LCRIG’s Innovation Festival draft agenda announced

The draft event programme for this year’s LCRIG Innovation Festival has been released, with delegates set to hear about skills, emerging technology, maintenance solutions and the latest innovations. The event, which is taking place on 4 and 5 July at Newark Showground, will bring together local authorities, central government, the supply chain, associations and academia. […]

JCB confirmed as first LCRIG Innovation Festival award sponsor

JCB have been confirmed as the first award sponsor for this year’s LCRIG Innovation Festival – aligning themselves with the ‘Climate Resilience’ category. The Innovation Festival is an event where products, solutions, new innovations and techniques can be displayed and demonstrated over a range of live demonstration sessions. The event provides local authorities with a […]

TTF praises LCRIG Innovation Festival and pledges bigger presence next year

The Transport Technology Forum is committing to take advantage of the private road network available at LCRIG’s Innovation Festival to carry out live connected vehicle demonstrations at next year’s event. This year’s highly successful Festival, which took place earlier in the month at Newark Showground (pictured), saw TTF Manager Darren Capes chair several sessions while […]

LCRIG’s inaugural Innovation Festival hailed a success

More than 450 people from local and national government, technology companies, associations, contractors, consultants and academia attended the Local Council Roads Innovation Group’s (LCRIG) inaugural Innovation Festival last week. This summer’s Innovation Festival, which took place at Newark Showground from 6-7 July, was a first of its kind for the highways sector. The new event […]