Banbury: Work starts in January to improve bus journeys and pedestrian access
Work to give Banbury residents better travel choices along the town’s Cherwell Street will begin in early January. Oxfordshire County Council is leading work to widen traffic lanes and make improvements to traffic signals to make bus journeys through Banbury town centre more reliable, while creating safer crossings at key junctions for pedestrians. Councillor Judy […]
Breedon Group reports ‘resilient performance’ despite sustained market challenges
Breedon Group plc has issued a trading update for the 10 months to 31 October 2025. When compared to the same period in 2024, revenue for the first 10 months increased 9% and for the four months to 31 October increased 12%, assisted by contributions from acquisitions, the company says. On a like-for-like1 basis revenue […]
Road Safety Week: London Councils urges government to act on surge in illegal e-bikes and unsafe batteries
London Councils is urging the government to introduce urgent secondary legislation to crack down on the growing sale of unsafe e-bikes, conversion kits, and uncertified lithium-ion batteries in Road Safety Week. Boroughs, which manage 95 per cent of London’s roads, warn that while e-bikes play a vital role in helping Londoners travel more sustainably, the […]
Road Safety Week: Emergency response to Northern Ireland RTCs captured on film
Northern Ireland’s Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins is urging everyone to take care on the roads ahead of the release of a series of social media videos, which portrays what happens at the scene of a serious crash. Each film looks at the crash scene from the perspective of firefighters, paramedics and police officers as they […]
Birmingham sets wheels in motion for eight-year, £1bn highways deal
Birmingham City Council has opened the bid race for multiple places on a framework deal, as reported by Highways News in May, to deliver new highways and infrastructure work worth around £1bn over eight years. Construction Enquirer reports that the Highways and Infrastructure Works Framework will be used to deliver road, public realm and utilities […]
DfT developing National Transport Analysis Platform
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it is developing a National Transport Analysis Platform (NTAP) for modelling transport scenarios. DfT have awarded Arup a three-year contract worth up to £5 million for a project that is aimed at streamlining modelling processes to support policy making. According to the contract award notice: “The primary […]
UK bus drivers’ demand for dignity on November World Toilet Day
Research by Unite the union has found over half of UK bus routes have no toilets available for drivers. Unite undertook the research to mark World Toilet Day by looking at 420 routes operated by FirstBus, Stagecoach, Arriva, Lothian Buses, National Express, Plymouth Buses, Translink, Coastliner and Go-Ahead. It found that 222 out of the […]
Waymo to launch robotaxi service in five more US cities
Waymo has announced that its driverless robotaxis are coming to five new cities: Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando and San Antonio. The company currently operates autonomous robotaxis in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco. The Robot Report says that Waymo is in the process of removing human safety drivers in Miami from this week and […]
Monmouthshire advertises for new Head of Flooding
Monmouthshire County Council has advertised on its website for a new Head of Highways and Flooding – a £62,647.00-£67,918.00 job which aims to put “residents’ needs at the forefront of highways and flooding decisions,” according to the Abergavenny Chronicle.The advert says: “This is a new senior leadership role at the heart of our organisation. You’ll […]
Hertfordshire’s A414 viaducts repairs completed in only six weeks saving £1m
Hertfordshire County Council has announced the completion of the refurbishment of two major viaducts on the A414 between Stanstead Abbotts and Harlow. The works, which started on 15 September 2025, were completed ahead of schedule on 19 October 2025. The repairs were made in a third of the time that was originally planned which reduced […]