HAAS Alert expands Illinois partnership to include built-in digital alerting on all connected arrow boards
HAAS Alert and Wanco, Inc. announced a major milestone in their partnership: New Wanco Truck-Mounted Connected Arrow Boards will now come equipped with Safety Cloud® by HAAS Alert. This integration automatically delivers real-time safety notifications, also known as digital alerts, to drivers through popular navigation platforms including Waze, improving driver awareness and roadside work zone […]
Police Scotland: Drug driving biggest safety threat on Scots roads
Drug driving has overtaken alcohol as the biggest threat to safety on Scotland’s roads, according to figures. Around 3500 drink and drug driving tests were carried out by Police Scotland in their annual festive crackdown, says the Daily Record. Data shows more motorists were caught drug driving – despite police carrying out five times as many breathalyser […]
More than 2,500 motorists caught drink-driving three or more times in the last 11 years
More than 2,500 drivers have been caught drink‑driving on at least three separate occasions in the last 11 years, new RAC analysis of DVLA data shows – highlighting the scale of repeat offending on UK roads. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by the RAC found 2,553 accrued three or more DR10 or DR20 […]
Deadlines approaching for the LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival 2026
With important deadlines fast approaching, organisations planning to take part in the LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival 2026 are encouraged to act now. Taking place on 24 and 25 June, the Festival continues to bring together the highways and road infrastructure community for two days of live demonstrations, CPD-accredited learning, exhibitions and purposeful networking. If you are […]
Councils cutting back on pothole repairs to pay increasing special needs bills
Almost half of council budgets are being swallowed up by spending on special needs children and social care, figures show. In 2025-26, the average share of budgeted local authority spending committed to adult social care and children’s services was 47 per cent, compared to 30 per cent 10 years ago, according to the Daily Telegraph. By contrast, […]
Work to transform two major Guildford junctions to start this week
The next phase of a major road upgrade that aims to Guildford’s traffic flow and infrastructure is due to get under way on Wednesday. The project is part of the Weyside Urban Village regeneration programme, led by Guildford Borough Council. A spokesperson for the local authority told the BBC that work on Woodlands Road junction […]
Lambeth to install a School Street for every eligible primary school by 2027
Lambeth Council commits to implementing School Streets at all Lambeth primary schools, other than those on main roads, to protect pupils, staff, and parents from air pollution and reduce road danger during busy times. Currently, 45 School Streets serve 50 schools across the borough. By March 2027, the remaining 10 primary schools not located on […]
Trial scheme to remove vehicles blocking road resurfacing work to begin in Suffolk
Suffolk County Council is to launch a trial scheme to remove vehicles that are blocking highways resurfacing work. The move comes following repeated issues with vehicles across Suffolk that have been left in roads where works are scheduled, despite advance warnings they were due to take place. This has led to the cancellation of entire […]
Potholes backlog soars as Shropshire struggles to keep up
Shropshire Council, which maintains more than 3,100 miles of roads in the county, says it is fullys aware of the unprecedented backlog of pothole repairs and has had extra highways teams out across the area in recent weeks. More than 2,100 road defects were reported to the authority in January, almost triple the 799 logged […]
Triplex Traffic Management suffer equipment theft
Essex-based Triplex Traffic Management have had £6000 worth of equipment stolen last weekend. In a LinkedIn post seen by Highways News, Head of Business Development Dale Chenery said: “We have had a whole setup stolen from Milton Keynes between 1600 Fri 13 February-0900 Mon 16 February .I have not put this on until we had […]