Tarmac announced as LCRIG Sustainability Partner for 2025
LCRIG have announced that Tarmac will be our official Sustainability Partner for 2025. This partnership builds on Tarmac’s longstanding membership with LCRIG and celebrates six years of collaboration, marking an exciting new chapter in the organisations’ relationship, focused on supporting local authorities in driving impactful progress in sustainability across the wider highways sector. Emma Hines, […]
Next phase of Reading’s biggest road Improvement programme set to begin
Over 100 residential roads will be resurfaced in Reading over the next 10 weeks as the Council continues with its biggest ever investment in new road surfaces. The next phase of an £8m investment over five years, which began in 2023, will see 106 residential roads resurfaced, beginning with Heatherden Close, Farrowdene Road and Byworth […]
Worksite access from a wider perspective
Zero-carbon barrier company Solar Gates UK has launched the SOSEC 200+, a fully solar-powered, portable barrier designed to secure worksite access points up to 7m wide. The new solution builds on a decade of proven reliability from the SOSEC range, trusted on major projects such as HS2 for its durability, efficiency, and security. Retaining the same trusted […]
Milestone Infrastructure secures several lots on Eastern Highways Alliance Framework 4
Milestone Infrastructure, a part of M Group Services, has re-secured a place on the Eastern Highways Alliance Framework 4 (EHA). Milestone has been awarded both Lot 2, for projects valued £5m -£30m and Lot 3, for projects valued over £30m. Re-securing its place on the EHA will see Milestone continue to deliver highways and infrastructure […]
TfL launches cheaper tolls for low-income Londoners
Thousands of London motorists are being given the chance to drive through the Silvertown and Blackwall tunnels for as little as 75p per trip.Drivers living in 13 east and south-east London boroughs can apply for a 50 per cent discount on the tolls – which start on April 7 – if they are on low incomes. According to the Evening Standard, […]
Chancellor backs Lower Thames Crossing
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves MP, has set out the government’s commitment to delivering the Lower Thames Crossing She said: “We will work with a private sector to deliver the infrastructure that our country desperately needs. This includes the Lower Thames Crossing which will improve connectivity at Dover, Felixstowe and Harwich, alleviating severe […]
Caernarfonshire: A5 collapse causes closure and diversions
Work is continuing on repairing a major North Wales road after it partially collapsed on Wednesday. On Tuesday afternoon Traffic Wales announced the closure of the A5, between Betws-y-Coed and Pentrefoelas, saying this was due to emergency works on the route and asked drivers to “avoid the area”. There were reports the road had collapsed. […]
Scottish Government “unlikely” to meet 2030 car use target
The Scottish Government has made minimal progress and is unlikely to meet its climate change target of reducing all car use, a highly critical report from auditors has said. The assessment comes despite John Swinney’s assurance last year that the 2030 target for reducing Scotland’s car kilometres by 20% can still be met, says IrishNews.com […]
TRL and WMG deliver recommended technical requirements for e-scooter regulation
TRL has produced a technical research paper commissioned by the DfT to support the development of regulations for e-scooters in the UK. The report, co-authored by WMG at the University of Warwick, sets out what the future technical requirements for e-scooters should be in order to optimise safety, sustainability and accessibility. The work focused on […]
UK car production at lowest level for 70 years
Car production in the UK has fallen almost to its lowest since 1954 last year, with some 779,584 units rolling off British production lines in 2024, 13.9 per cent down on 2023. Only during the unprecedented conditions of the pandemic and its associated lockdowns was activity at a lower ebb. It is a confirmation of the […]