Aggregate Industries completes trial of Foamix on the M65
Aggregate Industries has successfully completed the trial of its new, innovative Foamix product, marking a significant achievement in pursuit of a sustainable lower-carbon solution for pavement construction, repair, and maintenance. Trialled on an M65 slip road in Lancashire, the new Foamix solution is a cold recycled bitumen-bound material, manufactured with carbon-negative aggregates and biogenic bitumen […]
Boost for vital highways maintenance work in West Berkshire
West Berkshire Council secures £1.3 million boost in Government funding for vital highways maintenance. The wheels of progress are set to roll smoother in West Berkshire as national Government allocates a total of £1.3million in highways maintenance funding to West Berkshire Council. Split over two financial years, the funding is courtesy of the Department for […]
Dorset Council asks residents to help shape travel and transport across the county
Residents, businesses and visitors are being invited to share their views on what they consider to be the big transport opportunities and issues across the whole of Dorset. Dorset Council and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council are running a survey from 22 January to 3 March 2024 to gather feedback and experiences. People are […]
Multi-million pound transport scheme reaches major milestone
A major transport scheme in Gloucestershire has reached a major milestone. Gloucestershire County Council’s proposed M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme has been approved by the planning inspectorate. The council’s application will now enter the third stage of the national infrastructure planning process known as pre-examination, reports the Business Desk. During this next stage, the public […]
TfL fares frozen until 2025
London’s mayor Sadiq Khan has announced he is freezing Transport for London (TfL) fares until March 2025 as part of a £123m investment in the capital’s transport services. Sadiq Khan’s office says people could save up to £90 a year under the plans. It comes weeks after the government stepped in with £250m to plug […]
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 […]
