TfGM awarded £1 million from the London Marathon Charitable Trust to support cycling and walking ambitions
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has been awarded a grant of £1million from The London Marathon Charitable Trust to support its ambition to get more people walking and cycling. TfGM said it will put the money towards supporting around 10,000 people in up to 60 communities across Greater Manchester to get active and travel sustainably, […]
Hampshire’s £3.45m bid to support the green recovery
Hampshire County Council has submitted a bid to Government for a further £3.45 million to help deliver a range of schemes including the redesigning of some of its roads and high streets to support social distancing, assist economic recovery and support people who want to continue walking and cycling more. The projects that have been […]
Amey wins City of Bradford street lighting upgrade contract
Amey has been awarded a new contract with City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council to upgrade the street lighting in the district. The contract, which will run for the next four years, is worth circa £35 million, inclusive of a significant social value commitment within Bradford. Amey will provide services to survey the 56,500 street […]
Stamp it Out calls for highways industry data on roadworker and incursions
Stamp it Out, the industry backed taskforce driving to eliminate abuse and incursions into closures on both the local and strategic network has appealed to their industry peers for data from the last three years around incidents of incursions and abuse. The group, led by Kari Sprostanova, Health and Safety Director, Balfour Beatty UKCS has […]
Members of Highway Care team awarded RoSPA Pride Awards
Highway Care has announced three members of staff have been awarded the RoSPA Pride Award 2020 for saving a colleague’s life. Seb Ward, HSEQ Manager, Tyley Boozer, Finance Administrator and Brett Southgate, Operations Supervisor have been given the RoSPA 2020 Inspiration Pride Award in honour of their courage, bravery and calmness in delivering CPR to […]
New 500-mile cycle vision for the West Midlands launched
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has launched the Starley Network, a new 500-mile cycling vision for the West Midlands. The network represents a ‘new era’ for the region’s cycling network, which has been reimagined and re-branded to reflect the West Midlands’ ambitions following a surge in people taking to their bikes since the coronavirus pandemic, […]
TfN launches plans for its Northern Infrastructure Pipeline
Transport for the North (TfN) has set out its initial plans for a Northern Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), a 30-year investment plan of infrastructure projects to underpin greener Northern growth. This £5 billion pipeline includes rail, road, active travel and smart ticketing proposals; some of which could be started over the next 6-18 months to help the economy ‘build back better’ after the COVID-19 pandemic, and help create around 20,000 construction and […]
Final calibration work to take place on the Queensferry Crossing
The Queensferry Crossing will partially close overnight this weekend to allow for the final calibration of structural health monitoring sensors on the bridge. The load verification test is one of the last remaining site activities for contractors FCBC. Traffic management will be put in place during the works which will see one carriageway of Queensferry […]
Velocity look to extend the life of local roads with new highway preservation service
Road repair specialist Velocity has launched a new highway preservation service aimed at the UK’s local road network. Working in partnership with ASI Solutions, Velocity are extending the life of assets currently in a good condition with the application of Rhinophalt, a proven preservative treatment. Developed by ASI, Rhinophalt is a unique product that has […]
Gaist moves to nationwide roll-out of digital mapping service
The provision of high quality roadscape data is set to take a significant step forward with a nationwide roll-out of digital mapping services by Gaist, the highways technology leader. Using 360 degree camera surveys, Gaist will now capture and curate the most up-to-date and highest-definition roadscape datasets in the UK. Covering all ABC and unclassified […]