20% RAP material used along the A4 Froxfield
Highways and streetlighting maintenance company VolkerHighways has resurfaced a 2.2 mile (3.5km) section of the A4, between Hungerford and Wiltshire boarder using 20% Recycled Asphalt Product (RAP) surface course material. Works were delivered in partnership with West Berkshire Council. Last year, VolkerHighways worked closely with FM Conway and Inlay Management Services to lay 2.5 miles […]
Employing innovative techniques to ensure Road Safety in West Berkshire
Building on successful programmes in previous years for West Berkshire Council, VolkerHighways, in collaboration with WJ Group, looked once again to employ road surface retexturing at suitable sites over 2023 and 2024 to restore or improve skid resistance to over 14,755m² of the local authority’s road network. As vehicles travel over the surface, the skid resistance […]
West Berkshire Council invests £225,000 in thermal sensors to help inform its gritting policy
West Berkshire Council said it has installed “state-of-the-art” sensors on street lighting and on gritting vehicles. By collecting data on which roads need gritting and when, the council says it hopes to reduce the number of road treatments by 40%, reports the BBC. Jon Winstanley from West Berkshire Council said it was an “exciting” scheme […]
Boost for vital highways maintenance work in West Berkshire
West Berkshire Council secures £1.3 million boost in Government funding for vital highways maintenance. The wheels of progress are set to roll smoother in West Berkshire as national Government allocates a total of £1.3million in highways maintenance funding to West Berkshire Council. Split over two financial years, the funding is courtesy of the Department for […]
Volker cuts carbon footprint on Berkshire road scheme
Integrated highways service provider VolkerHighways says it says dramatically reduced its carbon footprint by focussing on carbon-reduction techniques and materials. Working with West Berkshire Council on a highway improvement scheme along the A343 Andover Road, Newbury, they have reduced CO₂e by over 46 tonnes; the equivalent of driving 140,000 miles. Phase one of the works […]
VolkerHighways and West Berkshire Council continue their carbon reduction journey
VolkerHighways is currently working on a highway improvement scheme along the A343 Andover Road in Newbury, in partnership with West Berkshire Council. With a focus on reducing the amount of carbon produced as part of the scheme, and to determine the best way to reduce its carbon emissions, VolkerHighways is working with OCL Regeneration, which specialises […]
West Berkshire go out to consultation on it having Moving Traffic Offences powers
West Berkshire Council is to start a public consultation on it having the power to enforce MTOs (Moving Traffic Offences). Following on from the Safer Streets pilot in Calcot, the council is looking to expand on the work we already do to improve road safety, particularly around schools, and tackle congestion. “Feedback from the School Streets […]
