A9 road safety to benefit from new road marking and solar road studs
A stretch of the A9 on the west of the Cairngorms in Scotland is due to be closed overnight for six weeks for essential road marking and the installation of new solar road studs. BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland will be working on a 7.5 mile (12km) single-lane section between the Kincraig duals […]
WJ Group Deploys Latest Innovations on the M6 and M42
In collaboration with HW Martin (Traffic Management) Ltd, WJ Group have applied new road markings on the M6/M42 link road as part of long-term traffic management to support the construction of Phase One of the High-Speed rail network from London to Birmingham. The project has several implications for the UK’s strategic road network, as new […]
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 […]
More from the LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival on this week’s Highways Voices
In the second of our tours of this month’s LCRIG Innovation and Learning Festival in Coventry, we hear from seven more guests about everything from autonomous pothole repair to road marking You’ll hear from a leading local authority, a company that’s booked millions through its participation with LCRIG, about off grid roadside solutions and from […]
WJ celebrates hidden beauty of working on the UK’s highways
The UK’s leading line marking and road safety specialist, WJ Group, has shared a series of images taken by its employees in celebration of the hidden perks of working in construction. The images, which show the beauty of maintaining the UK’s roads, showcase the country’s charm – from the mountains of Scotland to stunning sunsets […]
WJ and BEAR Scotland continue partnership to enhance safety and sustainability on Scotland’s trunk roads
WJ Scotland is continuing its longstanding partnership with BEAR Scotland to manage, maintain and improve the safety and sustainability of 1,928km of trunk roads in the South East and North-West. The new and enhanced South East and North West Trunk Road Network Management Contracts started in Aug 2020 and Aug 2022 respectively and run for 8 years, […]
WJ adopts Re-flow field management software as part of future vision
The team at Re-flow are proud to announce the addition of WJ – the UK’s leading specialist road marking business as the latest addition to their growing community of hundreds of businesses across the country. Operating on a national scale, WJ are experts in installation and removal of permanent and temporary road markings, road studs, […]
New RSTA conference to examine the importance of managing skid resistance on UK network
A new conference that has been set up to drive the debate on the subject of managing skid resistance on the UK road network, will take place in Reading on September 14th. Managing Skid Resistance UK – The Facts and the Friction-will give local authorities and other road operators insight into how to better manage […]
WJ and BEAR Scotland lead the way in sustainable road design
A collaborative approach between road marking experts, WJ Scotland, and BEAR Scotland has brought significant carbon savings of 1,778 tonnes across Scotland’s North East Trunk Road Network. The partnership has seen BEAR Scotland use WJ’s award-winning high-performance road marking, Weatherline Plus, to enhance road safety across the north east of Scotland and align to Transport Scotland’s […]
