Q-Free expands UK nationwide traffic monitoring
Smart city infrastructure company Q-Free has announced the initial deployment of its Kinetic® Counts software in the United Kingdom, with Worcestershire leading deployments among five local authorities with 62 sites. Counts will provide actionable insights on volume, road use, and safety data to detect traffic trends, influence funding and policies, and identify the need for […]
RECHARGE UK report sets out electrification roadmap
A new report from electric vehicle trade group RECHARGE UK provides a roadmap of how the industry can accelerate chargepoint deployment to keep up with the growth of EV sales in the UK. RECHARGE UK is the EV arm of the REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) and was previously known as the […]
Service station boss complains “red tape” is delaying fuel price cut
The CEO of the UK’s biggest motorway service station operator is complaining National Highways “red tape and bureaucracy over signage” is blocking his plans to cut fuel at his sites by 10-12p per litre. Moto Hospitality runs nearly 70 service stations across the motorway network, but Auto Express magazine reports it has been embroiled in […]
National Highways publishes video of wrong-way driver in A12 roadworks
National Highways has tweeted footage of a vehicle which drove through a stretch of roadworks on the A12 in Essex, only to turn around and drive against the traffic. In the clip, a black SUV enters the work site near Brentwood, before turning around and driving in the wrong direction. This follows footage of a […]
National Highways issues Net Zero update
National Highways has put out an update focusing on carbon to mark the second anniversary of the publication of its Net Zero Plan. This plan included targets to decarbonise the strategic road network. It says in the past 12 months, its seen a reduction in carbon across all three emission sectors. It’ll be giving details […]
Scottish Transport Secretary promises review of contract terms
Scotland’s transport secretary Màiri McAllan is promising to ‘urgently work on Transport Scotland’s contract terms’ to make them more favourable for future procurements on the dualling of the A9. She made the commitment at The Inverness Courier newspaper’s A9 Crisis Summit eent, after it was claimed that the terms and conditions of Transport Scotland’s contracts […]
Londoners need “carrot and stick” approach to give up their cars – report
A new report looking at how to convince people living in London to give up using their private cars suggests transport planners need to combine positive and negative incentives, and to make sure they’re well communicated, so it’s easy for people to compare costs and make choices. The Centre for London’s report says schemes like […]
Social value and recruiting future talent discussed on this week’s Highways Voices
When I go to site, I love it, and I just feel like I’m in a little sweet shop or something,” says National Highways Civil Engineer Abigail Filby on this week’s Highways Voices – “It is so fun, and you learn so much, and there’s so much experience on site.” Abigail and colleague Mitchell Mackenzie, […]
Skanska is LTC Kent roads preferred bidder
National Highways has announced that Skanska has been named the preferred bidder for the Kent Roads contract on the Lower Thames Crossing project. The Lower Thames Crossing is a proposed new road connecting Kent and Essex through the UK’s longest road tunnel. It is designed to tackle congestion at the 60-year-old Dartford Crossing, make journeys […]
VolkerHighways awarded A13 traffic management contract
VolkerHighways has been awarded a Road and Tunnel Network Incident Support Unit traffic management contract along part of the A13, on behalf of Road Management Services RMS (A13) Plc. The A13 links Central London with East London and South Essex. RMS (A13) Plc manage 16 miles (25km) of the network on behalf of Transport for […]