Highways Voices podcast expands with four major partnerships
Highways News has struck a partnership deal with the Transport Technology Forum, Local Council Roads Innovation Group, the UK’s Intelligent Transport Systems industry association and the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport to work together to knowledge share through the Highways Voices podcast. Highways Voices launched a year ago as a series […]
LCRIG to deliver series of webinars on subject of net zero
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group has teamed up with Colas and Breedon to deliver an exclusive webinar series entitled ‘Practical steps on the journey to net zero’. Colas and Breedon will act as the primary partners for the series which will explore in detail the work being done to accelerate the transition to clean […]
Recipients of LCRIG and WJ’s £150,000 innovation fund announced
Liverpool John Moores University has been named as one of the five recipients of the WJ Group sponsored £150,000 LCRIG/Steve Berry Think Exceptional Innovation Fund. The fund was launched earlier this year to help sponsor further developments in the road and highways sector. Projects by Liverpool John Moores, Community Models, Fitzpatrick Advisory, Connor Specialist Paving/Tac-Grid and NY […]
Highways Voices highlights and when things went wrong – yes, it’s the Christmas blooper edition
Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! Back in January, Highways News created a new podcast series “Highways Voices”. Thousands of listeners later, we’re celebrating the end of the first year of programmes with a special highlights edition – and some examples of where things didn’t quite go […]
We need to decarbonise our economies at pace and scale-says LCRIG Chief Executive
There is a need to decarbonise our economies at ‘pace and scale’, according to LCRIG Chief Executive, Martin Duffy. He was responding to the commitments made during Transport Day at COP26. The UK COP26 Presidency is set to announce a landmark road transport declaration with governments, automakers, investors and fleet owners and operators – calling […]
LCRIG launches innovation report
A report by the Local Council Roads Innovation Group suggests that there is no shortage of enthusiasm when it comes to delivering innovation in highways, though differing approaches between authorities highlight the challenges around implementing it. As local council highways teams come under pressure to up their game on innovation, LCRIG carried out an exclusive […]
LCRIG achieves ISO 44001 certification
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) has achieved certification to the international standard, ISO 44001, representing a global first for an organisation of its type. ISO 44001 represents a new generation of international standard with a focus on behaviours, organisational culture and management processes providing a common platform to underpin sustainable business relationships and […]
LCRIG takes on TTF secretariat role
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group and the Transport Technology Forum have announced a new partnership to promote best practice, collaboration and innovation across the sector. Both groups already work closely together, but this new agreement means that the respective audiences will benefit from closer alignment across several activities including events, guidance, briefings, communications and […]
LGTAG launches highways health and wellbeing survey
The Local Government Technical Advisers Group backed by the Department for Transport and the Local Government Roads Innovation Group is launching a Health and Wellbeing Survey in order to gain an understanding of how the highways sector has coped throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. With the sector employing almost a quarter of a million people, LGTAG says […]
Leadership isn’t just about the individual, it’s about the team, says Martin Duffy on this week’s Highways Voices
Forming a team with the best people around them that have different talent is one of the most important attributes of being a good leader, according to LCRIG Chief Executive and NY Highways Chair, Martin Duffy. He has been speaking as part of this week’s Highways Voices podcast. Mr Duffy said that good leaders are […]