Prepare your business for challenges and opportunities with the Safety in Highways Report 2025
With a new government in place, fresh initiatives tackling recruitment shortages, and cutting-edge technology creating opportunities for more streamlined, efficient, and safer worksites, the highways industry is continuing to evolve and adapt to new challenges. The Re-flow Safety in Highways Report 2025 compiles news and innovation highlights from last year, offering a snapshot into industry […]
Costain marks 160th anniversary with volunteering drive
Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, is marking its 160th anniversary in 2025 by donating a record number of volunteering days to improve people’s lives through transforming career prospects and supporting community projects across the UK. Around 7,000 volunteer days will be used by Costain’s people this year to help organisations including Business in the Community […]
Skanska leads new update on asphalt reuse guidance
Infrastructure engineers at Skanska have led an update to an essential guide for the road surfacing and maintenance industry in the UK. Andy Simms, materials engineering manager, and Max Townsend, senior waste and resources manager, contributed to the update of the Managing Reclaimed Asphalt guidance to ensure it meets current legislation, according to Construction Management. The guide […]
Wellbeing on Wheels: All aboard the positivity bus
Drivers, Engineers, and Support Teams for Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire’s biggest bus operator have been encouraged to get on board a specially decorated bus and ride into the new year in a positive state of mind. Stagecoach East’s Wellbeing on Wheels (WoW) Bus is touring its four depots, which serve the region, encouraging colleagues to start […]
Kent: Consultation launches on improvements to the A229 Blue Bell Hill
Kent County Council (KCC) has today launched its second public consultation on proposals to improve one of the county’s worst roads for congestion and road safety, the A229 Blue Bell Hill. With future housing developments in the area, and the proposed Lower Thames Crossing, traffic issues are expected to worsen which need to be addressed. […]
Welcome to Dottingham: Dott announced as e-scooter operator for Nottingham
Nottingham City Council has announced the re-launch of e-scooters across the city, with Dott chosen to operate the scheme. The striking blue and red e-scooters are approved by DfT and are used in other UK cities such as Bristol and Milton Keynes. The e-scooters are expected to be on the streets in early spring 2025 and will […]
Shropshire CC launches road safety education programme for primary schools
Shropshire Council’s sustainable travel team has launched ‘Our Journey’ – an engaging new virtual road safety education programme for primary schools across the county. Designed to empower students with essential safety skills for independent and sustainable travel, the programme combines creativity, technology, and local collaboration to make road safety education more accessible and fun than […]
Consultation opens on proposed A10 road crossing
Residents are being invited to have their say about a proposed new crossing of the A10 bypass, to the southwest of Ely, where it connects with the A142 Witchford Road. A public consultation on the proposals opens today, Wednesday 22 January 2025 from 12.00pm midday, and closes at 11.59pm on Wednesday 5 March 2025. The […]
Worcestershire on-demand bus services expand further
The Worcestershire On-Demand bus services in Bromsgrove and surrounding areas and Malvern Hills have been expanded, improving the reach of the already successful services even further. The services, which enable people to book a bus to pick them up and take them to a location anywhere within the zone and some key places outside of […]
Starmer to curb ‘Nimby’ legal blocks on infrastructure
Major infrastructure projects such as nuclear power stations, railway lines, road expansions and wind farms will be built faster under new planning rules, the government has pledged. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Nimby (Not in My Back Yard) “blockers” of major infrastructure projects will have fewer chances “to frustrate growth” through repeated legal challenges, […]