Innovative electrical equipment trialled by Essex Highways to cut down noise and air pollution
Essex Highways is trialling two new innovations – an electric mini-excavator and a battery-operated wacker plate which is used to compact the ground and aggregates into a solid sub base before laying a road or pavement top surface. Both new machines are run purely on battery power meaning a reduction in both air and noise […]
Essex to install ‘Dutch style’ roundabouts
Two congested roundabouts in Braintree, Essex are to be transformed to give both pedestrians and cyclists priority over vehicles, creating the first ‘Dutch style’ roundabout in the county. The scheme is playing a major role to make Braintree “greener, safer and healthier”. It is one of five Essex towns that the county council hopes to […]