Chinese AV company starts fully driverless testing
WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle specialist has become the first autonomous company to start fully driverless vehicle testing in China, as the world’s biggest auto market accelerates development of autonomous technologies. Three-year-old WeRide, backed by Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi, said started tests this week on open roads in a designated area of Guangzhou after the […]
Project Amber success highlighted in new framework document
The benefits of Project Amber, the successful highways framework initiative started by Blackpool Council and supported by the Local Councils Roads Improvement Group (LCRIG), can now be read about it a new published document. “Learn about the success of the Project Amber trial which has led to the creation of the Project Amber Framework contract […]
New £17.5 million road bridge in Lincolnshire near to completion
A new £17.5 million road bridge over the A1 near Grantham in Lincolnshire which will form part a key part of the town’s £102m Southern Relief Road is near to completion. The first set of 16 bridge beams were lifted into place over the west side of the A1 using a 250-tonne crane overnight earlier […]
Lancashire CC’s cabinet agrees £15.9 million highway improvements
Lancashire County Council’s cabinet has agreed a major package of improvements to roads after receiving an extra £15.9m from the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Infrastructure Investment Fund. This will include repairs to roads damaged by storms earlier in the year, a project to fix rural ‘moss roads’, maintenance to traffic lights, drains and street lights […]
Local Welsh contractor begins work on A55
A Welsh contractor has begun improvement works on a North Wales junction on the A55. Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK was awarded the contract by the Welsh Government to make junction 19 of the A55 safer for commuters and to help manage congestion. The work will include widening the roundabout, the construction of safer crossings […]
Highways England announces winners of technical framework
Highways England has announced that five consultants to have won places on its technical framework for regional delivery. Aecom, Atkins, Arup, Jacobs and a Capita Pell Frischmann joint venture will act as technical advisers to support the delivery of Highways England’s Road Investment Strategy 2 (RIS2). The consultants will have a role in advising and […]
Amey appoints new head for its Transport Infrastructure Business
Amey has appointed former Chief Operating Officer at J Murphy & Sons, Peter Anderson, as Managing Director of its Transport Infrastructure business. Mr Anderson has 30 years’ of experience in the transport sector, having transformed complex infrastructure businesses both nationally and internationally. Before joining Murphy in 2017, he spent more than 15 years at Balfour […]
Siemens to upgrade Renfrewshire’s traffic control system as part of new 10-year contract
Siemens Mobility will upgrade and expand Renfrewshire Council’s traffic control system, as part of anew 10-year contract. The system controls 66 sites across the region and Siemens will replace Renfrewshire Council’s existing, locally hosted urban traffic control (UTC) system with the company’s latest cloud hosted UTC-UX solution. The company will also upgrade the outdated analogue […]
Kent County Council searches for contractor to deliver resurfacing work
Kent County Council has announced it is looking for a contractor for highway resurfacing work worth up to £160 million. The contract notice said that the highway authority was looking for a contractor to work on its sites to entail the cold milling of the top layers of the road structure and repaving with an […]
TfN agrees that creating ‘green jobs’ is essential for a sustainable recovery
Transport for the North has welcomed Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s economic statement that set out a ‘Plan for Jobs,’ saying the commitment to creating ‘green jobs’ and supporting young workers was ‘essential’ for a sustainable future. Barry White, Chief Executive, Transport for the North, said: “The Chancellor’s update today is welcome news, demonstrating the Government’s will […]