ADEPT Live Labs 2 Expo 2024 celebrates first year of programme achievements and follow up mini Expo announced
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The £30 million ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme celebrated its first year with a successful live Expo in Birmingham earlier this week – and the event was such a success that organisers have announced a follow up online mini Expo to be held next month. The Live Labs 2 Expo 24, held at the Birmingham […]
First live trials for Centre of Excellence for Decarbonising Roads
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A Department for Transport UK-wide funded programme has reached a key milestone with the first live trials taking place in North Lanarkshire and the West Midlands. ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads in the UK is a three-year, UK-wide £30 million programme, funded by the Department for Transport that aims to decarbonise the local […]
ADEPT Live Labs 2: Expo 2024 in Birmingham celebrates first year of programme success
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The £30 million ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme is celebrating its first year with a live Expo in Birmingham on 17th April. Designed to tackle decarbonisation across local highways, the three-year, UK-wide programme funded by the Department for Transport has been developed by the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT). Aimed at […]
A safer, greener way of lighting our streets with Live Labs 2 and Clearview Intelligence on this week’s Highways Voices
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“It actually started when we were engaging with Karl at the TTF Conference in Leeds last year, where effectively they were saying that they were looking at bringing in new technologies to complement improved white lining…” explains Ralph Bates of Clearview Intelligence as he explains how he got involved in ADEPT’s Live Labs 2 project […]
£4.5m funding secured by Amey for UK decarbonisation programme in local roads
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The Department for Transport (DfT) and the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) have approved funding for the next phase of the Centre of Excellence for Decarbonising Roads. Live Labs 2: Decarbonising local roads in the UK is a three-year, UK-wide £30 million programme funded by the Department for Transport that […]
Arup wins ADEPT Live Labs 2 contract
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Arup has been awarded a five year contract as part of the £30 million ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme. Developed by the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT), the UK-wide programme funded by the Department for Transport aims to develop innovative solutions that will support the decarbonisation of local highways infrastructure […]
ADEPT Live Labs 2 reaches deployment stage – with seven projects already started
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After completing their final assessments, all seven projects have successfully met the criteria needed to take the £30 million ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads programme forward to deployment and procurement. The final assessments came at the end of a three month fully-funded mobilisation phase where project teams developed their proposals into a specified and costed […]
Liverpool City Council and partners to ‘green’ highway maintenance funding with Live Labs 2 funding
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Liverpool City Council and partners Colas and Liverpool John Moores University will invest in research and development of highway material processes as part of its Live Labs 2 project. Working with local highways contractors Huyton Civils, the authority’s successful pitch, the Ecosystem of Things, will look at every step of the maintenance process, be it […]
East Riding Council wins £3.3m from Live Labs 2 for pilot scheme to transform the UK’s street lights to reduce carbon footprint and save millions
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The council has won £3.3m from the Government after bidding on a share of a £30m fund aimed at cutting the carbon footprint of the highways sector and saving millions of pounds of public money. The scheme is one of seven in the country to be awarded cash as part of the Live Labs 2 project. East […]
£4.5 million Centre of Excellence for material decarbonisation in local roads for North Lanarkshire
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North Lanarkshire has been awarded over £4.5 million to pioneer innovative materials for use on roads building and maintenance. Working in partnership with Transport for West Midlands, North Lanarkshire will establish the UK Centre of Excellence for Material Decarbonisation in Local Roads. This is the only Scottish led bid of the Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads […]