‘Big Year’ for active travel in Glasgow in 2024
An extensive programme of active travel infrastructure that will see twelve projects completed or started in 2024 has been outlined at the council’s Environment and Liveable Neighbourhoods City Policy Committee. The 12 projects will all contribute to the effort to create a City Network for active travel that will add 270km of safer, segregated routes […]
Mineral Products Association joins Driving for Better Business
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has partnered with National Highways’ Driving for Better Business (DfBB) scheme, reinforcing the industry’s ongoing commitments to road safety. The move means that the MPA – whose members collectively transport more than one million tonnes of construction materials every day – joins a growing number of UK organisations taking the […]
Hampshire County Council appoints new contractors for civils and highways framework
Hampshire County Council has appointed new contractors for its fifth-generation civils and highways framework covering the south of England. VolkerFitzpatrick, BAM Nuttall and Galliford Try are among the contractors who have won a place for the first time this year on the major project lot. The four-year framework could see a spend of up to […]
Lincolnshire lists major road improvements for Grantham this year
A series of major highways works will take place in Grantham this year, according to Lincolnshire County Council. Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “We’ve listened to residents’ concerns about the road network in Grantham and, as a result, we’re investing nearly £4 million towards improvements in and around town this year. “Not only […]
Council to consult on pedestrian crossing strategy
Cheshire East Council is updating its crossing strategy and asking residents of Cheshire East to have a say. The strategy aims to achieve consistency in the assessment and provision of pedestrian crossings across the borough, prioritising locations where they are most needed. The council is updating its strategy because it wants to have a more intuitive […]
Two more schools extend Safer School Streets trial in Plymouth
Two more Plymouth schools have started an extended trial of traffic restrictions during morning and afternoon drop-off and pick-up times, following a successful one-day pilot. The ‘Safer School Streets’ pilot, organised by the Council in partnership with Sustrans in 2021, saw roads outside six primary schools closed to school-run and through traffic during these peak […]
Committee approves prioritised roads capital programme for Caithness
Members of the Caithness Committee has agreed a list of prioritised programme of works for structural overlay/inlay works and surface dressing schemes which will be funded out of the Capital Budget allocation for 2024/25, according to Highland Council. The actual 2024/25 capital roads budget allocation for Caithness is still to be finalised but based on […]
Hundreds of older person bus pass holders benefit from free travel to Portsmouth hospitals
A successful trial of free early morning journeys, before 9am, to hospital appointments for Portsmouth City Council issued older person bus pass holders could lead to the council making this scheme permanent. At the Transport decision meeting next week, the council will consider making permanent the current trial for earlier free travel, before 9am, for […]
Jacobs wins £65 million highways professional services contract in Worcestershire
Consultant Jacobs has won a £65 million highways professional services contract to support the delivery of highways and transport services for Worcestershire County Council. Work will include general design services, project management, business case development, planning application support and quality surveying. It will also be expected to have the capacity to provide ecology and sustainability […]
Good progress for transport in Warrington
New council reports show Warrington is making real progress in transforming how people travel, delivering major highways schemes, and making the borough more cyclist and pedestrian friendly. In 2019, Warrington Borough Council set out the ambition in its Local Transport Plan (LTP4), to make Warrington ‘a thriving, attractive, accessible, and well-connected place with popular, high-quality walking, […]