Lower Thames planning application is withdrawn
The planning application for the Lower Thames Crossing has been withdrawn by Highways England, the organisation has said.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 It was expected to make a decision on the application on Friday but it was withdrawn before.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 […]
First phase of relief road to support major development in Buckinghamshire gets funding boost
The first phase of a relief road to support a major new development in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire Council has got the go-ahead after funding has been secured. Its implementation will ‘unlock’ an area west of the town where 2,350 new homes will be built. The expansion is set out in the Wycombe District Local Plan, […]
A 20-60% reduction in traffic is needed by 2030 to meet climate targets, says Sustrans
Sustrans has said a 20%-60% reduction in traffic by 2030 is needed in order to meet climate targets, responded to the UK Government’s ten-point plan for a ‘green industrial revolution’. The charity has said that the best way to reduce vehicle trips is to make it easier for people to walk, cycle and use public […]
Flintshire councillor calls for more money for road network
A local councillor in has called for more money to be made available to repair Flintshire’s roads. Deputy council leader Carolyn Thomas urged her colleagues to consider increasing the authority’s own allocation to nearer £1m. According to Deeside.com, she told a virtual cabinet meeting: “I am hoping that they (Welsh Government) will continue to fund […]
Highways England Project Management graduate wins highest accolade
A rising star who is constructing a successful career on Highways England’s Project Management Graduate Programme has been rewarded with one of the highest accolades in her field. Emma Simpson, won the Young Professional of the Year Award at the Association of Project Management 2020 Awards (APM) thanks to her ‘incredible wor’k on many road improvement schemes across Lancashire, […]
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 […]