Roads and pavements funding injection sees boost in improvements in Edinburgh
The City of Edinburgh Council is on track to carry out improvements on the largest area of roads and pavements in one financial year, thanks to £11m of additional capital investment. The additional investment was agreed in the February 2023 budget. Around 420,000m² of road and 170,000m² of pavement improvements will be carried out in 2023/24, compared […]
Acklea adds plastic light board and tail lift options to its plastic 7.2t traffic management vehicle range
Traffic management vehicle specialist Acklea has added two new lightweight options to its 7.2t traffic management vehicle range: a 500kg tail lift and a plastic LP13 light arrow board with a swing-out frame. The new options will be available through Acklea and through commercial vehicle rental company, Enterprise Flex-E-Rent®, which will be offering these new […]
Heidelberg Materials UK first to reach updated Responsible Sourcing standard
Heidelberg Materials UK has become the first building materials company to achievecertification to the updated BES 6001 standard across its business. The Framework Standard for Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products coversthe environmental and social issues for organisational and supply chain management,including all the processes from the origin of raw materials, through all stages of themanufacturing […]
Almost three quarters of all public transport journeys in Nottingham made on NCT buses as passenger numbers rise
Bus numbers have risen in Nottingham- with almost three quarters of public transport journeys in the city now made on its services. David Astill, NCT’s managing director, says each year around 64.4 million journeys are made on public transport in the Greater Nottingham area, which includes the city and surrounding towns and villages such as […]
Record highs for public transport passenger numbers in Ireland during 2023
The number of passengers using Ireland’s public transport network during 2023 has returned to record highs, according to preliminary figures released by the National Transport Authority (NTA) this week. Over 308 million passenger journeys were provided by Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann, Luas, Go-Ahead Ireland and TFI Local Link on ‘Transport for Ireland’ Public […]
RSMA 2024 is Re-flow’s First Stop on the Road
The year’s only just begun, and the team at Re-flow Field Management, providers of award-winning field management software, are already getting set for their first trade exhibition of the year. Making a return appearance, the team is proud to be attending the Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) Annual Conference & Dinner at the Chesford Grange […]
Groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of £22.68m Aurs Road transformation
Construction work to transform Aurs Road between Barrhead and Newton Mearns is underway with the road now closed for 12 months until December 2024. The milestone was marked by a groundbreaking ceremony last week by East Renfrewshire Council Leader Owen O’Donnell and Environment Director Caitriona McAuley met with civil engineering experts GRAHAM who have been […]
Launch of all-electric bus fleet to service Oxford passengers
A partnership between Oxfordshire County Council and bus operators has launched what will be one of the biggest UK fleets of electric buses outside London. The £82.5 million project will deliver 159 new battery buses on to the roads of Oxford – the first of which have already gone into service. It has also funded […]
TfL and London boroughs join forces to keep London moving during severe winter weather
As the cold snap in London continues, Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils are ready to deal with the severe weather to keep London moving. TfL and London Councils have developed co-ordinated plans alongside emergency services to keep the transport system and its network of road, rail and river routes open. This includes roads […]
£1bn worth of transport plans for Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington
Plans for transport projects across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool have been revealed following £1bn worth of funding from HS2 being scrapped. The money has been earmarked to improve road, rail and bus travel across the Tees Valley. On Monday 15 January, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, announced plans to bring in 15 electric trackless trams to serve Middlesbrough, Redcar, Stockton, Hartlepool, and […]
