Rest and Be Thankful: A83 to remain open via Old Military Road
Due to the forecast for heavy rain over the weekend, BEAR Scotland will be opening the Old Military Road, as a precaution, from 8pm on Friday 23 May to allow road users travelling along the A83 Rest and Be Thankful to continue their journeys safely. Traffic is expected to return to the A83 trunk road […]
Highways improvements in Uttoxeter to start on Tuesday
A highways improvement scheme to resurface a road in Uttoxeter will be carried out next week. This Staffordshire County Council highways project – starting on Tuesday 27 May – will see crews work on the B5027 Stone Road at its junction with Springfield Road to The Dove Church. Crews will also be carrying out repairs […]
Winners of ADEPT awards 2025 announced
The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) has announced the winners of the annual President’s Awards, recognising the outstanding achievements of members and partners across the country. Held at One Whitehall Place in London, the event marked the end of current President Ann Carruthers’ tenure of the association. She is succeeded […]
Waabi CEO sees success in simulation and wants AV industry to disclose safety data
At Uber Freight’s recent Carrier Summit, Waabi CEO Raquel Urtasun laid out the autonomous trucking technology’s path toward deploying fully driverless trucks by the end of 2025. Waabi is approaching this task by building for scale, safety and efficiency, she said. That marks a departure from expensive, slow-moving strategies that have dominated the autonomous vehicle […]
Clearway announces Phil Doyle as Group Chief Executive Officer
Clearway Group thas announced a leadership transition, with Phil Doyle, the Group’s new CEO, assumeing responsibility for the day-to-day management of the business, succeeding Peter Eglinton, Group Executive Chairman, who has successfully led the organisation through a significant period of growth and transformation over the past two years. Phil joins Clearway with more than 20 […]
Solar savings for Dorset’s highways
Dorset Council is feeling the benefit of the sun after installing solar panels on its highways depots in Charminster, Ferndown and Wareham. Since the installations in 2022, the Council has saved approximately £54,000 a year in energy costs and significantly reduced the highways team’s carbon emissions. The three schemes were part of a programme to install […]
‘Powerful’ new long-term TfL research shows 20mph speed limits save lives on London’s road
Compelling new TfL research has shown that the number of people killed and seriously injured on borough roads in London reduced by 34 per cent following the implementation of the 20mph speed limit between 1989 and 2013. The report, the first of its scale in London, analyses more than 150 20mph schemes between 1989 and […]
Edinburgh councillors agree 10-year prioritisation programme for City Mobility Plan
An ambitious prioritisation programme for projects under the City Mobility Plan (CMP), over the next decade, has been agreed by Edinburgh Councillors. This programme effectively manages existing resources to continue to deliver on the city’s CMP objectives to: Over 70 projects are set to be taken forward, including: Over 50 projects are recommended to be paused, the […]
Long-awaited A30 to St Austell link road becomes a reality
A new road linking St Austell, Cornwall, to the A30, taking heavy traffic away from clay country communities and supporting employment, housing and regeneration in the area, is now open. The 3.9-mile single carriageway road, with new junctions to provide local access, connects the A391 at Singlerose Roundabout in Stenalees with the A30 at Victoria. […]
Essex roads get £25m Priority One tidy-up
Nearly 2,000 drainage, vegetation and signage improvements have been delivered across Essev. £25 million worth of improvements have been made in addition to usual highways maintenance. The single largest investment in Essex Highways has resulted in thousands of fixes to overgrown vegetation, tired signage, damaged drains and broken bollards. The £25 million Priority One programme […]