Hundreds of miles of roadworks to be lifted to make Bank Holiday journeys smoother for drivers
National Highways will lift more than 500 miles of roadworks to ease journeys for thousands of motorists travelling over the August 2024 Bank Holiday. Almost 97% of the network will be free from roadworks over the long weekend, with 512 miles of works lifted, as motorists travel across the country to enjoy the last of […]
New South Wales “leading on driverless safety technology”
Self-driving robotic vehicles are communicating with traffic lights on the streets of Sydney, Australia, as part of an ITS trial led by the University of Sydney and Transport for NSW (TfNSW) that positions the state as a global leader in road safety innovation. The trial was showcased at the ITS Summit in Sydney, with delegates […]
Southend councillor vows to continue average speed camera campaign
A councillor in Essex will not give up on his campaign until average speed cameras on a busy Southend street are put in place. In March last year Southend Council agreed to the installation of average speed cameras in Eastern Avenue from its junction with Hamstel Road to its junction with Sutton Road, says the Southend Echo. […]
Norfolk set for 11 weeks of A11 disruption
National Highways are to carry out repairs on a section of the concrete surface on the A11 between Thickthorn Interchange and Tuttles Lane Interchange in south Norfolk. Work will start on Tuesday 27 August and will last approximately 11 weeks between 8pm and 6am on weeknights only, weather permitting. The A11 between Thickthorn Interchange and […]
UK roads set for busiest August Bank Holiday Monday since 2015
Next week’s August Bank Holiday is expected to be the busiest in nine years with an estimated 19.2m leisure journeys by car as drivers go ‘day trip crazy’, new research from the RAC shows.* Saturday 24 August is set to be the busiest on the roads with 3.7m getaway trips planned, slightly ahead of the 3m journeys […]
DfT Special Recognition Awards: one week to nominations deadline
There is just one week left to nominate outstanding organisations and individuals making a difference in the highways and transport technology sector. The 2024 DfT Special Recognition Awards are your chance to celebrate and acknowledge those who have gone the extra mile to drive change and innovation in our industry. Nominations close on Friday 23 […]
MP presses Government for compensation for businesses affected by M4 bridge closure
Newly-elected MP for Thornbury and Yate in Gloucestershire, Claire Young, has written to a Government minister calling for support for local businesses impacted by the ongoing closure of the A432 Badminton Road bridge after it emerged that demolition is now not expected to start for another six months. The bridge crosses the M4 near the […]
Pembroke crash one day before new traffic lights switched on
The A477 near Pembroke was closed for over an hour last week following a two-vehicle collision at the exact spot where new traffic lights were due to be switched on the following day. A spokesperson for Dyfed-Powys Police reported, “Dyfed-Powys Police received a report of a two-vehicle road traffic collision on the A477 near Nash […]
V2X/C2X: US government picks up the pace for connected cars
The much-touted “cooperative intelligent transportation systems”, in which cars communicate wirelessly with each other and with the traffic infrastructure on the road, for example, are to be increasingly implemented in the USA. Advocates of greater road safety have been praising the potential of such systems for “vehicle-to-everything” communication (V2X) or “car-to-car communication” (C2X) for years. So far, […]
Law firm seeking to recover M25 climate protest costs
Britain’s biggest law firm has sought more than £1m from climate protesters to cover the cost of court orders banning them from protesting, an investigation has found. According to the Guardian, the multibillion-pound City law firm DLA Piper has been trying to recover costs from activists for work done on behalf of National Highways Limited […]