Essex campaign challenges young drivers to rethink speeding
A new campaign created by the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) is challenging young drivers to rethink their attitudes towards speed. As reported by Road Safety GB, There Are No Respawns uses gaming-inspired content to highlight the potentially life-changing consequences of a split-second decision behind the wheel. Launching across Essex cinemas, social media and digital […]
WJ Group opens two new depots to support business growth
Road marking and highway safety specialists WJ Group,has opened two new depots near Chesterfield and Stoke to support the continued growth and expansion of the business. The investment forms part of WJ’s ongoing expansion strategy, increasing operational capacity, enhancing regional support for customers, and providing dedicated facilities for specialist areas of the business. The new […]
Shropshire Council to begin Pontesbury highway improvement works
Shropshire Council will be carrying out two highway improvement schemes in Pontesbury this summer to improve pedestrian facilities, enhance road safety for residents, businesses and visitors, and improve highway drainage. The first scheme will take place on Hall Bank from 24 August to 4 September, involving footway improvement works. The second scheme will take place […]
Torbay’s energy-saving upgrade to streetlight network ahead of schedule
The upgrade of Torbay’s streetlights to cut energy bills and carbon output is making good progress. A new system is being installed allowing engineers to manage the lights more efficiently. Engineers will see real-time data from the lights and will be able to better control, monitor and maintain the network. This, along with new energy-efficient LED lights will mean big savings in energy use, cutting costs and carbon emissions says […]
New Industry Guidance Published on Managing ‘Determined Vehicles’ in Roadworks
The Supply Chain Safety Leadership Group’s Incursions Working Group, in collaboration with the Traffic Management Contractors Association (TMCA), has published new guidance entitled “Guidance on Additional Measures for Determined Vehicles”. The document, which is now available to the industry at TMCA.org.uk, sets out a practical framework for protecting temporary traffic management (TTM) operations from vehicles that […]
GRAHAM secures final contract for £323 million Didcot roads scheme
Oxfordshire County Council has appointed GRAHAM to deliver the Didcot to Culham River crossing section of the £323 million Didcot and surrounding areas major infrastructure (HIF1) scheme. It is the third and final construction contract to be awarded for this scheme where VolerFitzpatrick and AECOM have also landed deals, reports Construction Enquirer. The Didcot to […]
Work to begin on second phase of Darlington walking and cycling route
Construction work on the second phase of a walking and cycling improvement scheme in Darlington is set to begin, following delays to the project. According to the BBC, the latest stage of the scheme will extend the existing route along Woodland Road from the Hollyhurst Road junction to Deneside Road, near Tennis Dene, while introducing […]
‘Mammal ledges’ installed beneath A421 improvement scheme
Small mammal ledges have been installed beneath the A421 improvement scheme to help wildlife safely pass under the new dual carriageway. National Highways has added raised pathways within several culverts between the Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire and the Caxton Gibbet roundabout in Cambridgeshire, creating dry routes for animals to move through the drainage structures […]
Bus Users UK highlights cross-party momentum behind bus reform in Scotland
Following last week’s Scottish election results, Bus Users UK has analysed the bus policy commitments set out across the political party manifestos. Bus Users UK said with no party securing an outright majority, the SNP administration led by John Swinney is expected to rely on support from other parties including Scottish Labour, the Scottish Greens, […]
TfL delivers faster junction upgrade with Plus+ Advantage from Yunex Traffic
As part of a junction improvement programme at the intersection of the A41, Hendon Way and The Vale in the London Borough of Barnet, Yunex Traffic supplied, installed and commissioned a 56-aspect traffic signal and control solution for Transport for London. The new intersection features Yunex Traffic’s Plus+ solution and was delivered using the company’s innovative […]