Investment boost set to improve Newham’s highways
The Newham Council Cabinet has approved plans to improve Newham’s roads and footpaths, investing a combined sum of almost £9m to Keep Newham Moving, including planned footway and carriageway resurfacing schemes to parts of Katherine Road, Osborne Road and sections of Upton Lane. The 2025/26 Planned Highway Maintenance programme budget includes £3.6m from the Keeping […]
Re-flow smart resource scheduling: gain speed, clarity, and flexibility
If scheduling your operations and managing your asset list involves manual processes, spreadsheets, WhatsApp, or multiple apps, then there’s a better way of working. Here’s how one easy-to-use package can overhaul your workflow and transform your business – by providing full visibility and a suite of intuitive management tools. Areas for improvement in manual scheduling […]
New website launched to encourage Active Travel in Cumbria
Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council have launched a new website to encourage people to walk, wheel, or cycle for regular journeys instead of driving. The Travel Actively Cumbria website provides residents with everything they may need to know on travelling actively for everyday journeys across the area. It includes a journey planner, information on how […]
Transport for London’s emissions reduction targets validated as aligning with limiting global temperature increases to 1.5°C
Transport for London’s emissions reduction targets validated as aligning with limiting global temperature increases to 1.5°C The Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) has validated Transport for London’s (TfL) near and long-term greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and net-zero targets, in line with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius It is […]
New programme of council road and footway improvements in Wolverhampton to help tackle potholes across city
A raft of new road and footway improvements to help prevent potholes will be put into action by City of Wolverhampton Council. A budget of £9.2 million for the highways capital programme 2025/26 was bolstered by an additional £500,000 council investment to help fix and prevent surface defects at last month’s council cabinet meeting. It […]
New legislation to transform local bus travel in Wales
Proposals to transform the way local bus services are planned and delivered across Wales have been published today. (Monday 31 March). They will benefit passengers, communities and encourage more bus travel. A new Bill has been laid in the Senedd which, if passed, will provide the powers to create a bus network that meets passenger […]
Extra £45 million confirmed for Staffordshire Highways over next three years
An extra £45 million will be invested in maintaining and improving Staffordshire’s highways over the next three years. Added to this, a further up to £15 million will be ploughed into the county council’s Fixing More Roads scheme, which over the past year has seen more than 36,000 potholes repaired. In plans agreed by Staffordshire […]
Devon streetlight pilot to begin next month
A 12-month trial which will alter the dimming regime of around 80% of Devon’s residential streetlights will get underway next month (April). It follows our pilot last year in Abbotskerswell, Holcombe Rogus, Kingskerswell and Sidmouth, where 550 streetlights underwent earlier switch-off times and additional dimming. The trial is possible thanks to the upgraded technology of […]
Nottingham City Council announce plans for Safer Roads funding
Two Nottingham locations will receive upgrades to help keep people safe A second tranche of funding to improve road safety in Nottingham City received approval at Nottingham City Council’s Executive Board meeting on 18 March. The Safer Roads Fund is a national programme aimed at improving road safety for users and improving reliability of the […]
Lane rental scheme to reduce the impact of roadworks on Southampton’s busiest roads set for submission to Government
Southampton City Council is making a request to introduce a Lane Rental Scheme on major roads in the city, to reduce traffic delays and congestion, by incentivising organisations to avoid carrying out highway works during peak times This scheme, alongside the Green City Action Plan, aims to reduce emissions across the city by easing congestion, […]