Heidelberg Materials resecures £9m Wirral highway maintenance contract
Heidelberg Materials UK has resecured a highway maintenance contract with Wirral Borough Council for maintaining and improving the borough’s road network. The new three-year agreement, which has a total value of around £9m, follows a competitive tender process and covers carriageway resurfacing works. Heidelberg Materials has worked as the main surfacing contractor for the council […]
Jet Plant Hire marks sustainability milestone with new accreditations
Jet Plant Hire has secured two prestigious new accreditations. The company has been named by Avetta as a 2025 ESG Innovator, recognising how Jet prioritises environmental, social and governance practices. Sustainability has been at the heart of everything Jet does throughout 36 years of successful operation.Avetta is a platform trusted by over 13,000 businesses in […]
Fife agrees roads and pavements investment programme
Fife Council’s North East Fife Area Committee have agreed a programme of investment to improve local roads, pavements and travel safety across communities from Tay Bridgehead to the East Neuk, says Scottish Construction Now. The 2026–27 Area Roads Programme sets out more than £2.3 million of road resurfacing, £320,000 of footway upgrades, and £157,000 for […]
Humber Bridge: Toll booths removed after 40 years of service
Toll booths on the Humber Bridge have been removed after more than 40 years of use. The crossing over the Humber Estuary has switched to an online payments system using number plate recognition technology, reports the BBC. The toll booths were taken our of service in January and now the blue cabins have been taken […]
London Legacy Development Corporation leads UK team supporting climate-neutral urban space project
London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), Transport for London (TfL), the London Borough of Lambeth, University College London (UCL), AppyWay and Grid Smarter Cities have joined up for London’s contribution to CORESpaces, a new EU-funded project helping cities design and manage urban spaces to achieve climate neutrality. Cities across Europe face growing pressure to reduce emissions, improve […]
Telford & Wrekin Council accelerates pothole repairs
New figures released by Telford & Wrekin Council are showing more defects being fixed each week and fewer outstanding issues across the network, says Shropshire Live. Latest data shows a marked reduction in reports of potholes and a fall in overall reports between early February and early March. Over this four‑week period, the total number […]
Cumberland Go delivers new hospital bus link connecting key NHS sites
Cumberland Council has launched a major upgrade to public transport across the area through its Cumberland Go improvement programme, including a new and enhanced 600 hospital route connecting Carlisle, Cumberland Infirmary, Wigton, Cockermouth, Whitehaven and West Cumberland Hospital, seven days a week. The strengthened network, delivered between November 2025 and January 2026, is designed to make sustainable […]
Transport Committee to examine HGV and coach driver facilities
The Transport Committee is to examine the progress made on improving facilities for HGV and coach drivers almost four years after the previous Committee wrapped up its inquiry into the road freight supply chain. The inquiry by the Transport Committee in the last Parliament was prompted by difficulties in supplying essential goods to the UK’s supermarkets, petrol station forecourts and other marketplaces during the Covid-19 pandemic. It found that rest facilities for HGV drivers were often lacking or poor quality, […]
Sizewell C and ScottishPower coordinate roadworks projects in East Suffolk
Two clean energy projects in East Suffolk have joined forces to coordinate their planned roadworks – a move that will reduce the impacts of construction in the local area. Sizewell C and ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) are taking a coordinated approach to necessary local highway works in key areas of East Suffolk as part of the […]
West Sussex to implement new A264 speed limits
New speed restrictions are set to be introduced on two major roads in Horsham in West Sussex. West Sussex County Council is planning to put 50 mph limits on lengths of the A264 Horsham Bypass and the A264 Crawley Road on the approaches to and including Moorhead roundabout, says Sussex World. Details of the proposals can be viewed […]