National Highways issues roadside facilities signing update
Newly updated guidance for signing arrangements for motorway service areas (MSAs) and other roadside facilities on major roads in England has been published by National Highways. This guide includes details on sign design, erection, maintenance and funding on the strategic road network (major roads and trunk roads) in England. Highways England suggests that the guidance […]
Stratford-upon-Avon roadworks branded a ‘comedy of errors’
Stratford-upon-Avon residents have criticised long-running roadworks on one of the town’s busiest routes that have left traffic at a standstill and some people unable to access their own homes. According to the BBC, work has been taking place on Birmingham Road since at least April, as part of work designed to improve traffic flow into […]
Westmorland and Furness Council successfully prosecutes over substandard roadworks
Westmorland and Furness Council has brought a successful prosecution against BT after roadworks were carried out without permits and to an inadequate standard. At Barrow Magistrates Court, British Telecommunications Ltd pleaded guilty to an offence of failing to reinstate the road adequately and undertaking works without a permit and was fined £9,000 in total for […]
University of Warwick and Tata Group win Bhattacharyya Award
The University of Warwick and the Tata Group have won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s prestigious Bhattacharyya Award for their pioneering partnership. Launched in 2019 to honour the late Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya – founder of Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), University of Warwick — the award recognises long-term, impactful collaboration between academia and industry, and celebrates the projects that help […]
Capita awarded new TfL contract to deliver contact centre services
Capita plc has announced that it has been awarded a four-year contract to deliver contact centre services for Transport for London (TfL). The contract also includes an option to extend for a further two years. Under the agreement, Capita will handle 50 per cent of all voice calls from Oyster card customers and all written […]
British public backs further policies to make roads safer, new research shows
New polling carried out by More in Common, on behalf of The Road Safety Trust, shows widespread public support for many of the reported policies being considered by the government in its upcoming Road Safety Strategy – and appetite for further road safety legislation to protect young drivers. Unveiling the findings at the annual UKROEd/NPCC […]
Costain creates tool to ‘design out’ carbon
Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has created a tool to identify and ‘design out’ potential carbon hotspots at the earliest possible stage of infrastructure projects. The Carbon Design Tool is used at the design stage to forecast potential carbon hotspots during an infrastructure project. The forecasted emissions are benchmarked in line with the latest RICS guidance, […]
EV cable protection: Evolt Charging partners with CatStrap
Evolt Charging, part of SWARCO Smart Charging, has announced a new agreement to become the exclusive UK distributor for CatStrap – EV Cable Protector, a robust protection system that is specifically designed to prevent EV charger cable theft. Cable theft is a nationwide challenge that continues to affect all UK Charge Point Operators (CPOs), with […]
Pothole-related breakdowns up by a quarter in just 12 months, says RAC
The number of drivers falling foul of potholes and breaking down rose by 25% between July and September compared to the same period last year, according to new figures from the RAC’s Pothole Index. RAC patrols attended 5,035 pothole-related breakdowns this summer for jobs such as broken suspension springs, distorted wheels and damaged shock absorbers […]
Staffordshire sets out joint commitment to major growth corridor plans to government minister
A long-term commitment by Staffordshire County Council and its partners to unlock major economic growth along a key regional transport corridor has again been put forward to the government. Improvements on the A50/500 to boost growth and investment was the subject of an adjournment debate in the House of Commons this week. As a key partner in […]