National Highways deliver foodbank move saving Bedfordshire charity £14K
Highways workers helped a food bank charity save some £14,000 when they helped it relocate to new premises including moving 1,300 crates of food. A Bedfordshire food bank has been given a new year boost after volunteers from National Highways and its local suppliers moved the charity to a new home. Bedford Food Bank has […]
Westminster City Council and The Crown Estate present their Vision for Regent Street
Westminster City Council and The Crown Estate unveil their ‘Regent Street Public Realm Vision’ with exciting ambitions for surrounding landmark areas. Presenting a unique global and local opportunity, Westminster City Council and The Crown Estate have launched the Regent Street Public Realm Vision Report. The report outlines collective ambitions for one of London’s most iconic […]
Skills gap ‘getting worse or not improving’ say 1 in 6 transport project managers – according to new APM survey
Around one in six project managers who work in transport and logistics think the skills gap in their sector is either getting worse or not improving, a new survey by the Association for Project Management (APM), the chartered membership organisation for the project profession, has found. Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week 2024 (February 5-11), APM […]
Bike-share scheme to expand across three bordering councils
The shared sustainable transport provider, Beryl, will be expanding its presence across three neighbouring councils in Hertfordshire… This is thanks to partnership work helping to encourage widespread adoption of active travel in the county. The latest developments in Beryl’s regional expansion comes as a result of Watford Borough Council’s decision to extend its contract with […]
‘Big Year’ for active travel in Glasgow in 2024
An extensive programme of active travel infrastructure that will see twelve projects completed or started in 2024 has been outlined at the council’s Environment and Liveable Neighbourhoods City Policy Committee. The 12 projects will all contribute to the effort to create a City Network for active travel that will add 270km of safer, segregated routes […]
Mineral Products Association joins Driving for Better Business
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has partnered with National Highways’ Driving for Better Business (DfBB) scheme, reinforcing the industry’s ongoing commitments to road safety. The move means that the MPA – whose members collectively transport more than one million tonnes of construction materials every day – joins a growing number of UK organisations taking the […]
Hampshire County Council appoints new contractors for civils and highways framework
Hampshire County Council has appointed new contractors for its fifth-generation civils and highways framework covering the south of England. VolkerFitzpatrick, BAM Nuttall and Galliford Try are among the contractors who have won a place for the first time this year on the major project lot. The four-year framework could see a spend of up to […]
Lincolnshire lists major road improvements for Grantham this year
A series of major highways works will take place in Grantham this year, according to Lincolnshire County Council. Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “We’ve listened to residents’ concerns about the road network in Grantham and, as a result, we’re investing nearly £4 million towards improvements in and around town this year. “Not only […]
Council to consult on pedestrian crossing strategy
Cheshire East Council is updating its crossing strategy and asking residents of Cheshire East to have a say. The strategy aims to achieve consistency in the assessment and provision of pedestrian crossings across the borough, prioritising locations where they are most needed. The council is updating its strategy because it wants to have a more intuitive […]
Two more schools extend Safer School Streets trial in Plymouth
Two more Plymouth schools have started an extended trial of traffic restrictions during morning and afternoon drop-off and pick-up times, following a successful one-day pilot. The ‘Safer School Streets’ pilot, organised by the Council in partnership with Sustrans in 2021, saw roads outside six primary schools closed to school-run and through traffic during these peak […]
