National Highways asks drivers to give gritters space and time
Motorists are being urged to give gritters time and space to treat roads through the winter, as National Highways reveals five of its vehicles were struck by other vehicles while they were out and about spreading salt last winter. It says that compares to just one incident the year before and left each of the […]
New partnership launched to promote safety and efficiency of plant crossings
Mobile Intelligent Transport Systems supplier SRL Traffic Systems has established an exclusive hire partnership with the UK’s largest manufacturer and supplier of security gates, CLD Physical Security Systems, in a deal it says gives traffic managers of longer-term projects access to a pioneering haul route solution that promotes the safe and efficient plant crossing of […]
Groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of £22.68m Aurs Road transformation
Construction work to transform a road in East Renfrewshire is underway, with the road now closed for 12 months until December 2024. The groundbreaking ceremony at Aurs Road between Barrhead and Newton Mearns took place on 12January 2024, with East Renfrewshire Council Leader Owen O’Donnell meeting with civil engineering experts GRAHAM who have been appointed […]
TfL appoints Mercedes-Benz and Sopra Steria to co-develop transport solutions
Transport for London has announced that Mercedes-Benz AG and Sopra Steria have been successfully appointed as partners on its new Innovation Collaboration Framework. The four-year framework will look to directly address key transport challenges such as achieving sustainability, making public transport safer and helping services become more efficient and reliable. Mercedes-Benz AG is one of […]
ITS UK welcomes Call for Evidence on HOTA approval process for enforcement technology
The Government has launched a Call for Evidence on Home Office Type Approval (HOTA), the process by which enforcement technology is approved to ensure that evidence from devices can be admissible in UK courts without eye-witness corroboration. Industry body ITS UK says the Call for Evidence is a “significant win” for its “Let’s Get HOTA […]
Government plans digital Traffic Regulation Orders
The Roads Minister Guy Opperman has announced plans to make all Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) digital. The measures such as temporary speed limits or road closures have, until now, not automatically updated on digital systems, meaning they are sometimes missing from satnav systems. The Government will now mandate that valuable data, such as the location […]
TRL explains SRN asset management
TRL Software is hosting the latest in its series of informative webinars on 7 February, as it explains insights into the management of the road assets on England’s Strategic Road Network. England’s Strategic Road Network is 4,500 miles (7,250) kilometres in length and worth more than £80 billion. Early in 2023 TRL Software successfully rolled […]
A12 widening scheme approved
National Highways has been granted a Development Consent Order to widen the A12 to three lanes between junction 19 north of Chelmsford to the A120 intersection at junction 25 just south of Colchester. It says the granting of the DCO marks a significant step towards the future delivery of the “important road project”, which is […]
Safety group calls for more rigorous reporting of e-scooter collisons and injuries
The independent Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) is calling on the UK Government to tackle the continuing issues of what it calls unsafe e-scooter use by requiring better reporting of collisions and increasing the opportunities for casualty data to be collected. In a report on e-scooter casualties published today, PACTS points out that: […]
Government announces street works crackdown
The Government has announced what it calls a crackdown on disruptive roadworks which it says could cut congestion for millions of drivers and generate up to £100 million extra to resurface roads. It’s part of its plan for drivers announced last autumn, with Roads Minister, Guy Opperman, launching a street works consultation on a series of measures […]