Velocity helps West Sussex with a low carbon approach to the fight against potholes
Innovation continues to be explored by West Sussex County Council in its fight against an age-old issue: potholes. The Velocity road patching system is being deployed proactively to treat areas of carriageways even before routine inspections have highlighted issues, according to the council. Results half-way through a six-month trial with Velocity have been impressive, with […]
Multevo launches world’s first high performance, low emission, multi-purpose highway maintenance machine
Multevo has developed the world’s first Hydrohog – a high performance and multi-purpose highway maintenance machine with ultra-low emissions displacing diesel by up to 40% through dual-fuel diesel/hydrogen technology. The Hydrohog is capable of undertaking arduous applications such as road planing and snow blowing as well as heavy duty flail mowing and flood water pumping by interchanging […]
VolkerHighways’ Royal Borough team awarded CCS Certificate of Exellence
VolkerHighways’ Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead team recently received a ‘Certificate of Excellence’ from the Considerate Constructors Scheme, for its work on the borough’s Highway Management and Maintenance contract. The audit, which took place in August, saw the contract awarded an impressive nine out of nine points, in each of the scheme’s five categories: […]
Vital roundabout project in Stroud wins two ICE Civil Engineering Awards
A vital roundabout project that involved the construction of a missing part of the Stroudwater Navigation Canal through the centre of the roundabout on the A38 has won two awards at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West Civil Engineering Awards 2021 The project was inspired by the Cotswold Canals Trust, funded by Highways […]
Route One Infrastructure announces win on National Highways’ SDF
A Pontefract-based infrastructure maintenance and installation business has been awarded £33m of bridge expansion joints and waterproofing works. Route One Infrastructure has secured this work with the National Highways Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) in four geographical areas in England over the next six years. It is part of National Highways’ roll-out of its asset delivery […]
North Ayrshire Council increases investment in roads improvements
North Ayrshire Council has increased its investment in the area’s roads this year as part of its wide-ranging programme of improvement works. Earlier this year, the council committed to investing an additional £15.6million into our roads network, bringing the total amount of investment over the next 10 years to £38.1million. At the council’s Cabinet meeting […]
Social enterprise that supports veterans and others with disabilities produces its 15,000th road sign for BEAR Scotland
Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Company, the social enterprise that supports veterans and others with disabilities, has produced its 15,000th road sign for BEAR Scotland. Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Company (SMBC), based in Erskine, employs veterans from the Armed Forces who may need support adjusting to life after service and others with disabilities. The company manufactures commercial signage […]
Colas set to return to profit this year
The winning of three new National Highways contracts this year have contributed towards Colas returning to profit this year. The latest results for the UK business for the year to December 31 2020 show a pre-tax loss of £2.7m compared to £1m last time as turnover dropped from £262m to £229.8m due to lockdown. Colas […]
Highways News announces second theme week focusing on highways maintenance
Highways News is calling on the highways maintenance sector to get in touch with ideas for content for its second ever theme week. It is looking for suggestions not only for news for its daily newsletter relating to maintenance and surface treatments, but suggestions and ideas for case studies, technical articles, thought leadership or interviews, […]
Final phases of £4m Scarborough junction improvements to begin
A £4m project to ease congestion and to improve safety at four key junctions in Scarborough is nearing completion as work is set to begin on the final junction on Monday (October 4). The Scalby Road, Stepney Road and Falsgrave Road junction will be widened and the existing mini-roundabout replaced with traffic signals. Scalby Road […]