ADEPT and Future Highways Research Group achieve major milestone in publishing new carbon reporting guidance for highways infrastructure and maintenance

In a major milestone towards the standardisation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions calculations for the UK, new guidance for local highways authorities (LHAs), that includes Scope 3 emissions, has been launched today. The Carbon Calculation & Accounting Standard (CCAS) Carbon Reporting Guidance for Local Highways Authorities (GHG Scopes 1, 2 & 3) has been published by […]

Local authority toolkit: guidance on reducing emissions from transport in England

Guidance from the Energy Savings Trust During the summer of 2021, the UK Government published its Transport Decarbonisation Plan, which sets out how the UK’s transport sector can decarbonise and reduce emissions on the path to net zero. The plan sets out a ‘place-based’ approach to transport decarbonisation, to ensure that our villages, towns, and cities […]

DfT updates its guidance on lane rental schemes

The Department for Transport (DfT) has updated the guidance for local authorities in England on lane rental schemes, including a cost benefit analysis. This guidance sets out what local highway authorities need to do if they wish to develop proposals and apply to operate a lane rental scheme. Some of the changes to the guidance […]