Flintshire gets funding for electric buses and charging infrastructure
The Welsh Government has invested £450,000 from its North Wales metro funding to provide electric buses and charging infrastructure for two Flintshire routes. The investment will fund two electric bus vehicles which will serve routes to Buckley and Treuddyn, as well as the charging infrastructure to maintain them. The routes are part of Flintshire’s aim […]
Researchers develop tool that identifies priority locations for cycleways
Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a tool that can identify priority locations for new cycleways, ranking roads by their ‘cycling potential’ estimated using a Propensity to Cycle Tool (PCT). The system then represents the estimated number of cycling trips along this road travelling to or from work or school assuming the Government’s […]
Leicester CC implements 20mph zones on 1,200 streets in the city
Leicester CC has included nearly 1,200 residential streets across Leicester in a wide-ranging road safety programme to create 20mph zones. The programme which began in 2011 has seen the speed-reduction work rolled out in communities across the city, and now includes 67 schemes comprising 254km of roads, which equates to around a quarter of the […]
B509/3 BSI Committee wants your views on BS 8442
The Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) is supporting the B509/3 BSI standards committee who is currently attempting to review BS 8442 which covers temporary traffic signs, bollards and beacons and is asking readers to give their own views. If you are interested, please complete the questionnaire in the link below by Monday June 22nd. Thank […]
Highways Sector Council searches for new board members
The Highways Sector Council (HSC) is looking to fill a number of vacancies on its newly formed council. The Council is a partnership of both the private and public sector organisations covering both strategic and local roads, created to help transform delivery in the highways sector, using a unified voice and approach so the industry […]
Streetworks COVID-19 guidance updated
The Joint Authorities Group (JAG (UK)), Streetworks UK, HAUC England and the DfT has updated its streetworks COVID-19 guidance for operators. Please click on the link below: https://tinyurl.com/ycyfcwea
Green number plates to be introduced to help councils with EV take up
The Government is to introduce green number plates in the autumn to help local authorities put in place new policies to incentivise people to own electric vehicles As part of the Government’s plans to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, the plates will make it easier for cars to be identified as zero emission vehicles. […]
Lancashire to invest an additional £5 million in its road network
Lancashire CC will invest an additional £5m in its road network to help with repair work following flood damage earlier this year. Councillors in the county said they wanted to prioritise improving people’s journeys when completing the council’s annual budget in February, and have now agreed to invest an extra £5m in renewing vital transport infrastructure […]
Fears for public transport in the North East
Public transport companies in the North East have expressed their concerns that Coronavirus could set public transport back decades. Despite plans to ease lockdown, social distancing restrictions will mean buses and the Tyne and Wear Metro will be restricted to barely a quarter of their pre-pandemic capacity. It also raises concerns about the wider impact it […]
Ross Bullerwell to join the newly formed NY Highways
Ross Bullerwell, the current Managing Director of Rennicks (UK), is to leave his post in September to join North Yorkshire Highways Ltd (NY Highways). Mr Bullerwell will take up the post of Managing Director at NY Highways and will bring his extensive experience of running contracting businesses with him. North Yorkshire has the largest network […]