SNP pledges to scrap Transport Scotland
The Scottish National Party has announced it will bring Transport Scotland back within the Scottish Government if it wins a majority in next month’s Scottish Parliament elections. Latest polls predict the party will win when voters go to the polls, so this announcement, tucked away inside the document, may be significant for the Scottish transport […]
DfT Lane Rental Conference – as it happened
We’re live at the Department for Transport’s Lane Rental Conference 2026 in Tower Hamlets – it is a one-day event bringing together local authorities, utilities, and industry professionals to discuss how lane rental schemes, where companies are charged for occupying busy roads, can be used to reduce congestion from roadworks. It focuses on sharing policy […]
AI, cyber threats and a changing industry: SWARCO CEO’s unfiltered view on this week’s Highways Voices
This week’s Highways Voices features one of the most important people in the highways and transport technology industries – Michael Schuch, the CEO of SWARCO. He sat down with Paul Hutton for an in-depth chat about the industry during Intertraffic Amsterdam and they discussed sustainability, the challenges around, and the state of the industry globally, […]
Council holds drop-in session to share details of transport strategy
Salisbury council in Wiltshire is updating its transport strategy reflecting new policies around walking and cycling and different travel patterns since Covid. The council says the refreshed strategy will set out an up-to-date, evidence-based plan for Salisbury’s transport network, looking at issues such as congestion, road safety, public transport, carbon emissions, and how people move […]
TRL publishes report into road condition monitoring technologies
The Department for Transport has released the TRL-authored road condition standard, introducing innovative data collection to improve monitoring, consistency and transparency across England’s local road networks. In 2023, the Department for Transport worked with TRL to develop and trial a demonstration process for approving new Road Condition Monitoring technologies, building on an earlier comparability study […]
Overnight clean-up removes nearly 14 tonnes of waste from the A12
The scale of the challenge of litter on the country’s roads has been highlighted by a clean-up on a six mile stretch of the A12, leading to the collection of 14 tonnes of rubbish. Colchester City Council carried out a large-scale four-night clean-up of the A12, with seven council officers working to remove litter and […]
Brighton Council says new enforcement powers will mean a safer school run
Three of Brighton and Hove’s School Streets schemes will be part of a new enforcement pilot from September. Following public consultation and residents’ support, the City Council have successfully been granted new moving traffic enforcement powers by the Department for Transport, and it will be installing cameras on roads near Queen’s Park, Hangleton and West […]
Herefordshire Council reveals plans to improve walking, cycling and wheeling
Herefordshire Council has updated Local Cycling, Walking and Wheeling Infrastructure Plan with the stated intention to “provide more travel choices and make short journeys safer and more accessible for everyone.” The plan sets out how the Council will improve active travel across the county, helping residents access local services, travel more sustainably, and enjoy better […]
Wiltshire Council announces specialist highway works framework
Wiltshire Council is renewing its highways works framework, allowing access to multiple suppliers capable of carrying out specialist highway works who can be called upon to provide these works on an ‘as instructed’ basis to support the Council. The framework centres on the the maintenance of highway assets and the delivery of the council’s highway […]
The Missing Link: Solving a 50-year transport challenge on today’s Highways Voices
Today on Highways Voices we visit the site of one of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects, and one with a very interesting back story. The A417 Missing Link project in Gloucestershire has been covered quite often on Highways News, so now with construction work at a critical phase, Kevin Borras visited the project office in […]