Transport Technology Forum to deliver update on current and future work via webinar
The Transport Technology Forum (TTF) is holding a virtual forum on the 31st July, to explain recent and future work with its partners. The webinar will be followed by a Q&A session and chaired by our steering panel including Steve Gooding and Anthony Ferguson from DfT. The forum topics include; TTF’s reports on the State […]
Company-wide collaboration within Eurovia helps deliver carbon savings for Essex Highways
Eurovia Surfacing has been able to achieve carbon savings of up to 25% by using a product that includes an additive that enables it to work at much lower temperatures than traditional materials. The product, Tempera, is typically supplied at temperatures 40 degrees lower than a hot equivalent. Tempera requires less energy, andgenerates fewer carbon […]
Birmingham City Council will continue to support buses post lockdowm
Birmingham City Council will continue to support buses as the city recovers from Covid-19 and its subsequent lockdown, it has said as part of its Birmingham Bus Statement, published this week. In Birmingham, says the council, 36% of households do not have access to a car, making buses an essential service for accessing education, retail […]
Kent CC starts drone testing to gain insight into whether they could be used future highway inspections
Kent County Council has been trialling drones as part of the third stage of the Department of Transport (DfT) and Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) LIVE LABS project alongside its contractor Amey. The trial is considering how effective the technology can be for highway inspections so it can potentially be […]
Somerset highway works completed ahead of schedule
A multi-million pound programme to improve 140 miles of road across Somerset is now complete, several weeks earlier than planned. Somerset County Council has worked with contractors across the county to implement surface dressing; a highly effective maintenance technique for sealing a road, improving skid resistance and making road surfaces more resilient, helping prevent more […]
Mayor of London announces independent review of TfL’s long-term funding and finances
The Mayor of London and Chair of the Transport for London (TfL) Board Sadiq Khan, has today announced that an independent panel of experts has begun a review of TfL’s long term future funding and financing options. The purpose of the review to develop options for funding and financing models that would enable TfL to deliver the right services for […]
Highways England meets target for delivering major schemes making £1.4bn efficiency savings
Highways England has delivered the majority of its commitments and has made progress over Road Period 1 (2015-2020), making £1.4 billion in efficiency savings over the five years, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). The organisation has published its Annual Assessment of Highways England, in which it says Highways England made ‘significant […]
Dipesh Shah announced as new Highways England chair
Highways England has announced Dipesh J Shah OBE will become its new chair to lead the government’s plans to ‘level up’ road infrastructure across the country. Following a competitive selection process he will take up the role on September 1st 2020 and will be responsible for the delivery of the second five-year Road Investment Strategy […]
WJ makes more progress towards its aim of becoming carbon neutral by 2030 with new collaboration
Road marking specialist WJ Group, is making significant process with its aim to become carbon dioxide neutral by 2030 in its productionof thermoplastic road marking products as well as reducing carbon in different areas of the operational side of its business. Work has been on-going to reduce carbon in all areas of the business. WJ […]
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham switches CCTV enforcement to Videalert
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD) has upgraded its network of CCTV cameras after switching to a new hosted Videalert platform to enforce a wide range of moving traffic contraventions including weight limits, bus lanes, banned turns and box junctions. The five-year contract will see the replacement of the legacy Siemens attended and […]