12 highway and transport schemes get £15.4m of government funding in Somerset
An investment of £15.4m of government funding will be made to help deliver 12 transport schemes in Somerset, the County Council has confirmed. The schemes include improvements to the M5 and A38 at Wellington and protecting the county’s Blue Anchor pub and B3191 from coastal erosion, as well as strengthening a number of bridges across […]
Dana Skelley OBE appointed to lead Hammersmith Bridge task force
Dana Skelley OBE, a former Director of Asset Management at Transport for London (TfL) has been appointed Project Director for the task force set up by Grant Shapps, Transport Secretary, to speed up the reopening of the Hammersmith Bridge in London. The task force, which is chaired by roads minister Baroness Vere and includes the […]
St Helens to spend £8 million on highway network
More than £8m of funding has been allocated to spend on St Helens’ highways network. The money consists of various pots of funding from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and the Department of Transport. The investment, which totals £8,865,000, will go towards supporting St Helens Council in the economic recovery from COVID-19, and will […]
Automated cone-laying machine put to the test on the road network after successful trials
One of the industry’s latest advances in safety technology has now been tested on the road network for the first time. Following four nights of intense training by the Kier Highways Area 9 team, working together with Highways Care and Highways England, one of two of the automated cone-laying machines in development has been putting […]
Siemens Mobility and Transport for London develop new adaptive traffic control solution
Siemens Mobility and Transport for London (TfL) have launched a new adaptive traffic control system-FUSION. FUSION is now ka key part of London’s Real Time Optimiser (RTO) system, which will provide a completely new way of managing roads across the city, revolutionising the system that has been keeping the network London moving for over 30 […]
Lorry drivers will need a permit to gain access to Kent as part of post-Brexit plans
All truck drivers will require a permit to gain access to Kent under new government plans to deal with potential post-Brexit congestion challenges by creating an ‘internal border.’ The new Kent Access Permit (KAP) system could be enforced by police or the use of cameras monitoring the number plates of vehicles entering the county at […]
Procurement process in Scotland starts for Northern regions
The Scottish Government has started the procurement process for the North West and North East contracts on its network worth around £900m and £530m respectively over 12-year terms. Firms will be limited to running a maximum of two regions in Scotland, under Scottish Minister procurement rules. Currently, BEAR Scotland holds two northern regions, meaning at […]
Highways England’s launches services to help drivers with disabilities
Highways England has introduced a number of new services to help people with disabilities to move more effectively around its network. Highways England has also joined up with AccessAble, which provides accessibility information on thousands of venues across the UK and Ireland via a free App, to include information on motorway services areas in England. […]
City Hall launches project to monitor air quality around School Streets
City Hall has launched an air quality monitoring project to attempt to give the ‘most accurate indication yet’ of the benefits of School Streets. TfL has funded 430 new School Streets – where roads surrounding schools are closed to motor traffic at drop-off and pick-up times – across London through its Streetspace plan to help […]
Councillors in Norfolk still want A47 dualling on the agenda
Councillors in Norfolk have said they would fight to get the dualling of the A47 Acle Straight. Last week at a Norfolk County Council meeting, Highways England said that dualling of this stretch of the A47 would not be included in Road Investment Startegy 3 that would run from 20205-2030, reports the Eastern Daily Press. […]