Traffic cone loving polar bears receive generous gift from highways team
Staffordshire County Council (SCC) has treated three local polar bears to a truckload of their favourite toys – traffic cones. Peak Wildlife Park’s newest residents really enjoy playing with things that float so what better welcome gift than 30 damaged traffic cones that would have otherwise been thrown away? Highways crew members, Wayne Bridgett and […]
FixMyStreet improvements outlined in report by Bath & North East Somerset Council
Improvements to an online system where residents can report problems with highways and public spaces in Bath & North East Somerset are being set out before the council. A report before councillors on the Corporate Policy Development and Scrutiny Panel today outlines the changes that have been made to FixMyStreet to make it easier for […]
Children across Wales welcome new 20s speed limit on walk to school
There was a different look and feel for children on their trips to school this morning following the introduction of the new 20 mph speed limit. On 17 September Wales became the first UK nation to introduce a new default 20mph speed limit on most residential roads across the country. This change is expected to […]
Arup appointed by UK Department of Transport to provide specialist technical advice
Arup has been selected as a Prime supplier on the Department for Transport (DfT) STARThree Framework, the overall value of which is £600 million. STARThree (officially known as the Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory for Rail and Other Transport Systems Framework) looks to support the delivery of rail, road and aviation projects. Arup will provide […]
Lincolnshire County Council to invest millions more into road maintenance
Lincolnshire County Council has announced that a further £10m of funds is being ploughed into the authority’s road maintenance funds. The county council has announced that a further £10m of funds is being ploughed into the authority’s road maintenance funds. Speaking during Full Council today (Friday), Leader Martin Hill, OBE, made the announcement that the […]
First large-scale study shows success of 20mph speed limit across Scottish Borders
A study by Edinburgh Napier University has shown that the rollout of 20mph speed limits across the Scottish Borders has reduced average speeds by 3mph. With previous research showing that there is an average 4% reduction in collisions with each 1mph reduction in average speed on rural roads, the study demonstrates the significant knock-on effect […]
Armley Gyratory highways construction enters next phase to replace footbridges
The removal of the Spence Lane footbridge over the Armley Gyratory is to begin later this month. This is the first of three footbridges around the Gyratory which will be removed and replaced with new footbridges with more accessible footways, set to complete next year. Built in the early 1970’s the fifty-year-old footbridges, starting with […]
London parents encouraged to champion active school travel as TfL launches makeover of its education programme
Most London schools have signed up to TfL’s successful education programme with almost a quarter seeing exceptionally high levels of or increases in pupils walking and cycling Using active travel for the school run instead of the car can help improve young Londoners’ health and wellbeing Almost a quarter of London schools are making significant […]
VolkerSmart Technologies awarded £2.5 million EV installation works for Trojan Energy
VolkerSmart Technologies has been awarded phase two of the rollout of flat and flush kerbside electric vehicle charge points in Barnet. The approx. £2.5 million contract will begin in October and is expected to be completed in May 2024. The project will be delivered on behalf of Trojan Energy. The business is delivering a full […]
Balfour Beatty secures Scottish Government funding to drive innovative hydrogen retrofit project
Balfour Beatty has announced that it has become the first construction company to secure funding from the Scottish Government’s Emerging Energies Technology Fund to retrofit carbon intensive vehicles to run off both hydrogen and diesel, also known as dual fuel. As part of the innovative project, the Scottish Government has provided over £240,000 with Balfour […]
