Balfour Beatty appoints Joanna Vezey as Managing Director of UK Highways business
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has today announced the appointment of Joanna Vezey who will join the Group in December 2025 as Managing Director of its UK Highways business. Joanna has over 25 years’ experience in the civil engineering and construction sectors, having joined Balfour Beatty as a Graduate. She returns to the company […]
ITS UK brings the sector to Labour Party Conference to demonstrate innovative transport technology
Intelligent Transport Systems UK (ITS UK) has held its ‘Transport Tech Showcase’, displaying the innovation and dynamism of the sector to policymakers, at the Labour Party Conference. Taking place at Labour Party Conference, the Transport Tech Showcase demonstrated five innovative companies, Kapsch, Yunex Traffic, Intelligent Instruments, Trainline and Smart Applications Management. The organisations displayed real-world […]
Westcotec strengthens road safety offering with new standard temperature monitoring feature
Westcotec, the UK-based provider of intelligent road safety signage, has announced that temperature monitoring technology will now be included as standard across its product range. This new functionality enables Westcotec’s vehicle-activated signs to make automatic adjustments to their activation speed thresholds in response to changing weather conditions. This enhanced safety feature is being offered at […]
£384m South Wales highways deal to go out to tender in 2026
The South Wales Trunk Road Agent (SWTRA), hosted by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, has announced the launch of a procurement process for a £384m highways framework covering trunk roads across South Wales. The four-year deal is due to begin in April 2027, says Construction News. Carmarthenshire County Council and Monmouthshire County Council will […]
Westminster council launches multi-app parking platform
Westminster Council have announced the launch of London’s first multi-app parking scheme offering greater choice for drivers. The platform will benefit residents as operating costs shift to consumers, saving taxpayers £1.2million a year and unlocking new funds to improve local transport links. There will be also be more competition as drivers can choose between apps, […]
Cormac celebrates major wins at the 2025 CIRIA BIG Biodiversity Challenge Awards
Cormac have won awards at the CIRIA BIG Biodiversity Challenge Awards for the fourth time, following previous successes in 2019, 2022, and 2023. The Biodiversity Challenge Awards encourage the construction industry to ‘go BIG for nature’ by putting biodiversity at the centre of projects, delivering beyond normal business practice and compliance with applicable legislation, such […]
Catch the Bus Month 2025’s grand finale
To mark the final day of Bus Users UK’s Catch the Bus Month, Lincolnshire County Council hosted a unique, one-day exhibition of a series of photographs taken at bus stops and on bus routes throughout Lincolnshire. The exhibition took place inside the buses themselves at Temple Gardens, Lincoln and was the culmination of a month-long […]
Heathrow produces video on how to upgrade the UK’s busiest motorway and keep motorists on the move
Heathrow has revealed how it can deliver a brand-new tunnel and bridges for the M25 while keeping motorists on the move during construction of a third runway. The new future-proofed section will be built ‘offline’ on land 130 metres to the west of today’s motorway, keeping construction separate from daily commuters. Traffic will then be […]
Gwent: Road closed after manhole covers are “removed”
Old Crumlin Road in Pontypool was closed yesterday after manhole covers were found to have been removed. Gwent Police confirmed they were informed by Torfaen Council at around 10.15am that two covers had been taken up, creating a safety concern for pedestrians, said the South Wales Argus. The closure was put in place between Woodland Park and […]
Peterborough busts roadworks myths
Peterborough City Council has published some mythbusting facts around the controversial topic of roadworks. Myth – The council is often criticised for the number of roadworks projects taking place in the city and asked why works sometimes take place at the same time, rather than being spaced out. Fact – Many of the highways projects that the […]