway tunnel contract
The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has chosen Freyssinet to carry out tunnel lining improvements as part of the modernisation of Glasgow Subway. The five-year contract will see Freyssinet deliver specialist works including the infilling of annulus voids, leak sealing and water management to the Inner Circle and Outer Circle of the subway network. Freyssinet […]
Velocity finds solution for road repairs on narrow lanes
Velocity has a invested in two new 11-tonne Isuzu rigid trucks specially built for road repair works on narrow lanes. Velocity has road repair contracts with local authorities across the country. It was looking for a solution to help tackle potholes on the most constricted parts of the UK’s road network. The Isuzu F110.210(E) rigid […]
Sustrans Cymru welcomes new ‘sustainable’ approach to Welsh transport strategy
Sustrans Cymru has ‘warmly welcomed’ a new sustainable transport hierarchy in Wales. This will help shape investments towards greener transport options by prioritising walking, cycling and public transport over car travel, said the organisation. The Welsh Government published its new draft transport strategy this week, pledging a major reduction in carbon emissions from the transport […]
Hertfordshire gets £6.4m in second tranche of Active Travel Fund
Hertfordshire CC has been awarded £6.4m by the Department for Transport after a successful bid by the County Council for a share of the second phase of the Active Travel Fund grant. The first phase of funding allocated to Hertfordshire in June (£1.25m) enabled the county council to implement a range of temporary active travel […]
A9 dualling project wins two awards
The A9 Dualling: Luncarty to Pass of Birnam project, part of Transport Scotland’s £3 billion infrastructure programme to dual the A9 from Perth to Inverness, has received two awards. The project won Infrastructure Project of the Year at the recent Go Awards Scotland 2020, and secured a prestigious industry accolade as main contractor, Balfor Beatty […]
Amey wins street lighting contract in Inverclyde
Amey, has secured a new contract to repair and maintain street lights, road lighting and traffic sign lighting for Inverclyde Council. The one-year contract, with a potential one-year extension, will see Amey maintain the Council’s 13,000 street lights, 1,000 traffic sign lights and 600 items of ancillary electrical equipment. Amey has managed the street lighting maintenance service […]
The success to the ‘green industrial revolution’ is delivery at a local level, says ADEPT President
The ‘green recovery’ must also be delievred at a local level if it is to be a national success and this must be reflected in the Spending Review, according to Nigel Riglar, President of the Association of Directors of Environment, Place and Transport (ADEPT). Responding to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ten-point plan to deliver an […]
Electric vehicles and active travel at the heart of Prime Minister’s new plan for a ‘green industrial revolution’
Accelerating the transition to electric vehicles and making cycle and walking more attractive ways to travel are at the heart of a ten point plan for a ‘green industrial revolution’, launched by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. The plan is to provide more ‘backing’ for the UK’s ‘world leading’ car manufacturing bases including in the […]