“We had to club together £26k for a new road” – Residents pay for a new road to cover up potholes
People living on a street in Oldham say they were so fed up with the road outside their houses being difficult to drive on, they decided to take matters into their own hands. A recent TikTok has gained over 540k views of a resident sharing the before and after pictures of what once was a […]
Car parts supplier warns electric car transition may take longer than people expect
There’s a warning that switch to electric cars risks taking far longer than hoped as demand stalls in Europe and America. The Telegraph says Liam Butterworth, chief executive of car parts supplier GKN Automotive’s parent Dowlais, said the scrapping of electric vehicle ax breaks in countries such as Germany had triggered a sales slowdown that […]
GRIDSERVE announces global expansion plans
GRIDSERVE founder Toddington Harper has announced plans to expand the company globally with the creation of GRIDSERVE GLOBAL – taking the company’s name, technology and expertise to new markets. The website Transport and Energy quotes the company as saying the move aims to accelerate the global transition to clean energy and electric mobility – supporting […]
Scotland sets out active travel transformation plan
Transport Scotland says the implementation of a major change programme for active travel delivery has commenced, and which will evolve over the following years. It says this programme will affect change right across the Active Travel system, addressing shortcomings in both infrastructure delivery and behaviour change interventions. Within the new system that delivers infrastructure quickly, […]
Hunt adviser tells of Treasury’s enthusiasm for road user charging
An adviser to the former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has told how staff at the Treasury “piled pressure” on the last government to start work on a pay-per-mile road tax. The Daily Telegraph has spoken to Adam Smith, formerly chief of staff under Mr Hunt from 2022 to 2024, who said senior civil servants repeatedly pushed […]
Waymo to begin driverless testing on San Francisco’s freeways
Google’s driverless vehicle sister company Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous vehicles with no human safety driver on freeways in the San Francisco Bay Area this week. The website Tech Crunch reports that Waymo employees will use the vehicles, and initial testing will start outside rush hour with “less than a handful” of […]
Octavius secures Cambridge County Council highways scheme
Octavius has been awarded a reconstruction and resurfacing scheme divided across four locations on the Cambridge County Council highways network. The works include improvements at Church Road, Leverington, A10 Lynn Road Littleport, B1100 Padgetts Road Christchurch and Benrick Road, Whittlesey. Highways Framework Manager Jon Millar commented: “This is the fourth Fen RoadsReconstruction Package Octavius will […]
National Highways closes A road in Wiltshire till spring
The A36 Warminster Road in Wiltshire has been closed by National Highways after defects in the footpath alongside the southbound carriageway were discovered. The works – to stabilise the embankment to prevent further movement, and reduce the risk of damage to the main carriageway – means the road is fully closed between Limpley Stoke and […]
Scottish researchers to lead ‘pioneer’ initiative to decarbonise UK transport systems
Researchers from two Scottish universities are to lead a new “pioneer” technology hub to accelerate the decarbonisation of the UK’s transport systems. The website Holyrood reports that a team made up of experts from the University of Glasgow and Heriot-Watt University will use digital-twin technology to work out the most efficient way for transport systems […]
Concern about the dire state of the nation’s local roads reaches record levels
New research by the RAC suggests drivers’ despair with what it calls the woeful state of Britain’s local roads – which make up 98% of all roads – has reached the highest level ever. For the first time ever, a majority of drivers (56%) surveyed for the RAC Report on Motoring say the condition and […]