Doncaster supports safe speeds campaign
City of Doncaster Councill is backing a national campaign to promote everyone’s right to safe and healthy journeys. Road Safety Week, organised by the charity Brake, aims to reduce the number of people killed or injured as the result of a collision. The theme for 2023 is speed and members of the South Yorkshire Safer […]
Yunex Traffic’s enforcement solutions for Manchester City Council will reduce delays and improve traffic flows
Manchester City Council is the latest authority to award Yunex Traffic a contract to supply and maintain an ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) civil enforcement camera solution to detect and enforce moving traffic contraventions. The contract is initially for a three-year period, with an option to extend by a further two years, and aims to […]
Powys to benefit from UK Government Levelling Up Fund
Powys County Council has provisionally secured over £17.7 million of Levelling Up Funding from UK Government to promote recreational tourism in the county through transport investment. The funding aims to address regional disparities across the UK by investing in vital local infrastructure projects to increase pride in place and bring people closer to opportunity. In […]
More than 16,000 potholes repaired across Staffordshire so far this year
Staffordshire County Council is making good on its promise to fix more roads across the county with 16,308 pothole repair jobs completed so far. A ‘job’ is, on average, two or three potholes at a time – meaning the number of potholes filled across the county is likely to be double or even triple that […]
New report recommends buses in Wales should be exempt from 20mph default speed limit
A new report has recommended that buses in Wales’ cities should be exempt from the 20mph default speed limit in order to make public transport more competitive compared to driving a car. The ‘Fare outcomes – Understanding Transport in Wales’s Cities’ report form the Centre for Cities looked at the Welsh Government’s goal 45% of journeys being made by […]
Nottingham City Council wins funding to make busy routes into the city safer for everyone
Nottingham City Council has officially accept £1.425million funding from the Department of Transport (DfT) to make changes that will make roads in the city safer. The Safer Roads Fund was introduced by the DfT to support road safety in England as part of a wider package of investment into Britain’s transport network. In total, £47.5 […]
Multi-million pound upgrade to Liverpool’s roads begins
Liverpool City Council has appointed three contractors to deliver the next phase of its Highways Investment Programme (HIP). The Council’s Transportation and Highways team and their delivery partners are now progressing with the upgrade of more than 29 roads, through an £11m eco-friendly maintenance programme, which will see the delivery of: • 10 schemes in the […]
Marsh Lane Roundabout ‘Levelling Up’ works complete
Major improvement works to reduce congestion and improve safety at Boston’s A16/Marsh Lane roundabout are now complete. Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “After six months of hard work, I’m incredibly happy to announce that our improvements to the A16/Marsh Lane roundabout are now complete and that the roundabout is fully re-opened. “The goal […]
Work to begin on the Welshpool active travel scheme
Work to improve active travel provision on Severn Road, in Welshpool is due to begin on Monday 27 November. Identified on the Active Travel Network Maps (ATNM) by the community, this route would form the first phase of a wider project to create a local active travel network – enabling more journeys to be undertaken […]
National Highways starts search for interested parties for new £495M technical services framework
National Highways is set to retender its technical consultancy framework, which covers geotechnical engineering services. In a recent prior information notice, National Highways confirmed that it will replace its current specialist professional and technical services framework 2 (SPATS2) with the new SPATS3. The new framework, valued at approximately £495M, would cover the period of 2024-2030. This […]
