Dedicated winter crews for Essex Highways

Specialist repair crews will tackle potholes and road surface damage caused by winter conditions across Essex. Essex Highways’ new winter crews are funded by the Members’ Highways Initiative (MHI), launched last year by Essex County Council in addition to normal highways maintenance. The MHI lets Essex County Councillors identify highways issues in their local areas […]

NH deploys first gritters of winter

National Highways has announced gritters are out for the first significant operation of this autumn and winter season on motorways and major A-roads as temperatures dip across the country. The government-owned company switched over to autumn and winter operations on 1 October, readying teams at 128 depots across the country to keep the country’s busiest […]

Driverless vehicle trial copes with extreme Finnish winter

Finnish self-driving technology company Sensible 4 has announced it’s carried out a successful autonomous driving pilot in Tampere, Finland, despite the worst and most challenging winter conditions in years. The pilot, which started in January and lasted for two and a half months, aimed to see how autonomous vehicles work with public transportation networks and […]