Government urged to tackle engineering skills shortage through education drive
A new report endorsed by over 150 engineering leaders and celebrities, led by the Institution of Engineering and Technology is calling on government to help tackle the UK’s engineering skills shortage by embedding engineering into the current curriculum. The IET’s new Engineering Kids’ Futures (EKF) report – which includes signatories from the likes of Major […]
Waze in-built into car for first time
The Google-owned crowd-sourced navigation app Waze is being added automatically to cars with Google built-in. The new in-built app is rolled out on selected Renault vehicles, with drivers having all Waze real-time routing, navigation and alerts, plus settings, preferences and saved places, built into their car display. “As more drivers engage with in-car platforms, Waze […]
Yunex automates 58 tunnels in Belgium
Yunex Traffic has been awarded a contract to automate 54 tunnels with a total length of more than 7.6 km (nearly five miles) in Wallonia, the french-speaking southern part of Belgium. The company says using state-of-the-art technology, its solution will increase traffic safety for drivers and facilitate traffic management for tunnel and highway operators. With […]
EVs take largest share of new car sales
The UK new car market grew 23.5% in November to 142,889 registered units in the fourth consecutive month of year-on-year growth, with newly registered battery electric vehicles up 35.2% to represent more than one in five new cars. New figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show the growth delivered the best total […]
Enforcement expert Collins takes on new role with Acusensus
One of the UK’s pioneers of average speed camera technology, Geoff Collins, has taken on a new role with Australian AI camera technology company Acusensus. As General Manager, UK, he will lead the company’s expansion into the UK market, bringing tried-and-tested technology enabled solutions to detect, among other things, people illegally using mobile phones at […]
Milestone Infrastructure to deliver sustainable maintenance services for safer highways in Wiltshire
Milestone Infrastructure has been awarded a five-year contract to deliver local highways maintenance services to Wiltshire Council. This contract has a value of at least £80million. There is also the potential to extend the contract by another five years to 2032. It says its contract team will be “making Wiltshire’s highways more resilient” by maintaining […]
A9 dualling “challenging” – Minister
Scottish Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth says turning the A9 into a dual carriageway by 2025 remains “challenging” as pressure mounts on the Scottish Government to deliver rapid improvements over rising road deaths. 13 people have died on the 112-mile stretch between Perth and Inverness since July, which is the section due to be dualled. The […]
Valerann remotely deploys advanced traffic management system in Chile
Advanced traffic monitoring and data analytics company Valerann has successfully completed a fully remote deployment of its flagship platform, Lanternn by Valerann™ on the Costa Arauco motorway in Chile. It partnered with Openvia Mobility on the project. Valerann says it believes this to be the first of its kind and “revolutionises” the mobility sector and […]
Pothole problem continues to damage cars as AA warns drivers of crumbling roads
Following on from the Highways Voices podcast on protecting and preserving the network, Richard Ashton, Market Development Manager for the Bitumen division of TotalEnergies Marketing UK has written this post for Highways News: The AA recently released a warning to drivers to beware of the road surfaces lurking underneath standing water as it attended an […]
Berkshire M4 upgrade now fully open
A 32-mile motorway upgrade stretching from Greater London across Berkshire which will cut congestion and further improve journeys is now fully open, National Highways has announced today (Monday 5 December). As part of a phased opening, the eastern section of the M4 between junctions 3 (Hayes) and 8/9 (Maidenhead) has now moved to 70mph. This […]