Joined up data solution proves road safety benefits at LCRIG Innovation Festival
Visitors to the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) Innovation and Learning Festival near Warwick have seen first-hand how independent data sources can be fused together to make our roads safer. In this demonstration, led by Coventry City Council, roadworker safety was highlighted as HRS, SRL, Ohmio and Transport for West Midlands showed how alerts […]
Podcast: Revolution on the road: Game-changing machine debuts at LCRIG Innovation Festival, plus expert insights on funding, safety and smarter data
A truly groundbreaking road maintenance machine makes its debut on today’s Highways Voices, while we get advice on innovation and funding from a leading local authority and hear a call to action on a new way of managing data. We’re at the Innovation Festival in Warwickshire, which is an event for industry leaders and professionals […]
Multevo launches and demonstrates Recycle, Rejuvenate, Repair machine at Innovation Festival
Highways maintenance specialist Multevo has launched an in situ recycling patch repair system for local roads, demonstrating it to delegates at the LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival in Warwickshire. Capable of achieving 150 square metres of repairs per day on average without the need for virgin materials, the system features regenerative technology which mills, rejuvenates […]
“The sky’s the limit” for apprentices recognised at DfT Special Recognition Awards
The Department for Transport’s Head of Road Infrastructure Technology will praise the next generation of highways professionals when he addresses the winners of the inaugural DfT Special Recognition Inspirational Apprentice Awards. Darren Capes, who is also Senior Vice President of the Institute of Highway Engineers will introduce the awards ceremony held during the 2025 LCRIG […]
Six contracts awarded on National Highways SPaTS3 framework
An AtkinsRéalis Jacobs Joint Venture, Ove Arup & Partners, Amey, Arcadis, Costain and WSP have been appointed to the £495 million Specialist Professional and Technical Service 3 (SPaTS3) Framework from National Highways. The six year contracts are for these suppliers to provide road transport-related technical consultancy, engineering advice, research and innovation services. These will include, […]
Bus Users UK responds to new report on Local Bus Services in England
Bus Users UK’s Director for England, Lydia Horbury, has welcomed a new report from the National Audit Office on behalf of the Department for Transport, and the accompanying statement from the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, on Local Bus Services In England. The report found ;ocal bus services in England have continued to decline and […]
Sandwell Council celebrates public satisfaction around road maintenance
Residents of Sandwell in the West Midlands have been found to be twice as satisfied as the average person when it comes to the quality of their local roads. Research by MEL found the percentage of residents satisfied with road maintenance in Sandwell is more than double the local government benchmark, while the National Highways […]
Newham Council hails “major milestone” in highway improvement
More than 75 miles of Newham’s highways have been resurfaced in the past decade under what its council calls one of London’s most ambitious road renewal projects. A report on the borough’s infrastructure says that since its launch in 2016, the Keeping Newham Moving programme has seen investment averaging £10 million a year spent on […]
Record local authority attendance expected at next week’s LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival
The LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival next week is set to be the biggest yet, with record-breaking attendance from local authorities across the UK. More than 320 attendees from over 90 local authorities have registered, sending senior decision makers and representatives from England, Scotland, Wales and North Ireland. In addition to this local authority presence, […]
New technologies could reduce closures and enhance safety on road network
The Structures’ Moonshot Project, initiated by National Highways and led by AtkinsRéalis and Jacobs, has concluded the initial phases of its investigation into non-destructive testing (NDT) technologies and revealed its findings to more than 200 international industry delegates. The results demonstrate how state-of-the-art technologies could now be deployed on the network’s ageing infrastructure to reveal […]