Essex DigiGo service extended to March 2026
The Essex County Council on-demand public transport service DigiGo will run until at least March 2026. DigiGo first launched in April 2022 as part of a two-year pilot scheme. This was funded by the Department for Transport’s Rural Mobility Fund. The on-demand service currently operates in parts of Essex. Following the extension, the service will […]
National Highways trials AI to ease roadwork problems
After inviting proposals last year and then producing a shortlist, National Highways has chosen three proposals that use technology to minimise the traffic disruption caused by roadworks. All three winning ideas use artificial intelligence (AI). They each get up to £60,000 to trial their ideas on the roads. They are among the proposals that were shortlisted in […]
Transport Secretary announces further measures to improve transport connectivity across the UK
Work on road improvements and rail upgrades will boost business and improve connectivity across the UK, Transport Secretary Mark Harper announced today (7 December 2023) in his response to Lord Hendy’s Union connectivity review. Projects in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will explore options to improve transport links that strengthen connections across communities and the UK, helping […]
State of accessible transport is ‘unjust and unacceptable’, says report
The current state of accessible transport is “unjust and unacceptable”, and the government’s efforts to offer “equal access for disabled people” by 2030 have “stalled”, according to a major new report. Are We There Yet?, released this week by the disabled people’s organisation (DPO) Transport for All, shows that access barriers are “rife” across every […]
North Yorkshire Council starts the search for contractors to join its highways surfacing and planing framework
North Yorkshire Council has started its search for suppliers for its £300 million highways surfacing and planing framework. The carriageway planing and surfacing framework 2024 aims to deliver a range of work packages on the highways, including but not limited to recycling, patching, overlays, reconstruction and resurfacing on behalf of North Yorkshire Council’s highways firm, […]
Parking changes and safer roads discussed at Brighton & Hove Council committee meeting
Road safety and the future of parking in Brighton & Hove were the main themes from a busy Transport and Sustainability committee meeting this week. Councillors spent more than three hours discussing several reports presented to them, voting to approve measures to improve the safety, implement the first elements of a wider parking review and […]
Queen Victoria Road improvements to get under way in Newcastle
Work to construct a new cycle track, safer crossing points and signalised junctions on a busy city centre road are due to get under way. Newcastle City Council will be carrying out the works on Queen Victoria Road and Claremont Road as part of a £2.95m investment, which includes £1.3m from the government’s Active Travel […]
Highway resurfacing wraps up for another year as Bath and North East Somerset council completes annual programme
More than 15km of highway has been resurfaced across Bath and North East Somerset this year as the council completes its resurfacing programme. Alongside the delivery of the resurfacing and patching programme in 2023, the council’s Highways team also repaired 6,838 potholes – averaging 20 repairs a day. The council completed its annual resurfacing […]
Balfour Beatty Living Places wins £330m highways extension in Lincolnshire
Balfour Beatty Living Places has doubled the length of its highways maintenance deal with Lincolnshire County Council. The agreement means the UK’s biggest contractor by turnover will look after roads in the area until 2032. Balfour was awarded a £217m deal back in 2019, which began in April 2020 for an initial period of six years, […]
Essex’s Sustainable Transport Team recognised at national awards
A new, door-to-door digital, journey-planning tool has won first place at a national awards ceremony. The “All Roads Lead from Home” project has been developed by our Sustainable Transport Team in collaboration with You. Smart. Thing. It bridges the gap for residents of ten housing developments with a postcode that isn’t yet recognised on standard mapping tools. […]
