UK roads set for busiest August Bank Holiday Monday since 2015
Next week’s August Bank Holiday is expected to be the busiest in nine years with an estimated 19.2m leisure journeys by car as drivers go ‘day trip crazy’, new research from the RAC shows.* Saturday 24 August is set to be the busiest on the roads with 3.7m getaway trips planned, slightly ahead of the 3m journeys […]
DfT Special Recognition Awards: one week to nominations deadline
There is just one week left to nominate outstanding organisations and individuals making a difference in the highways and transport technology sector. The 2024 DfT Special Recognition Awards are your chance to celebrate and acknowledge those who have gone the extra mile to drive change and innovation in our industry. Nominations close on Friday 23 […]
MP presses Government for compensation for businesses affected by M4 bridge closure
Newly-elected MP for Thornbury and Yate in Gloucestershire, Claire Young, has written to a Government minister calling for support for local businesses impacted by the ongoing closure of the A432 Badminton Road bridge after it emerged that demolition is now not expected to start for another six months. The bridge crosses the M4 near the […]
Pembroke crash one day before new traffic lights switched on
The A477 near Pembroke was closed for over an hour last week following a two-vehicle collision at the exact spot where new traffic lights were due to be switched on the following day. A spokesperson for Dyfed-Powys Police reported, “Dyfed-Powys Police received a report of a two-vehicle road traffic collision on the A477 near Nash […]
V2X/C2X: US government picks up the pace for connected cars
The much-touted “cooperative intelligent transportation systems”, in which cars communicate wirelessly with each other and with the traffic infrastructure on the road, for example, are to be increasingly implemented in the USA. Advocates of greater road safety have been praising the potential of such systems for “vehicle-to-everything” communication (V2X) or “car-to-car communication” (C2X) for years. So far, […]
Law firm seeking to recover M25 climate protest costs
Britain’s biggest law firm has sought more than £1m from climate protesters to cover the cost of court orders banning them from protesting, an investigation has found. According to the Guardian, the multibillion-pound City law firm DLA Piper has been trying to recover costs from activists for work done on behalf of National Highways Limited […]
Could driverless trucks’ biggest obstacle be the legal system?
The driverless trucking revolution will start with a whimper this year and, if Aurora Innovation Inc. is successful, it will stay that way. Aurora is still committed to begin operating autonomous 18-wheelers hauling cargo on a 200-mile run between its terminals near Dallas and Houston by the end of December or perhaps earlier, says Bloomberg. While other […]
Keltbray announces strategic sale of Infrastructure Services business
Keltbray, a specialist engineering contractor in the construction sector, has completed the sale of its Infrastructure Services Limited (KISL) business to EMK Capital, a global private equity firm. This strategic transaction supports Keltbray’s focus on its core business areas while positioning KISL for continued growth under new ownership. EMK Capital brings the financial resources and […]
Recommendations made for 17 East and West Midlands road projects
Plans for 17 new roadwork schemes across the Midlands have been put forward to the government. Midlands Connect has made recommendations for projects it believed would cut congestion and help create new jobs and homes. The suggested schemes cover the East and West Midlands in Birmingham, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, says […]
Isle of Man launches new transport strategy
A new transport strategy for the Isle of Man is set to include aims to reduce residents’ dependency on cars and decarbonise the travel network. The Department of Infrastructure has asked for views on the nine principles underpinning a national programme, which was listed in the government’s blueprint Island Plan. The BBC reports that the […]
