Staffordshire highlights its approach to road repair and maintenance
Staffordshire County Council has published new information showing how it looks after the county’s roads, pavements, bridges, streetlights, traffic signals and drains. The report, which is the county council’s annual submission to government, explains the scale of the highways network, how road problems are checked, and where money is being spent. In 2025/26, the council […]
Lower Thames Crossing: Highways Bill introduced to Parliament
Secretary of State for Transport Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP yesterday introduced the Highways (Financing) Bill to Parliament. The Bill makes provision for licences authorising the charging of tolls in return for securing works on trunk roads in England; about the functions of holders of licences; about enforcement; for a special administration regime for holders […]
Derbyshire seeking surface dressing contractor
Derbyshire County Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to deliver a programme of highways surface dressing and ancillary works across the county’s rural and urban road network, according to ProContract. The contract covers the provision of all labour, plant, materials, equipment, supervision and associated services necessary to undertake surface dressing […]
JustPark first UK parking app to let drivers find spaces using AI
JustPark has become the first UK parking app enabling drivers to search for parking spaces directly within ChatGPT, with other AI integrations to follow. The new integration allows drivers to use the AI platform to search JustPark’s network of more than 150,000 reservable parking spaces across the UK. Drivers can simply tell ChatGPT where and […]
Hamburg learns how to unlock more value from C-ITS data
A Proof of Concept (PoC) in Hamburg has demonstrated how TLEX – the Traffic Live Exchange platform – can help make more use of existing real-time traffic signal data. The City of Hamburg wanted to better understand what it could do with the C-ITS data already available in the city. Using real-time SPaT data from […]
IAM RoadSmart launches accreditation scheme to de-risk business driving
IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s largest road safety charity, has launched a professional accreditation programme designed to help organisations better understand and improve the way that they manage business driving risks. Built around recognised industry best practice and aligned with the latest Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) work-related road safety framework, the IAM RoadSmart […]
RSK Group acquires highways infrastructure contractor Mason Street Furniture
RSK Group has announced the acquisition of Mason Street Furniture (MSF), a nationwide highways infrastructure contractor specialising in street lighting, traffic signs and signals, highway technology systems, fibre networks, electric vehicle infrastructure and independent connections. The acquisition adds specialist highways electrical and technology capability across RSK’s transportation, infrastructure and energy transition markets, while creating opportunities […]
Report highlights continued investment in West Sussex’s highways network
West Sussex County Council (WSCC)has published a report that highlights the authority’s continued commitment and investment in the county’s highways, alongside the proactive and preventative approach being taken to look after and improve one of the county’s most important public assets. The report, which has been published on the council’s website, has been produced in response […]
TfL to make the capital’s transport services ‘more resilient, reliable and sustainable’
Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled its updated Corporate Environment Plan, which sets out how TfL will continue to take trailblazing action to improve air quality, reduce carbon emissions, adapt to climate change, enhance biodiversity, and use resources more sustainably across one of the world’s largest integrated transport networks. As one of London’s largest landowners […]
Norfolk: A11 to close as cranes lift in new bridge
A section of a major road in Norfolk will be fully closed in both directions next weekend while bridge beams are lifted in for a new link road. The A11 will be shut between the Thickthorn roundabout, south of Norwich, and Wymondham, between 20:00 BST on Friday 18 September and 06:00 on Monday 21 September, […]