Work to start on temporary speed limit system to make Orwell Bridge safe during high winds
Work on the Orwell Bridge to implement temporary speed limits will start this month, which will allow it to stay open during high winds, according to Highways England. At the moment the speed limit for traffic travelling over the bridge is 60mph and is lowered to 50mph during high winds. The new system will allow […]
Navtech’s ClearWay SVD to be rolled out on smart motorways
Navtech Radar’s ClearWay stopped vehicle detection technology is to be deployed on more roads across the UK as part of Highways England’s programme to enhance safety on smart motorways. The Oxfordshire-based designer and manufacturer has won a competitive tender to supply ClearWay for all all-lane-running motorways to quickly identify vehicles that have stopped, helping to […]
Highways England wants local businesses to be a part of A30 upgrade project
Highways England is urging companies in and around Cornwall to play a part in the upgrade of the A30 between Chiverton and Carland Cross. The improvement scheme will not only dual an 8.7-mile section of single carriageway, alleviating the impact on local communities and helping to improve journey times and increase safety by unlocking one […]
Kier Highways to maintain all technology assets in Area 13
Kier Highways will now mainatin all technology assets across Highways England’s Area 13 network, where it where it has delivered the Maintenance and Response contract for the last three years. This follows the end of the North West Regional Technology Maintenance Contract and is part of Highways England’s drive to integrate technology maintenance into all […]
HE encourages Kent and Essex SMEs to be part of Lower Thames Crossing project
Highways England is aiming to help businesses in Kent and Essex to be a part of the the Lower Thames Crossing scheme, by creating a database of local businesses and their specialists, which will be given to the main works contractors. HE hopes the Small Medium Enterprise directory will give firms the best possible chance to work on this […]
Winners announced in Highways England’s framework for consultancy services
Consultants and contractors Costain, Jacobs and Amey have been awarded places on Highways Englands’s framework for consultancy services. They are the suppliers in the first lot of the framework and will offer technical consulting, engineering advice and research and innovation. The framework is set to last for four years, and will include specialist and technical […]
Highways England appoints Acting Chief Executive
Highways England has announced Nick Harris will be promoted to Acting Chief Executive, taking over from Jim O’Sullivan when he steps down at the end of the month. Harris (pictured), who’s currently the company’s Executive Director of Operations, joined the company in 2016. Highways England describes him as “a civil engineer with extensive experience in […]
Work to continue during lockdown says Highways England
Highways England has confirmed that work will continue during the current lockdown. In an updated released yesterday, Malcolm Dare, Executive Director, Commercial & Procurement at Highways England said: “As with the previous lockdowns and regional restrictions Highways England will continue to operate in the C-19 compliant way that we have all collectively evolved. “Again, the […]
Highways England provides funding for ‘missing link’ in National Cycle Network in Wiltshire
Highways England has invested £630,000 to extend a cycleway on the A36 in Salisbury in Wiltshire to help provide the missing link on one of the National Cycle Network’s key routes. The 800 metre-long extension also aims to reduce the need for detours, dismounting or cycling within the carriageway. Work on the cycleway started this […]
Improvements to A47 Guyhirn junction to start next month
Construction on a £14 million project to improve a accident blackspot junction near Peterborough is to begin next month. The A47 Guyhirn junction, which is used by more than 20,000 vehicles per day, experiences high levels of congestion during peak hours due to the lack of lane space and poor visibility as drivers approach the […]