Highways News theme weeks: Marking the way to a greener future

The safety benefits of road markings are well documented. They are the most cost-effective measure to improve and maintain safety standards on the road at any given time, at a fraction of the cost of any other road infrastructure alteration. What is less well documented is the environmental benefits road markings provide when they are […]

RSMA Welcomes PIARC Report Highlighting the Importance of Road Markings

The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) has welcomed the PIARC (The World Road Association) report ‘Challenges and Opportunities for Road Operators and Road Authorities’, which highlights the importance of road markings in the transition towards the use of autonomous vehicles on road networks. The PIARC report acknowledges the importance of road markings in allowing autonomous […]

RSMA announces preferred certification partner for UK road trials

The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) has today announced it has selected the British Board of Agrément (BBA) as the preferred Approved Body (AB) Partner for the certification of road marking products in road trials due to begin in July 2022. As the UK has not held a road trial of road marking products for […]

RSMA backs Highways England plans for research on road water runoff

The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) has welcomed the announcement that Highways England (HE) plans to conduct field sampling of road water runoff from the SRN and quantify unambiguously the content of microplastic pollution therein. The planned HE ‘on road’ investigation which will collect and analyse samples of road water runoff to establish the ‘presence […]