Brake and Road Safety GB award Manchester’s CYCLOPS junction Local Roads Innovation award
Brake and Road Safety GB have awarded Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester City Council the Local Roads Innovation Award for the CYCLOPS (cycle optimised protected signals) junction, in Hulme. The junction forms part of Greater Manchester’s Bee Network and is innovative in placing the cycle route on the outside of the pedestrian crossings, fully […]
Shire Leasing and Bath & North East Somerset Council join forces to help investment in lower emission vehicles
Shire Leasing has been appointed by Bath & North East Somerset Council to deliver the UK’s first financial assistance scheme to support businesses affected by the introduction of clean air zones to invest in lower emission vehicles. The finance scheme has been launched to support Bath’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ), which will charge most higher emission vehicles – except private cars and motorbikes […]
Highways England and supply chain partners cut back on noise and dust at roadworks thanks to new innovation
New equiopment has been developed by Highways England, which means that living near roadworks will have to contend with less noise, dust and vibration while work is going on. Operatives working on such projects will also benefit from the new Deck Scraper vehicle which uses a blade to shave off the membrane of the surface […]
‘Back to Black’ ploughing should be adopted for better performance and safety on the network
More local authorities should be planning to plough ‘back to black’ on the road surface during snow events if they want to help deliver better performance and maintain safety on the network. These are the thoughts of Debbie Cavanagh, UK Sales Manager for Safecote who says that alternative plough blade technology, now available to councils, […]
Highways England considering new depot and salt barn to serve M62/A63
A new depot and salt barn to be situated in the East Yorkshire business park is being considered by Highways England so it can better serve the M62 and A63 corridor during the winter. Plans are being submitted to improve the critical winter service offered on the major trunk roads linking the city and port […]
Greater Manchester to hold further consultation on its proposals to reform bus sector
Greater Manchester is preparing to hold a further consultation on its proposals to reform the bus market following work to understand the potential impact of Covid-19. At a meeting on Friday 27 November, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) will be asked to give the go-ahead to a consultation on the potential impacts of Covid-19 on […]
MPs briefing paper cites promising future for active travel
Members of Parliament have been handed a briefing document on active travel, detailed the economic and social benefits as they prepare for a new era of cycling and walking. The document explains a research-led investment case for growing cycling modal share and describes the wide-ranging health benefits, headlining with a reference to the positive net […]
Lower Thames planning application is withdrawn
The planning application for the Lower Thames Crossing has been withdrawn by Highways England, the organisation has said. Highways England said the move has been made after ‘early feedback’ from the Planning Inspectorate. It was expected to make a decision on the application on Friday but it was withdrawn before. Now Highways England is expected […]
Oxford City Council’s maintenance company ODS increases turnover
ODS, the local authority trading company wholly owned by Oxford City Council, has achieved a turnover of £61.1 million in its second year of trading (2019/20), an increase of almost 10% compared to the previous financial year, depsite the pandemic. ODS has seen income from commercial contracts increase by almost 50 per cent and is […]
Unusual methods employed by engineers on two-year maintenance of Ouse Bridge
A two-year routine maintenance programme on a bridge has recently completed – with hardly any impact on road users, according to Highways England. A team of engineers began work on site on the Ouse Bridge on the M62 in Yorkshire in May 2018 and over the past two years they have replaced over 200 bridge […]