Liverpool City Council

McCann wins £30m Liverpool lighting contract

A £30m investment will see a brighter future for Liverpool as 65,000 lighting assets are improved and maintained. Following a competitive tender process, McCann was awarded the contract comprising £21.5m in capital works and £8.5m in maintenance services over an initial three-year term with the potential to extend for a further two years based on […]

Liverpool’s ‘lollipop’ wardens to be protected by CCTV cameras

Mobile CCTV cameras are being installed in the vicinity of Liverpool schools in an attempt to deter dangerous driving. It was recently revealed that over 400 motorists have refused to stop for ‘lollipop’ people in 2025. Liverpool City Council is aiming to tackle the growing issue of “drive throughs”, in which drivers fail to stop […]

Liverpool: Roads decarbonisation leads to huge reduction in emissions

Liverpool City Council is making impressive strides toward its net zero ambitions through an innovative programme that could save up to 71% of carbon emissions from the city’s roads. 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 […]

Bright ideas: Lineway UK provides photoluminescent solution for Liverpool’s highways decarbonisation goal

Lineway UK has completed the installation of glow-in-the-dark line markings in Liverpool as part of the city’s drive to decarbonise its road network. Commissioned through the ADEPT Live Labs 2 scheme, the project aims to reduce the environmental impact of the city’s roads. Lineway was tasked with proving the effectiveness of their innovative photoluminescent line […]

ADEPT Live Labs 2 blogs highlight project progress

The ADEPT Live Labs 2 monthly blogs continue to showcase progress across each of the seven projects. The Transport for West Midlands’ Centre of Excellence live lab provides an update on their work on pothole phase 2 trials in July. In East Riding, the first phase of test sites were made live earlier this year, […]

Speeding “undermines the safety and well-being of our communities” says Liverpool City Council

Liverpool City Council is sending out a warning to all drivers in the city to kill their speed, as new data reveals 26,000 traffic offences were detected and more than 2,500 speeding tickets issued in 2024. The data also shows 3,682 penalty charge notices were issued by Liverpool City Council at five locations that have […]

£1.2m secured for Liverpool’s local roads decarbonisation plan

An award-nominated Liverpool roads programme has secured £1,198,500 in grant funding from the Department for Transport (DfT) for a third year. 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 highway network. The programme has […]

Liverpool names £850m highways framework line-up

Liverpool City Council has selected eight firms for a £850m highways framework to accelerate upgrades across the city. The four-year Highways Planned Works Framework aims to streamline procurement and deliver a pipeline of resurfacing, active travel, bridge and signal works more efficiently, as Highways News reported in September. Firms have been split into two value […]

Sisk wins place on Liverpool City Council’s new highways framework

Sisk is among eight contractors who have been successful on winning a place on Liverpool City Council’s Highways Planned Works Framework to procure high-quality highways services from a selection of approved suppliers. Sisk has won a place on Lot 2: Projects for over £1.5M. The framework agreement will operate as a multi-supplier contract, enabling the […]