Safer Highways Mental Health report goes digital
This year’s Safer Highways Mental Health Report Launch is set to go digital to alleviate fears of second wave of Covid-19. The organisation, known for its work on health, safety and wellbeing in the sector, said: “In what has been an incredibly challenging year for the industry as a whole and having taken into account […]
A share of £2 million available to support local clean air projects in England
A share of £2m is being made available to support local clean air projects in England, with the Government launching the latest tranche of funding from its Air Quality Grant scheme. The scheme aimed at helping schools, businesses, and communities reduce the health impacts of air pollution, is open for local authorities in England to […]
Bus and public transport services to be debated in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire’s public transport network and the continued role it will platy in the Covid 19 recovery, will be the topic of discussion at the next West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Transport Committee Members will hear about the longer term strategy for the recovery of the region’s transport network, including how the pandemic has caused a […]
Glasgow to introduce car free zones around 21 primary schools
Glasgow City Council is to raise its efforts on road safety for primary school pupils across the city with a plan to introduce car free zones around 21 city primary schools. An on-going trial of car free zones has seen significant reductions in traffic around six primary schools with 69% fewer vehicles identified outside those […]
More funding for cycling and walking and hydrogen technology in Scotland’s latest Programme for Government
The next five years will see £500 million invested in cycling and walking in Scotland, according to its new Programme for Government. There will also be further development of hydrogen-powered vehicles to cut emissions and dedicated lanes, initially in Glasgow, to be dedicated to buses and other vehicles carrying multiple vehicles. The Programme for Government […]
Galway County Council to receive €3.6 million for active travel and climate change adaption measures
Galway County Council will receive €3.6 million in funding for active travel and climate change adaptation measures on its road network. Under its new package of measures announced in July, the Department for Transport, Tourism and Sport in Ireland has announced that 26 council will receive €14 million for climate change adaptation measures, and €33 […]
VolkerHighways awarded £9m Medway street lighting contract
Medway Council has been awarded VolkerHighways a £9 million streetlighting contract that will see thousands of energy efficient lights being installed between now and 2022. The work will include the replacement of around 24,000 street lighting lanterns with efficient energy saving LEDs and the provision of a Central Management System (CMS). An additional 2,000 existing […]
Timetable put in place for LEZs in Scotland
Low Emission Zones (LEZs) to improve air quality are to be introduced across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen between February 2022 and May 2022, according to Transport Scotland. The LEZ Leadership Group, which includes Transport Secretary Michael Matheson, Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham and representatives from Glasgow City Council, The City of Edinburgh Council, Dundee […]
Eleven options to consider for resilience improvements to A83
An assessment of eleven options to improve the resilience of the A83 Rest and Be Thankful has started. The potential options are being considered as part of Phase 1 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review and, in parallel to this, a dedicated project team is being established to undertake more detailed environmental and engineering […]
Cycling and walking will be ‘prescribed’ in the West Midlands to help mental health and other conditions
People with poor mental health and other conditions are to be ‘prescribed’ outdoor activities, like walking and cycling, as part of a pilot scheme in the West Midlands. The Active Black Country project will run in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton and is part of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) campaign to encourage the […]