Oxfordshire: New scheme to minimise impact of disruptive roadworks approved
The length of time spent on roadworks and when they take place is to be targeted now that Oxfordshire County Council has been given government permission to introduce a lane rental scheme (LRS). Utility firms such as water, electricity, gas, broadband providers, plus developers and other companies often intervene on road networks in Oxfordshire and […]
Costain joins Eastern Highways Alliance Framework
Costain has been selected to deliver the next generation of road upgrades as part of the Eastern Highways Alliance (EHA) Framework, EHF4. The Framework covers a range of civil engineering and construction works across the EHA road network, including highways improvements such as road surfacing and asset management, and infrastructure works involving bridges, subways and […]
Arup director on delivering UK growth corridors for lasting prosperity
How do we plan and deliver the growth corridors the UK needs? Andrew Nothstine, Arup Director & UK Economics & Casemaking Leader, explains. For thousands of years, investment in connectivity has been a fundamental catalyst for driving growth, prosperity, and economic reinvention. The ancient Romans built more than 120,000km of roads across Europe, North Africa, […]
Smart Motorways protests: National Highways responds
National Highways have issued a response to last week’s protest by the Smart Motorways Kill campaign, amid calls for Department for Transport to release smart motorway impact reports. A National Highways spokesperson said: “Safety is our number one priority, and we’re doing everything in our control to reduce deaths and serious injuries on our network. […]
Ombudsman criticises how TfL changed its ULEZ scrappage schemes
Transport for London has been criticised for the way it has run two significant vehicle scrappage schemes. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found TfL made changes to the schemes without following due process or informing the public. This meant people have spent time applying, unaware their vehicles were no longer eligible. The […]
CIHT honours Prof Chris Whitty
Professor Chris Whitty KCB FRS FMedSci has been awarded the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation’s (CIHT) highest honour and made an Honorary Fellow of the Institution after giving the annual CIHT Learned Society Lecture in Central London focusing on ‘Transport and Health’ last week. Professor Chris Whitty is Chief Medical Officer for England, the […]
Street lighting upgrades on A82 Achintore Road
BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland, are set to carry out street lighting upgrades on the A82 Achintore Road in Fort William from today. Works will be carried out Monday to Friday between the hours of 9:30am and 4pm and are expected to be completed by Friday 13 March 2026. To ensure the safety […]
Welsh Government report backs new road for North Wales village whose £14m bypass was scrapped
A Welsh Government study has recommended a relief road for a clogged village which had its bypass plan scrapped four years ago. North Wales Live says that For years Llanbedr in Gwynedd has suffered from traffic chaos during busy periods. A £14m bypass was given the go-ahead in March 2020. But it was then scrapped in November 2021 following […]
TfL reveals one person owes £107,000 in unpaid fines
Transport for London (TfL) has revealed the highest single offender for both ULEZ and the Congestion Charge from January to September this year after a member of the public submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. For the Congestion Charge it is reported that a Renault driver owes a £56,580 for 270 unpaid Penalty Charge Notices (PCN), […]
TomTom’s Head of AI explores how mapping will benefit from optimizing the growing technology
TomTom‘s Head of AI Ferenc Szeli has explained how the company uses the technology, what makes it so useful and how its application ultimately leads to better products, an improved experience and more value for customers in a fascinating video that you can watch HERE. In the video Szeli says that AI is not new […]