Brightly column: Synergies between assets
By: Nick Vague, Senior Solutions Consultant, Brightly Software What happens when assets are NOT managed intelligently? It causes knock-on effects and disruption that could otherwise have been avoided.Picture this: A gully along a highway is running slow due to a broken pipe and a weather warning for heavy rain is in place. Overnight, the rainfall […]
Thermal Road Repairs makes history with place on Manchester City Council’s highways maintenance framework
Thermal Road Repairs has become the first specialist low carbon SME to win a place on one of Manchester City Council’s five highways maintenance frameworks, awarded at the end of April. Thermal Road Repairs is one of three contractors appointed to the Lot 1 framework which covers reactive and planned repairs to carriageways, footways and […]
North Hykeham Relief Road granted planning permission
Members of Lincolnshire County Council’s Planning and Regulation Committee voted in favour of granting planning consent for the massive infrastructure project. Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “I’m incredibly happy to say that the North Hykeham Relief Road has officially been granted planning permission, which means we’re one step closer to a full ring […]
Blockchain could offer a solution to the UK’s transport ticketing systems, says new research
A new approach to transport ticketing offers a step towards an integrated, transparent system for ticket providers and passengers across all modes of transport. Traditional ticketing systems are based on solutions that are vulnerable to issues including a lack of transferability across multi-modal transport networks, and an inability to adapt to policy changes and new […]
New research finds that expanding the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to heating and road transport fuels could reduce by a quarter economy-wide emissions of greenhouse gases
New research conducted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Energy Systems Catapult has found that expanding the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to heating and road transport fuels could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the UK economy and, at the same time, ensure that households below the […]
Ringway re-appointed as Highway Infrastructure term service delivery partner for Milton Keynes Council
Ringway has been reappointed as the Highway Infrastructure term service delivery partner for Milton Keynes City Council, for a second term. This appointment builds on the strong partnership built delivering the highway infrastructure service in Milton Keynes since 2014, and the innovative and sustainable way in which Ringway will continue to evolve the service for […]
Work set to begin on new Warwick cycle route
Construction of a new cycle route on the A429 Coventry Road is due to start next week. The new scheme will involve construction of a new cycle track along the western side of Coventry Road between the Grand Union canal bridge at Woodloes Park, and St John’s, completing a key link in the local network. […]
£1 Sunday tickets coming as part of £8.5m bus service improvements
Bus service improvements totalling £8.5m, including a discounted fare scheme for 16-21-year-olds and £1 adult fares on Sunday, are set to be introduced in Lancashire. On Thursday 9 May, the council’s cabinet approved the spending plan for £7.025m Bus Service Improvement Plan Phase 3 funding from the Department for Transport (DfT). It comes after the […]
Somerset Council transfers assets and services to Bridgwater Town Council in historic devolution deal
In what has been described as a ‘landmark devolution deal’, Somerset Council has transferred some assets and services to Bridgwater Town Council. The move sees services from street-cleaning and road-sweeping to the management of parks and open spaces, transfer from Somerset Council into town hall hands. Also transferring as part of the historic deal with […]
County Council’s surface dressing programme making Hampshire roads more resilient
Nearly 600 miles of Hampshire roads will be given a new lease of life this summer as Hampshire County Council’s annual programme of road surface strengthening gets underway at 400 locations. Councillor Nick Adams-King, the County Council’s Executive Lead Member for Universal Services, said: “We know that potholes and other road defects are a cause […]