Warrington Western Link road plans announced
The latest developments for the Western Link road i have been revealed by Warrington Borough Council. The project will see investment of around £212 million in the Borough, improving the local road network and creating jobs, while providing a major economic boost. A public engagement period is now underway to allow local residents, businesses and […]
Somerset County Council backs Stamp It Out Campaign
Somerset County Council is supporting the Safer Highways Stamp It Out Campaign to end the verbal and physical abuse of road workers. It has supported a petition to Parliament to make it a specific criminal offence to assault highway workers, giving them the same protection as emergency workers and leading to tougher sentences. The Stamp […]
Chevron and Traffic Group Signals are first with Metro deployment
Chevron Traffic Management and Traffic Group Signals have announced the first ever deployment of a battery-powered, radio-linked Temporary Traffic Signal that conforms to TSRGD Diagram 3000. Installed in October, Chevron deployed Metro at J27 of the M5 Motorway, with support from our service division. The setup took just a few short hours to complete under […]
Highways England invites tenders for Lower Thames Crossing
Highways England has reached the stage of inviting tenders for its largest ever contract, the £2 billion package to build the Lower Thames Crossing. The Tunnels and Approaches contract includes design and construction of twin road tunnels under the River Thames. At 16 metres wide, these tunnels will be some of the largest bored tunnels in […]
Inspirational ‘green health prescription’ scheme gets national recognition
A Dundee project has won national recognition for its delivery of ‘green health prescriptions linked to an an e-trike scheme. The ReDicover Dundee project was set up by volunteers in the Dundee Green Health Partnership to help people overcome barriers to cycling and enjoy sessions in the saddle in local green spaces. The flagship green […]
Leeds City Council unveils first active travel neighbourhood
Leeds City Council has launched its first trial active travel neighbourhoods with a range of measures that have been designed to make these residential areas of the city much more child, pedestrian and cycle friendly. This month will see active travel neighbourhoods (also known as ‘low traffic neighbourhoods’) introduced initially in Hyde Park and Chapeltown […]
GMCA starts consultation on its Clean Air Zone
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has started the public cosultation on proposals for the introduction of a Category C Clean Air Zone (CAZ) in Spring 2022. As part of plans to reduce overall air pollution in the Greater Manchester region, the CAZ will see that vans, buses, coaches, taxis, private hire vehicles, minibuses and heavy […]
Windy Harbour to Skippool project plan announced
The timetable for Highways England’s Windy Harbour to Skippool scheme has been launched, detailing work over the next year. The project involves building a new bypass south of the existing road through Little Singleton and improving the junctions at Windy Harbour. The project started in March this year, but most of the work so far […]
Safer Highways launches free membership offer to local authorities
Local authorities are being offered the chance to help shape improvements in the future of health, safety and wellbeing on the public highway with the introduction of free membership to Safer Highways. The move follows a clear intention by Safer highways to ensure that its vision for safer road workers, safer road user is applied […]
Galliford Try’s Highways confirms start of M56 upgrade project
Galliford Try has confirmed that its Highways business has begun work on an £85m contract to upgrade the M56 near Manchester Airport. The scheme, being constructed on behalf of Highways England, will see the stretch between junctions 6-8 of the motorway upgraded, with the current hard shoulder becoming a permanent traffic lane. The Highways team […]