Highways England to trial 60mph speed limits on four motorways
Speed limits on four mototways will be cut to 60mph at the end of this month as part of a new trial by Highways England to help reduce pollution. The speed will be changed on stretches of almost five miles in areas that have seen higher than recommended levels of nitrogen dioxide. NO2 is know […]
Transport Scotland awards £9.46m for low carbon and active travel projects
Transport Scotland has awarded £9.46 million to 10 active travel and low carbon projects across Scotland through the Scottish Government Low Carbon Travel and Transport Challenge Fund. The European Regional Development Fund has provided £7.21m of the overall total to help establish 10 new innovative active travel and low carbon transport hubs or projects. These […]
Aberdeen to spend £1.7m on winter gritting
Aberdeen City Council has agreed to spend £1.7 million on winter gritting this year. The council has agreed on plans to prioritise certain roads and pavements in the city, with main routes being treated with more regularly. They include the strategic roads and all the main distributor roads, access roads for emergency service vehicles and […]
Major improvements work start on Sheffield and Rotherham route
Major improvements on one of Rotherham and Sheffield’s main routes has begun. Carriageway works will include a full-width road resurface, the installation of new cycle lanes and repairs to 500 metres of damaged highway drainage. Rotherham Council are leading two projects totalling £1.5m after securing funding from the Department for Transport to improve this strategic route […]
Government sets up taskforce to reopen Hammersmith Bridge
The Government has set up a taskforce to get Hammersmith Bridge reopened as quickly as possible. The taskforce will be led by Transport Minister Baroness Vere and will include representatives from Network Rail. Though it is a road bridge not a rail bridge, Network Rail has experts familiar with similar cast-iron structures. Hammersmith and Fulham […]
Time to embrace e-scooters says ADEPT
The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) has called on the industry to embrace the benefits of e-scooters. In a new paper published yesterday, the association sets out the benefits of e-scooters and its thoughts on how the Government can support increased take up as part of their commitment to improving air […]
UK economy would be boosted by £1.6bn if WHO guidelines are met
The UK economy could benefit by £1.6 billion every year by reducing premature deaths, sickness and lower productivity at work if World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for air pollution were to be met. This is the highlight from a major new study produced by CBI Economics, the CBI’s economic analysis arm, commissioned by the Clean Air […]
A120 upgrade project gets a boost
Highways England will soon progress with a major upgrade to the A120 in Essex, it has been announced. Essex County Council said campaigners for the project say the upgrade of the A120, from Braintree to the A12, to a dual carriageway will deliver a valuable boost to the county economy, benefiting businesses, creating jobs and […]
Tarmac praised for its approach to recycling
A Member of Parliament has congratulated Tarmac on its success in regularly recycling construction materials. The company’s highways services team has welcomed Tom Randall, Member of Parliament for Gedling, to a road resurfacing project in Nottinghamshire to highlight the UK’s successful track record in the use of recycled materials in construction. During the visit to […]
Staffordshire to spend extra £2m on roads and maintenance
Staffordshire CC is to invest an extra £2 million to improve problem road drains, gullying emptying and additional roadside grass cutting . The council is proposing spending the additional money on a range of projects after feedback from residents and councillors. The funding includes: repairs to road gullies at problem locations; more gully cleaning in […]