Welsh Government announces essential road works for M4
A series of major road works and lane closures are set to begin on two separate sections of the M4 this summer. The road works between junctions 47 and 49 will take place from August to December. There will also be diversions in place between junctions 24 and 28 on the eastern side of the […]
Campaigners criticise New Forest camera decision
A man whose daughter’s ponies were killed on a notorious stretch of road in the New Forest has called a decision not to install speed cameras “the cheap option”. After an investigation into the potential effectiveness of cameras on Roger Penny Way in Hampshire, the County Council has decided that the road does not meet […]
Minister confirms TfL looking at pay-per-mile charging
London’s Mayor is looking into the technicalities of pay-as-you-drive charging across London. Transport Minister Richard Holden told the Commons that Sadiq Khan has asked Transport for London officials, including Deputy Mayor for Transport Seb Dance, to look into the “technicalities” of introducing the plan. The Guido Fawkes website order-order.com reports Mr Holden said in the […]
First 3D-printed headwall trialled on National Highways’ A30 road upgrade
The first-ever 3D-printed concrete headwall is being trialled as part of the construction process on National Highways’ A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade in Cornwall. National Highways explains that Headwall structures are traditionally made from precast concrete, utilising extensive steel reinforcement and limited in their shape, but the 3D printed curved headwall, which requires no […]
Scotland spending £1m on bike share schemes
The Scottish Government is supporting bike share schemes with £1m designed to enable access to a bike in an affordable, easy and convenient way. Delivered by Cycling UK, the Cycle Share Fund is designed to enable organisations to purchase cycles and equipment for schemes that provide people with access to a bike that they don’t […]
TRL Software successfully delivers new pavement management system for National Highways
TRL Software has successfully rolled out a new digital pavement asset management system for National Highways called P-AMS. The new P-AMS system is a customised version of TRL Software’s cloud-based digital product iROADS, which is a commercially available off-the-shelf platform designed for various infrastructure assets. It replaced National Highways’ existing 20-year-old HAPMS platform in early […]
TfL opens 10 new low traffic cycleways
Transport for London has launched ten new low traffic cycleways across the capital, the most TfL have ever opened at one time, designed to make it safer and easier for people to travel around London by bike. The new routes are the latest additions to a series that mainly use new low traffic local streets […]
The ethics of driverless vehicles discussed with Nick Reed on Highways Voices
“People did not want self driving vehicles to protect the occupants more than other road users,” Professor Nick Reed explains on this week’s Highways Voices podcast as he discusses how to program driverless cars ethically. “The participants in our survey and workshops are quite clear that other road users have not necessarily chosen to be exposed […]
National Highways looks for new A47 contractor
National Highways is looking for a new contractor to redevelop the A47/A11 Thickthorn junction near Norwich. A spokesperson has confirmed that, while “Galliford Try will continue to work with National Highways on the redevelopment of the A47/A11 Thickthorn junction, near Norwich, delivering a package of preconstruction works for the project,” the contract with the company […]
New Acusensus road safety technology trailer arrives in UK
Road safety company Acusensus taken delivery of the first of three new trailers for use in the UK which are equipped solutions to automatically detect people illegally using mobile phones at the wheel, or not wearing a seatbelt. The Australian-based company’s trailers and will be used to identify road users illegally using their mobile devices or not […]