Flow Labs introduces Flow RT, a real-time digital twin platform
Flow Labs, a US transportation software technology company specialising in Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions that makes transportation cleaner, clearer and safer for everyone, announced the launch of Flow RT, a revolutionary new real-time digital twin technology that empowers agencies with instantaneous alerts and insights for better decision making. The platform represents a leap forward in traffic […]
Cumberland Council award £55 million resurfacing contract to local firm
Cumberland Council has announced a three-year contract with local firm, DSD Construction Limited, valued up to £55 million. After inviting bids through the electronic procurement portal, The Chest the council awarded this substantial project to local company, DSD Construction Limited, a family-owned business rooted in Carlisle since its establishment in 1993. The comprehensive resurfacing program […]
Nottinghamshire County Council agrees a £66.5million investment in highways
Nottinghamshire County Council has allocated £66.5 million for highway works from in the council’s 2024 to 2025 Highways Capital and Revenue Programmes — which were finalised this week — and includes £33million for road and highway asset improvements. Work will include surface dressing, structural patching, pothole repairs and resurfacing. It will also cover a range […]
Over 80,000 miles of Staffordshire’s roads gritted over Winter period
Highways crews have worked around the clock throughout the winter period to keep Staffordshire’s roads safe, gritting the equivalent of 80,000 miles. From October, 64 drivers rolled out in their gritters to treat the county’s road network when temperatures plunged and snowy spells hit. Amongst those drivers were the Moorlands’ hill contractors, who were on […]
Improvements to new on-demand bus service announced in Shropshire
Improvements to Shropshire Council’s new on-demand bus service come into effect this month, in response to feedback from passengers. Shropshire Connect On-Demand was launched in December 2023, initially in two zones, and with plans in place to expand the service on a zone-by-zone basis. It has replaced the 544 (Shrewsbury to Lyth Hill) and 546 (Shrewsbury […]
Air Quality Action Plan formally adopted by Wiltshire Council
Wiltshire Council has formally adopted its Air Quality Action Plan, which details how it will continue to progress with improvements to air quality and health protection across the county. Wiltshire Council has formally adopted its Air Quality Action Plan, which details how it will continue to progress with improvements to air quality and health protection […]
Stoke-on-Trent’s local transport and active travel plan gets the green light
Plans to invest £5.4 million in local transport and active travel projects in Stoke has got the go ahead. The city council’s local transport and active travel plan includes 26 projects to improve roads, footpaths and bridges, and includes traffic calming measures which will be placed outside six schools. The funding is made up of […]
Annual road improvement programme gets under way in North Yorkshire
The vast road network across England’s largest county is to receive a multi-million pound boost as its annual surface dressing programme gets under way. North Yorkshire Council’s highways capital programme totals £53 million for this financial year, of which £25.3m has been allocated to road schemes. This includes £5m for the surface dressing programme, running […]
Mabey Hire welcomes Select as a STEM programme partner
Recognising the need to inspire the next generation of engineers and help combat the skills shortage, Mabey Hire is delighted to announce that Select, a subsidiary of Laing O’Rourke, is joining its STEM Education Programme as a Programme Partner. First launched in 2018, Mabey Hire’s STEM Education Programme was developed as a means of proactively […]
£4m approved of road maintenance works across Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot councillors have given the go ahead for more than £4m of highways engineering, maintenance and other works in all parts of the county borough. It entails bridge strengthening (£300,000), drainage (£300,000), carriageway resurfacing (£1,852,000), footway resurfacing (£143,000), road surface dressing (£260,000), minor works such as traffic signs, barriers, traffic regulation orders (£445,000), […]