Norfolk’s roads to get miles of improvements to prevent potholes
Norfolk County Council’s annual spring and summer road surface dressing programme started this week and will see Norfolk’s roads get a new seal to help prevent potholes forming and extending the life of roads with a new skid-resistant surface to reduce the risk of accidents. The work continues through until September, to take advantage of the […]
Major Tamworth highways scheme completed ahead of schedule
A major £1.2 million highways improvement scheme in Tamworth has been completed two weeks ahead of schedule. The Staffordshire County Council scheme at Aldergate and Upper Gungate took just over seven weeks to complete all of the planned works. It saw the reconstruction and resurfacing of the road between Lichfield Street and Comberford Road along […]
£125m plan agreed to improve West Yorkshire’s roads
Approximately 450 miles of road – 8% of the road network in West Yorkshire – will be repaired and protected, alongside wider highways works, under a new plan to invest £125m over the next two years. The new plan and its associated funding was approved by regional leaders at a full West Yorkshire Combined Authority […]
6,000 on-street and community EV charge points for Suffolk
Suffolk County Council, in partnership with charge point operator (CPO) Believ, will deliver around 6,000 new public electric vehicle (EV) charge points across the county to support residents make the transition to EVs. The county council has made this project possible with a successful £5.3m bid to the government’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund, […]
QuikSTATS awarded National Highways contract to provide underground utility search data
QuikSTATS has won a National Highways contract to provide its underground utilities mapping service.From this month, the QuikSTATS service will be rolled out to all teams involved in design and groundworkoperations across National Highways’ 4,500 miles of motorways and major A roads. The contract is worth up to £9m and will run for three years, […]
ITS UK announces delegation to Intertraffic 2026
ITS UK, the industry association for the UK transport technology sector, has announced that it will be running a UK pavilion at Intertraffic 2026. Intertraffic Amsterdam takes place from 10 to 13 March 2026 and is one of the leading global business and government gatherings on smart mobility, infrastructure, traffic management, road safety and parking. […]
Transport Scotland 1 Dundee 0: New stadium plans delayed due to traffic management issue
Transport Scotland has become embroiled in a public feud with Dundee FC chief executive John Nelms after he accused them of holding up the club’s plans for a new stadium. The agency has called out the Tayside club’s managing director after he slammed them for wearing out his patience and said he had personally written […]
Widow of man killed on Smart Motorway issues call for action
Campaigner Claire Mercer, whose husband was killed on the M1 near Sheffield in 2019, has appealed for assistance in “ridding” the UK of Smart Motorways. In an emotive letter sent to the UK’s transport media, she calls for a new plan of action to bring about a “quicker end” to Smart Motorways. “The latest Progress […]
TfL begins second phase of work to improve safety and accessibility in Nine Elms
TfL will soon start the next phase of works to transform Nine Elms Lane and Battersea Park Road, upgrading bus stops and making it easier and safer for people to walk and cycle in the area, as well as making the area more resilient to climate change. Nine Elms is an area of growth for London […]
Beaming up in latest phase of £23m motorway bridge replacement works
Eight steel beams have been lifted into place as part of a £23m scheme to replace a National Highways bridge in Greater Manchester. The beams, each pair weighing up to 65 tonnes, were installed as part of the latest phase of work to replace St Anne’s Road Bridge in Denton, which crosses the M67. The […]