Despite currently being £6,500 short of target, Isla’s treatment is booked for the autumn as industry comes together to “give a cone a cuddle”.
The two-year-old granddaughter of LCRIG Chair and industry veteran Martin Duffy will fly to the US for potentially life-changing treatment this autumn thanks to her grandfather’s cycling skills and the fundraising efforts of the highways and transport technology industries. Isla was born with cerebral palsy and cannot sit independently, crawl or walk. However Stem Cell […]
KaarbonTech, iTip Handles, ATM, Highware Care, Solar Gates UK, Kiely Bros and Connor Specialist Paving win LCRIG Innovation Awards
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group has announced the winners of this year’s Qualifying Innovator awards. KaarbonTech, iTip Handles, ATM, Highware Care, Solar Gates UK, Kiely Bros and Connor Specialist Paving were chosen for their ideas displayed at the LCRIG Innovation Festival, which took place at Newark Showground earlier this month. The event sees products, […]
Bookings open for Strictly Highways
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group has opened bookings for its popular Strictly Highways event in Blackpool in October. The event, which runs from 3-5 October brings together the highways community and celebrates the work that is taking place in our sector. To book, click here. Delegates are promised the opportunity to learn about new […]
LCRIG Chief Executive praises collaboration between public and private sector at Innovation Festival
Paula Claytonsmith, the new Chief Executive of the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG), has described last week’s LCRIG Innovation Festival as a ”wonderful example of collaboration between the public and private sector”. More than 600 people attended the two-day event which took place at Newark Showground – including more than 200 local authority delegates […]
Shropshire Council first to award groundbreaking new highways contract
Shropshire Council has awarded a ‘groundbreaking’ highways contract to two firms – becoming the first council in the country to use a new procurement system that encourages innovation in highways maintenance. The contract – awarded to Highway Workforce Ltd and Multevo – is to carry out repairs to road surfaces, cycleways, footpaths and public rights […]
A tour around the LCRIG Innovation Festival on this week’s Highways Voices
“I can see this event can see this practically being the whole show ground at some point,,” comments new LCRIG CEO Paula Claytonsmith on today’s Highways Voices podcast, as she reflects on the success of the second Innovation Festival in Newark. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! […]
Radar-detected pedestrian warnings delivered in-car for first time
Connected vehicle experts have successfully linked real time radar pedestrian detection and in-car signage for the first time, delivering a significant improvement in road safety. In the TTF demonstration zone at the LCRIG Innovation Festival in Newark, the Navtech Radar monitoring hardware was linked to a car’s head unit via KL Systems software. Once a […]
Innovation Festival delegates receive in-car first en route to event
Delegates heading to the two-day LCRIG Innovation Festival in Nottinghamshire are getting the chance to take part in an industry first, and receive messages direct to their vehicles as they head to the event. Those with an Android device can download an app delivered through the Transport Technology Forum which will allow them to receive […]
Record-breaking year for LCRIG Innovation Festival
LCRIG’s Innovation Festival sees record-breaking year with more than 550 people set to attend the now fully booked two-day event at Newark Showground this week. More than 200 local authority delegates from 84 authorities are attending, meaning around two-thirds of all the English highway authorities outside London are represented. This is along with over 80 […]
New Local Authority transport technology resource highlighted at Innovation Festival
Local authority delegates and their advisers attending the LCRIG Innovation Festival next week will be reminded of a huge new resource being available to them by the Department for Transport through the Transport Technology Forum which will help them maximise the effectiveness of technology to deliver new and improved services to users. The Manual for […]