Liverpool City Council starts search for highways contractors
Liverpool City Council has started its search for highway maintenance providers for a contract that will start in April 2025 and run to 2028. The highways maintenance works will encompass various aspects of maintenance, repair and installation, including but not limited to: • 24/7/365 Emergency response to incidents on the highway• Reactive highway maintenance, including […]
World’s first pothole preventing robot passes first test with flying colours
An autonomous robot, developed by tech company Robotiz3d and academics at the University of Liverpool in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council Highways Engineers, has passed its first test outside of a lab environment, on the roads of Potters Bar, Hertfordshire yesterday (6 March). Using state of the art imaging technology the team working on the […]
Road Safety Team launches campaign following ‘disturbing’ rise in road deaths
Dangerous driving behaviours are the focus of a new Somerset Council campaign aimed at reducing fatal collisions on the county’s roads. The Fatal Five campaign, backed by Avon and Somerset Police and led by Somerset Council’s Road Safety Team, highlights the key behaviours which can contribute to serious or fatal collisions. Tragically, 30 people died […]
Local students in Coventry display road safety messages in the Council House
A competition was arranged by the Twinkle Toes Road Safety group for local school pupils from Coundon Primary School in Coventry to get their personal road safety messages out during National Road Safety Week. Paper plates were used as the base for the messages highlighting concerns from the children around speeding, inconsiderate driving and making […]
Major highways improvement scheme to start in Newcastle
A major highways improvements scheme on the A34 Talke Road in Newcastle is due to start on Monday 11 March. The £375,000 scheme is being carried out by Staffordshire County Council and has been funded through the Department for Transport’s pothole fund. The funding is in addition to a wider £30 million investment by the […]
Road safety takes centre stage in Doncaster
School pupils have been transported into road safety role play as part of a programme of theatre in education sessions aimed at saving lives. The performances – entitled ‘What Went Down’ – focus on issues including mobile phone distraction, peer pressure and responsible behaviour. The script has been written specifically for South Yorkshire students with […]
Infrastructure Northern Ireland announces £800,000 active travel scheme for O’Neill Road, Newtownabbey
Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has announced that work is now underway on a £800,000 pedestrian and cycling improvement scheme on the O’Neill Road, Newtownabbey. The scheme will involve construction of 240m of shared footway on the four legs of the O’Neill Road roundabout and installation of four toucan crossings to improve pedestrian priority and safety […]
Councillors asked to approve Shropshire cycling and walking plan
Shropshire Council’s Cabinet will next week (13 March 2024) be asked to approve a plan that sets out proposed new and improved cycling and walking routes in seven of the county’s market towns. The Shropshire Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (or LCWIP) sets out an ambitious ten-year plan of infrastructure measures to improve conditions for walking, […]
Report finds residents want more money spent on ‘active travel’ schemes
A majority of residents in the Liverpool City Region want to move money currently spent on road building to fund more infrastructure that helps people walk, wheel, cycle or use public transport, according to a new report by the charity Sustrans with The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The Liverpool City Region Walking and Cycling […]
New plans for electric vehicle charging and improving air quality in Reading
Plans to create a comprehensive charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and improve air quality in Reading are due to be discussed next week. Members of the Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport (SEPT) committee will be asked to adopt both the Council’s Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) strategy and Air Quality Action Plan at a meeting […]
