New Active Travel hub plans are ‘box-ticking exercise’, say King’s Lynn councillors
The Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk has deferred plans for a new travel hub after councillors questioned its purpose and called it a “tick-box exercise”. The council had originally been recommended to approve a 236-space car park on the southern edge of the town, as part of a £4.1m scheme to improve […]
Women in Bus and Coach unveils blue plaque honouring founder Louise Cheeseman OBE
Women in Bus and Coach (WiBC) has unveiled a commemorative blue plaque in honour of its founder and transport industry leader Louise Cheeseman OBE (pictured, second right) at Hull Paragon Interchange. The plaque recognises Louise’s outstanding contribution to the UK’s transport sector and celebrates a career that has seen her become one of the industry’s […]
Councillors warn closing M4 junctions would be “catastrophic” for Newport
Closing down M4 junctions around Newport, Gwent, would be “catastrophic” and “shift the problem” of motorway traffic onto the city’s roads, councillors have warned. There was nearly unanimous support for “proactive” opposition to any junction closures as the new Welsh Government reconsiders ways to fix M4 congestion, says News.Wales. To date, the government has not […]
REA reports 6% decline in the use of key preventative treatment in the first half of 2026
Data collected by the Road Emulsion Association (REA) on this year’s surface dressing season so far shows a 6% reduction in the preventative maintenance treatment compared to the same period last year. The reduction in surface dressing this year follows the government’s announcement of a record £7.3 billion handed to local authorities in England to […]
Warrington to spend almost £10 million on three new Active Travel routes
Warrington Borough Council has received a £9.4 million funding boost from the government’s ‘Local Regeneration Fund’. The grant will be used to deliver a package of improvements to reconnect settlements in North Warrington and improve community facilities, including new and improved Active Travel routes. The Warrington North package includes five separate projects grouped into three […]
£250,000 bus priority scheme approved for Pontypool
A £250,000 scheme will see traffic signals giving priority to buses installed on a road between two towns in South Wales where traffic is regularly reduced to a slow-moving crawl. Last year concerns were raised the six mile journey between Pontypool and Blaenavon along the A4043 can take up to an hour at peak periods, says Nation […]
National Highways to issue £8 billion roads upkeep reset tender
Britain’s biggest highways contractors are bracing themselves to compete for seven regional contracts as National Highways resets its approach to strategic roads upkeep. An invitation to tender for spots on the long-awited £8 billion Maintenance and Response 2 framework will go out next month paving the way for a major overhaul of how England’s 4,500-mile […]
AGD Systems launches AGD Connect to deliver the next generation of secure traffic technology
AGD Systems has announced the launch of AGD Connect, a new cloud platform designed to simplify secure access to intelligent traffic detection products while helping Highway Authorities meet evolving cyber security requirements. Developed in response to the introduction of the Cyber Resilience Act and new European harmonised cybersecurity standards for internet-connected radio equipment, AGD Connect […]
Balfour Beatty appointed to deliver £120 million Leeds Inner Ring Road Strategy
Balfour Beatty has been appointed by Leeds City Council as the sole contractor responsible for delivering the Leeds Inner Ring Road Strategy, a seven-year programme of maintenance, asset renewal and major structural improvements designed to safeguard one of the city’s most critical transport arteries for decades to come. The works, valued at up to £120 […]
Arcadis rebuffs second ‘unsolicited’ WSP bid offer
Arcadis has received a second ‘unsolicited, conditional and non-binding proposal’ from WSP Global Inc, regarding a potential offer for all issued and outstanding shares of Arcadis at a price of €51.5 per share in cash and WSP stock. Arcadis confirmed that WSP had returned with a revised bid after an initial €48.5 per share offer […]