Threatening behaviour towards crews pauses £1.5m Tamworth highways scheme

A £1.5 million project to reconstruct a key roundabout junction in Tamworth has been temporarily paused due to two incidents of threatening behaviour towards crews onsite. Staffordshire County Council’s highways crews have spent the last month resurfacing sections of the Coleshill Street island in Fazeley and its approaches, including Lichfield Street and Atherstone Street on […]

Date Announced for Stamp It Out and Respect our Workforce Week 2025

Next March the industry will come together again for the second Respect our Workforce week, taking place March 10-14th 2025, with the annual Stamp It Out Summit taking place in Manchester on March 11th. The theme for the week will be ‘My Mind Matters’ in response to the growing concern around the effect verbal and […]

Vip Gandhi to become chair of Stamp it Out

 T\he industry-led campaign to erradicate road-worker abuse, Stamp It Out, has announced Vip Gandhi Director as the new Chair of the programme.  Prior to joining Sir Robert McAlpine as Managing Director of Transport, Vip was the Managing Director (Highways) at Keltbray and is a Member of the Board of Trustees at Safer Highways.  He previously […]

Stamp it Out secures funding from Kent CC for county-wide rollout

Stamp it Out, the industry led programme aiming to make roadworker abuse socially unacceptable, have received funding from the Kent Lane Rental scheme for a county-wide rollout of the programme. To take place in the new year, the rollout will encompass not only highways workers but also will include the Highways Inspectors, employed directly by […]

Footage of deliberate incursion on A5 emerges

Footage of a motorist deliberately entering a road closure has emerged It appears to have been filmed on the A5 in roadworks near Magda Park in Leicestershire.. In the clip the motorist – egged on by his passenger is seen to pass multiple warning vehicles before weaving past traffic management vehicles before driving through the […]

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