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Consultants sought for Rest and Be Thankful scheme development

Transport Scotland is seeking multi-disciplinary consultants to support the construction of a new length of trunk road at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful.
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Highways Award dedicated to Steve Berry OBE

The top awards ceremony in the highways sector will have a category permanently dedicated to the late Steve Berry OBE, as a testimony to his lasting impact and legacy.
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Tugwell lined up for top job at TfN

Martin Tugwell, current president of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, is in line to become the new chief executive of Transport for the North.
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JCB and Tarmac team up against potholes

Tarmac and JCB have successfully trialled JCB’s new pothole machine in partnership with Rutland County Council.
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Traffex Parkex Conference Takes Shape

There will be no shortage of quality content at this summer’s digital Traffex Parkex event taking place 15-17 June. The Traffex conference steering committee, made up of senior officers from Highways England, ADEPT, ITS (UK), CIHT, REMA, the Association for Road Traffic Management and Safety, the Institute of Highway Engineers and Highways Magazine, are close to finalising an ambitious agenda which focuses on many of the key issues affecting traffic and transport professionals today and further into the future.

Street Works UK slams Lane Rental 'scope creep'

The trade body that represents the utilities industry over street works has accused councils of 'straying' from the original intentions of the Government's Lane Rental scheme.
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New SRN trial adds anti-ageing to the mix

Developers of a new blend of materials described as 'an anti-ageing cream for roads' say it could cut repairs and environmental impacts.
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Exclusive: Transport’s legal costs revealed as sector faces more scrutiny

The annual cost of defending transport schemes against legal challenges has seen a dramatic rise, with one infrastructure organisation seeing costs more than treble in five years, figures obtained by Highways reveal.
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Common pre-qualification standard 'to cut duplication'

A new industry-wide system is ‘set to transform’ the pre-qualification process within the construction industry, its backers have said.
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'Agile operator' Balfour hopes to cash in on growth

Balfour Beatty has said it anticipates strong growth in key markets, including transport infrastructure and services.
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Multevo appoints new engineering contracts manager

Multevo has appointed a new civil engineering contracts manager to support recent service delivery successes across the UK.
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Common pre-qualification standard 'to cut duplication'

A new industry-wide system is ‘set to transform’ the pre-qualification process within the construction industry, its backers have said.
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Green new world or car-dominated recovery?

Returning to a car-dominated transport network will put climate targets and a ‘fair’ economic recovery at risk, transport campaigners have warned after a survey revealed that cars will continue to be the preferred mode for most journeys.
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Highways England turns up the pressure on lorry safety

Highways England has said trials of new safety technology funded under its Designated Fund for innovation have proved hugely successful and that it plans to roll the system out at strategic route locations across the country.
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SRL announces new chief operating officer

SRL Traffic Systems has appointed Adrian Murphy as chief operating officer following what it described as a period of substantial investment and strong revenue growth
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Eurovia turns electric to help make 40% carbon cut

Eurovia is introducing more electric vehicles and equipment after setting the target of a 40% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.
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Eurovia turns electric to help make 40% carbon cut

Eurovia is introducing more electric vehicles and equipment after setting the target of a 40% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.
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CIHT looks to the future with spring conference

The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation virtual Spring Conference opens next week (13 – 15 April) under the key theme of Reshaping Everyone’s Future.
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In Memoriam: Steve Berry OBE

It is with enormous sadness that Highways reports on the death of our friend Steve Berry OBE, head of highways maintenance, innovation, resilience, light rail and cableways at the Department for Transport.
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In Memoriam: Steve Berry OBE

It is with enormous sadness that Highways reports on the death of our friend Steve Berry OBE, head of highways maintenance, innovation, resilience, light rail and cableways at the Department for Transport.
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A14 scheme 'to have positive biodiversity impact'

Highways England’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme is predicted to add to the amount and quality of habitat for wildlife, according to a new report.
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DfT calls for resilience update, after celebrating COVID performance

Local highways resilience in England was robust and adaptable in the face of COVID-19, according to a report commissioned by the Department for Transport.
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£224m framework has plenty of headroom

A London borough is seeking bidders for highways and transport services framework contracts that could be worth £224m, although actual spend over the existing four-year frameworks has been just over £10m.
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Shapps announces £18m cycle training fund

Local authorities will be able to offer bespoke Bikeability Family training sessions to help people feel more confident cycling.
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Highways Heroes: Going the extra 900km to support mental health

Stacey Smithson has been nominated by Highways England as a Highways Hero for her amazing, and exhausting, charity work.
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Highways England awards £328m contract on delayed A358 scheme

Highways England has awarded a £328m contract to design and deliver a long-awaited upgrade to the A358 between the M5 at Taunton and the Southfields roundabout on the A303.
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National design panel calls for improvements on strategic network

Highways England’s Strategic Design Panel has called for a more concerted effort to achieve a ‘significant shift in design culture’.
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Traffic signals could use AI to make crossings easier

Smart traffic lights using wide-angle cameras and artificial intelligence are set to be trialled on local networks to help regulate crossing times for vulnerable pedestrians.
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Distancing warning as train services ramp up again

The transport watchdog has called on the Government and the rail industry to ‘be straight with passengers’ about the fact that social distancing may not always be possible, despite extra trains, as Britain comes out of lockdown.
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Johnson announces £23.6m Truro Deal

Truro has secured £23.6m from the Towns Fund, which the Government said would boost the local economy, support transport schemes and create jobs and new homes.
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Levelling Up Fund faces legal challenge

The Government could face legal action over its ‘troublingly opaque’ allocation of the Levelling Up Fund.
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GW Highways and Kent: The real deal in partnership

In January, GW Highways began work on a £160m road asset renewal contract with Kent County Council lasting two years, with the possibility of a two-year extension.
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Balfour Beatty kickstarts HS2 career opportunities

Balfour Beatty VINCI is working in partnership with youth charity the Prince’s Trust to provide 30 Kickstart training placements on HS2 this year.
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Traffic signals could use AI to make crossings easier

Smart traffic lights using wide-angle cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) are set to be trialled on local networks to help regulate crossing times for vulnerable pedestrians.
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Train station pilots use of kinetic energy from footfall

Leighton Buzzard train station has become the first UK transport hub to trial the use of kinetic energy from commuters’ footsteps, under a government-funded local innovation project.
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New HS2 chair to earn £200k part-time

The Department for Transport (DfT) has advertised for a new chair of HS2 Ltd - a part-time role worth £200,000 a year.
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Government fails first-year levelling up test

The prime minister's levelling up agenda has had a rocky start after official figures from his first year in charge show major disparities in regional transport spending, with the Midlands and the North losing out again.
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National Roads Fund: Just £426m in two years for local roads

The Department for Transport (DfT) has insisted that it will fund ‘over 50’ local road upgrades during this Parliament from its flagship National Roads Fund (NRF) despite allocating just £426m in two years and funding only eight schemes so far.
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Highways England tenders £1.9bn Lower Thames Crossing contracts

Highways England has invited tenders on two roads contracts worth a combined £1.9bn to build routes north and south of the River Thames on the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.
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ALARM 2021: Slow progress as industry bangs the five year drum

The estimated one-time cost to get local roads in England and Wales back into a ‘reasonable, steady state’ is £10.24bn, according to this year’s ALARM survey – the popular benchmark for the upkeep of council networks.
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Get aboard £120m zero-emission bus scheme

The Government has launched a £120m fund to help local transport authorities in England roll out zero-emission buses.
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Skanska in luck with £500m Black Cat deal

Highways England has awarded Skanska a £507m contract to design and build the long-awaited A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements scheme.
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Liverpool operated culture of 'rule avoidance' in highways

An independent report into the procurement of highways-related services at Liverpool City Council has called for the highways service to be completely restructured after finding a culture of ‘rule avoidance’ leading to excessive costs.
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Shapps brings in ORR to check smart motorway report

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has said he intends to delay publishing a progress report on smart motorway safety until ‘the summer’, despite recently telling MPs that he would ‘come back to this House and report on it very quickly’.
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Shapps asks for recount on smart motorway report

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has said he intends to delay publishing a progress report on smart motorway safety until ‘the summer’, despite recently telling MPs that he would ‘come back to this House and report on it very quickly’.
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Report slams Liverpool's highways rule bending

An independent report into the procurement of highways-related services at Liverpool City Council has called for the highways service to be completely restructured after finding a culture of ‘rule avoidance’ leading to excessive costs.
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Burnham takes back control with bus franchising

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has confirmed that he plans to implement bus franchising in the city region ‘as part of plans for a joined-up and truly passenger-focused transport network’.
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£12m more for Welsh roads as election nears

The Welsh Government has announced an extra £12m for local authorities to 'fix potholes and improve roads, pavements and active travel routes' across the country.
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Highways England collaboration produces supernatural success

Highways England is heading up an international effort to find the best products and systems available for the removal of older ‘ghost’ road markings to provide clear direction to our drivers. Innovation director Paul Doney gives an update on this area of innovation.
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Govt commits a further £33m to light rail and trams

The Department for Transport has committed a further £33m of emergency COVID-19 funding to support light rail and tram operators during the pandemic.
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Comment: LTNs, women's safety and why Rupa Huq MP is wrong

Active travel campaigner Sarah Berry weighs up the evidence around low traffic neighbourhoods and local crime figures, with a focus on women's safety and sense of security.
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Stonehaven report: Govt struggles to find new cash for safety investment

Network Rail has said extra safety spending to address the recommendations of a major report into the Stonehaven train derailment, which killed three people, could have to wait for the next Control Period from 2024 onwards.
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Coventry gets go-ahead for all-electric buses

Coventry is set to become the UK’s first All Electric Bus City after the West Midlands Combined Authority backed the project.
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Network Rail planning massive cuts, union says

The RMT has said it is set for a nationwide rail dispute with Network Rail in response to the ‘threat of thousands of rail worker redundancies and a 50% cut in rail safety maintenance work'.
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Bus funding 'could exceed £3bn'

Central government cash for buses in England outside London could exceed the £3bn pledged in the Government’s new Bus Strategy, it has emerged.
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Balfour exceeds targets but profits fall

Balfour Beatty Plc has announced a 65% fall in pre-tax profits for the 2020 calendar year.
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The A14 story continues: Co-ordination is king

The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme carried off three trophies at the 2020 Highways Awards - Road Enhancements and Marking Project of the Year, Major Project and the Judges' Special Merit Award. Behind all this success was a commitment to detail, co-ordination and collaboration, say the team at Keyline Civils.
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Analysis: The benefit cost of benefit cost ratios

Tom van Vuren, regional director UK & Europe at Veitch Lister Consulting, and visiting professor at the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds, discusses the benefit cost ratio process for transport projects.
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Duffy to chair NY Highways Teckal

The ‘Teckal’ company created by North Yorkshire County Council has appointed Highways columnist and industry stalwart Martin Duffy as its chair.
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Matheson preparing orders for A9 progress

The Scottish Government has again sought to reassure the public of its commitment to the £3bn A9 Dualling Perth to Inverness project as it reviews its delivery plan.
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Breedon welcomes new chief exec and signs of recovery

Construction materials group Breedon has announced that Rob Wood will take over as chief executive next month as it revealed a 49% fall in pre-tax profits.
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Scots cry foul as UK moots A75 upgrade

The Scottish infrastructure secretary has reacted furiously to a suggestion from the Westminster Government that a trunk road in the devolved nation should be upgraded.
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Carnell takes Speedy route to emissions cut

Highways contractor Carnell has said it plans to expand its use of renewable fuel after a trial cut its CO2e emissions on a scheme by 90%.
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Masterclass webinar series for earthworks and drainage

A free series of masterclass webinars is on offer to the transport and infrastructure sector, catering for general managers as well as providing best practice and a level of complexity useful to engineering professionals.
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Highways England launches £5m motorway safety campaign

Highways England has launched what it says is its ‘biggest ever motorway safety campaign’, a year after the Department for Transport pledged a campaign to inform the public about ‘smart motorways’.
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ITS (UK) elects new strategy committee members

Executive members of ITS (UK) have elected top business figures in the sector to the group's strategy committee.
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£80m twin-leaf swing bridge good to go

GRAHAM is set to win a £79.5m contract to build the first opening road bridge over the River Clyde.
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Denman to take highways role at Amey

Amey has announced that Andy Denman will be joining the company as its new highways sector director in May.
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Relief as £102m project enters final stretch

Construction of the third and final section of the Grantham Southern Relief Road is set to start next month.
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First round of £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund begins

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the first round of the £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund will be available to local areas to help tackle regional inequalities.
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Profile: Highway Resource Solutions - a proven winner

Highway Resource Solutions (HRS) was part of the team that triumphed at the 2020 Highways Awards to win Industry Product of the Year for the innovative ‘Smart Sign’ digital technology. As HRS celebrates 10 years of excellence, managing director Roger Poeth explains how it all started and the company’s vision for the future.
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Keltbray goes digital and modular on A30

Keltbray has secured a £14.1m package to deliver 14 bridge structures on the delayed A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross Scheme for the Costain /Jacobs partnership on behalf of Highways England.
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£19m east-west improvement works 'progressing well'

Highways England has completed major improvements to increase capacity at a key Yorkshire roundabout to improve traffic flow.
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Two step approach to new A5 footbridge

Highways England is building a ‘new and wider’ steel bridge to allow school children, cyclists and pedestrians to cross the A5.
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New Hull bridge 'to inspire great women'

A new bridge across the A63 in Hull has opened after years of delays to a £22m Highways England project.
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Wales gives notice before penalty go-ahead

The permanent 50mph limit with average speed enforcement on the M4 near Newport will go live this month.
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Highways England gets Red X for camera roll-out

Only half of the cameras capable of enforcing violations of lane closures on smart motorways are fully operational, a year and a half after a change in the law made it possible for camera evidence to be used for prosecutions.
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Budget provides new cash to accelerate A66

The 2021 Budget announced a range of small to medium-sized transport and highways spending measures, including £135m 'development funding' for the A66 Trans-Pennine upgrade.
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Traffex/Parkex 2021 goes fully digital

Following the Government’s announcement this week concerning the timeline for the road out of lockdown, the Traffex/Parkex team have confirmed that the 2021 edition of the show will now run as a digital-only event, with the in-person exhibition returning to Birmingham’s NEC in June 2022.

A465 schemes 'double the cost' of UK dualling

The estimated construction cost per km of the Welsh Government’s recent A465 dualling contract is more than double that of other comparable current schemes in the UK.
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RSTA's Boss calls for new strategy on roads

The chief executive of the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has called for a new, comprehensive strategy to help councils move to more effective road maintenance.
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New ideas to 'reverse the rot' on roads

Roadmender Asphalt’s chief executive officer, Harry Pearl, gives Highways his take on how we can ‘reverse the rot’ in local roads maintenance once we come out of lockdown.
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MPs outline 'green recovery' needs

Climate change needs to be at the heart of the Government’s economic recovery plans after COVID-19, a cross-party group of MPs has declared.
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Richard Gayle joins Traffex management team

Traffex is delighted to welcome a new member to the event team. Richard Gayle joins as commercial manager, responsible for all exhibition sales and sponsorship, as well as the day to day running of the sales department.

Interchange adds to 'hive of exciting construction'

The West Midlands Combined Authority has given the green light for the new £24m Dudley Interchange.
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Council road repairs cash down £400m next year

County councils have said they will have ‘no choice’ but to cancel high priority highway maintenance works next year after the Government announced capital funding allocations down £398m on current levels.
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Birmingham's Perry Barr flyover removed

A well-known flyover in Birmingham has been demolished as part of a £27.1m highway works programme in preparation for the Commonwealth Games.
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New app to inform roadworkers as cable strikes surge

HAUC(UK) has launched a new app to help road workers avoid damage to underground assets from cable strikes.
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Herefordshire ditchess £250m road schemes

Herefordshire County Council has scrapped plans for two major roadbuilding schemes near Hereford, citing the climate emergency and the need to decarbonise transport.
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EV charging plans 'won't be enough'

The UK needs to install public electric vehicle chargepoints five times faster than the current rate and spend up to eight times more, or £10bn by 2030, a think tank has said.
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Highways products must be recertified to meet post-Brexit standards

All manufacturers and importers will have to recertify their products by the end of the year to make sure they comply with Highways England standards under the new UK/EU regulatory framework.
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Highways England set to play major role in Traffex 2021

This year’s Traffex, expected to take place live at the NEC in Birmingham and simultaneously online between 15-17 June 2021, will feature a renewed partnership with Highways England.

Shapps admits error over smart motorway safety

The transport secretary has admitted that it was ‘entirely wrong’ to roll out all lane running ‘smart motorways’ without the stopped vehicle detection (SVD) technology that would justify the name.
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Northern Ireland awaits new road safety strategy

Northern Ireland’s devolved government has said it plans to issue a draft new road safety strategy by March after its existing plan expired last month.
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Councils urged to bid for £20m EV chargepoint fund

Local authorities are being urged to apply for a share of £20m to help increase the number of on-street electric vehicle chargepoints.
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Government's EV charging plans 'won't be enough', report argues

The UK needs to install public electric vehicle chargepoints five times faster than the current rate and spend up to eight times more, or £10bn by 2030, a think tank has said.
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Two new MRN schemes in £93m road spend

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed £93m for three major road upgrade schemes across the country, including schemes funded as part of the major road network (MRN) and the Local Large Majors programmes.
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Wales considers Bellwin scheme as Highland councillor seeks alternatives

The Scottish Government is facing calls to adapt its approach to the Bellwin emergency scheme to help cash strapped councils hit by extreme weather.
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Highways Awards Winners revealed

The first ever virtual Highways Awards on 28 January was a major success with a record audience, great humour from host Colin Murray and a huge buzz on social media.
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Council road bridges decline as scour checks fall

The number of substandard road bridges managed by councils across Great Britain is increasing, new research shows.
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Granite city becomes a hydrogen leader

Aberdeen has claimed a world first after a fleet of double-decker hydrogen buses officially launched into service on Thursday (28 January).
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WYCA sets out plans for mass transit system

Residents of West Yorkshire have been asked to give their views on plans for a new transport network that aims to connect the region’s communities to jobs, education and opportunities.
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Highways Heroes: Learning the language of inclusion

Traffic officer Stewart Fox has been nominated by Highways England as a Highways Hero after showing leadership in learning and promoting the use of British Sign Language (BSL) to support deaf customers on the network. He speaks to Dominic Browne about BSL, being an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion champion, and making a difference just by being nice.
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Council to trial touchless technology at crossings

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council will be trialling touchless technology at six busy pedestrian crossings in a bid to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
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New project to help drones 'truly take off’

A new consortium has been launched to support and protect the future of drones and unmanned aircraft systems.
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Smart motorways and the criminal law

Steven Baylis, partner at Lime Solicitors, discusses the potential for a corporate manslaughter case.
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Shoaf is first female chair of Urban Transport Group

Transport for West Midlands managing director Laura Shoaf is the new chair of the Urban Transport Group.
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Thousands of flood defence assets in poor condition

Environment Agency inspections found that more than 3,400 vital flood defence assets across England were in poor condition last year.
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Councils report nearly 5% dip in parking surplus

Local authorities in England have said a slight dip in the surplus them make on parking activities could impact their ability to fix potholes and tackle congestion.
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Exclusive: Highways England's active travel claims don't add up

Highways England has been unable to support its claim to have completed 160 cycle schemes between 2015-20 under its Designated Funds programme.
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AIA: 'Get involved to sound the alarm'

Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) chair Rick Green calls on councils to participate in the 2021 ALARM survey so highways maintenance gets the public and political attention it deserves.
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Highways England forks out for cycle network's missing link

Highways England is promising to resolve a ‘missing link’ on one of the National Cycle Network’s key routes by extending the A36 cycleway in Salisbury.
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Councils aim low with on-street charger plans

Councils are planning on installing just 35 on-street electric vehicle chargers each by 2025 on average, an investigation has revealed.
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TfL plugs transport links in 'largest development yet'

Transport for London has secured planning permission for a new development that it said will deliver 852 new homes for rent and sale, including 50% affordable housing.
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Judge throws out Khan's 'great reallocation'

The High Court has overturned London mayor Sadiq Khan’s Streetspace for London Plan, which was introduced in May last year in response to the pandemic.
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Snow follows rain as Christoph hits the North

Homes have been evacuated in Northern England and Wales and transport disrupted after storm Christoph caused severe flooding.
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Oxford aims for '30 by 25' air pollution target

Oxford City Council has said it is the first local authority in the UK to approve a city-wide air pollution reduction target.
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Concrete roads upgrade launched with £39m framework

Highways England has awarded the first of three multi-million-pound contracts that will 'revitalise concrete road surfaces across the country'.
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Highways England 'considering findings' of CCTV stopped vehicle trial

Highways England has met a pledge in its Delivery Plan to carry out a large-scale trial of a CCTV-based alternative to its existing stopped vehicle detection system.
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Highways Heroes: A win-win for all

During the first lockdown in April of this year, IHE junior vice president Ellie Gormley had no time to sit and enjoy the sun; she was busy shopping for eight vulnerable residents in her local area of Rugeley, Staffordshire.
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Highways Heroes: The right treatment

Paul Boss, chief executive of the Road Surface Treatments Association, speaks to Dominic Browne about overcoming challenges on the front line and working behind the scenes to ensure the sector could keep going.
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Skates backs Commission on M4 alternatives

The Welsh Government has set up a dedicated 'Development Unit' to take forward the recommendations of the South East Wales Transport Commission after endorsing all of them.
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Council hits £10m parking income

Councils are issuing fines worth an average of £850,000 a year for parking offences, with one raking in more than £10m, according to new research.
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Smart motorways: Hard shoulder removal 'contributed to deaths'

The widow of a man killed on a smart motorway has thanked the coroner who described such schemes as presenting ‘an ongoing risk of future deaths’ and called for a new review into their safety.
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Campaigners call on councils to help cut car use

Environmental campaigners have called on local authorities to cancel spending on road building and redirect funds to boost public transport and active travel.
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Khan wants £2bn a year for TfL as fares rise and cuts bite

Transport for London (TfL) has made a pitch for £3.1bn government funding for the next financial year as it published details of fare rises and cuts to services.
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National Pothole Day survey finds network in decline

A major survey taken to mark National Pothole Day has found that 81% of local authorities believe the pothole crisis has become worse over the last five years.
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UK to close all travel corridors from Monday

All travel corridors to the UK will be closed from 4am Monday (18 January), meaning any passengers travelling to the country must obtain a negative COVID test 72 hours before departure.
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DfT slashes train timetables again to save cash

Rail services across Great Britain are set to be cut to around 72% of pre-pandemic levels.
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Shapps delays testing for inbound passengers

Labour has described the Government as ‘slipping into utter chaos’ after ministers delayed the introduction of compulsory COVID testing for passengers arriving in England.
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TRL calls for 'progress now' on decarbonisation

TRL will this year launch a new academic service to support organisations in the new aspects of the transition to zero-carbon transport.
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TfN funding cuts 'undermine levelling up' pledge

The chief executive of Transport for the North has warned that government cuts to its funding will cause a ‘significant scaling back’ of its work, including its ability to progress Northern Powerhouse Rail.
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TfL held to account over casualty rates

Transport for London has unveiled a new online tool that it said will enable organisations and the public to see the level of road casualties in the capital.
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New signs point the way to vaccine roll-out

The Department for Transport has published examples of new signs to guide traffic to COVID-19 vaccination centres in support of the national vaccination plan.
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Traffex roars back to the future with hybrid format

Traffex Parkex returns this year as a full hybrid exhibition, backed by a COVID peace of mind guarantee.
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Cities set to run UK’s first all-electric bus services

Coventry and Oxford are set to receive up to £50m to help them become the first parts of the UK to run all-electric bus services.
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HS2 minister warns of 'chilling impact' if project is dropped

HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson has said scrapping HS2 now would have a 'chilling impact' on the construction sector in the UK and send a 'terrible message' in response to the pandemic.
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DfT could mandate testing for UK arrivals

Ministers are considering new measures to prevent new cases of COVID-19 being imported into the UK, including pre-departure testing for people arriving here.
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EVs take 10% of market as car sales plummet

New car registrations fell by 30% in 2020, but it was ‘a bumper year’ for battery and plug-in hybrid electric cars.
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Council given power to tackle antisocial lorry parking

Kent County Council has been given new powers to clamp and fine lorries that are illegally or inappropriately parked.
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Councils warned to push ahead with clean air zones

Air pollution exceeds pre-pandemic levels in 80% of places despite continued lockdown restrictions, new research has uncovered.
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Funding gap 'devastates' rural bus services

Rural and remote bus services saw journeys fall by 97 million last year due to a £348m funding gap, a new report has warned.
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'We can do better than central govt' on emissions, local leaders say

Local and regional leaders representing around a third of the population of England and Scotland have committed to going ‘further and faster’ than central government by eliminating carbon emissions in their communities at least five years earlier.
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NHT results revealed

The National Highways and Transport Public Satisfaction Survey this year threw in new questions and provided new comparisons although the big question remains the same: of the 109 authorities that took part, who came out on top?
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Carbon plan late but ‘green’ number plates arrive

The Government’s pledge to go ‘further and faster to tackle climate change’ has taken a blow after the Department for Transport (DfT) admitted its flagship transport decarbonisation plan has been delayed.
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Tories relying on Labour councils to boost cycling

Labour-controlled unitary authorities in England are more likely to implement Conservative government policy supporting cycling, new research has found.
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£1bn rail enhancements cut 'shoots us in the foot'

Ministers have admitted that the cash available for enhancements to the rail network during the current five-year period will be £1bn lower than promised.
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Bus industry faces £500m recovery challenge in first year

The bus industry has laid out plans for its recovery and long-term sustainability, based on flexible local arrangements and central government support worth up to £500m in the first year alone.
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Leeds set to scrap CAZ but could keep ANPR

Leeds City Council is set to scrap its Clean Air Zone (CAZ) plans after businesses switched to cleaner vehicles in anticipation, and could repurpose the scheme's vehicle tracking technology.
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UK awaits 'world-leading' framework for AV trials

There is no sign of a promised process for approving advanced trials of autonomous vehicles, nearly three years after ministers pledged to ‘make world-leading changes to the regulatory framework’.
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Matheson finds another £53m for buses

The Scottish Government has approved new spending of up to £52.6m to help bus operators maintain services during the pandemic.
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All at sea? Network Rail backtracks on beach plans

Network Rail will ‘refine’ plans to improve resilience along a 1.8km stretch of railway in the South West after more than half of respondents to a consultation expressed disapproval.
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Welsh councils to get pavement parking enforcement powers

Councils in Wales could have greater powers to prevent pavement parking by 2022 after ministers backed recommendations from an independent taskforce.
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£4m to take Glasgow and Edinburgh networks through to 2021

The Scottish Government has pledged a further £4m emergency funding for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams in response to the ongoing financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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AA highlights local road spend disparity

The AA has accused some councils in England of doing ‘next to nothing’ by way of maintenance on their road network.
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Brown signs off with a gong as Queen honours COVID heroes

Former Transport for London commissioner Mike Brown has been awarded a CBE in the delayed Queen’s Birthday Honours, which have seen transport workers and others recognised for their work during the pandemic.
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Scotland reverses Beeching cut with £15m station

The Aberdeenshire town of Kintore will this week see the return of rail services after an absence of almost 60 years.
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Uber to carry on in London, despite 'historical failings'

Uber has won its appeal to be allowed to operate in London despite its 'historical failings'.
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Thousands thrown off trains as exemptions confusion continues

Four train firms have launched a new pilot in London with British Transport Police (BTP) ‘to further encourage people to wear face coverings’, backed by the threat of removal from trains or fines.
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Govt announces £2m to encourage children to cycle and walk

The Government will be making £2m available to help encourage children to walk or cycle to school.
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Councils seek MPs’ help over lorry parks

Local authorities have called on MPs to help lobby the Government over the creation of lorry parks to cope with no-deal Brexit border disruption.
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Network Rail must stay ahead on green goals, Haines warns

Network Rail has published a new Environmental Sustainability Strategy, setting out a vision ‘to serve the nation with the cleanest, greenest mass transport’.
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A96 left out as Scotland advertises North trunk road deals

The Scottish Government has published contract notices for the two remaining trunk road maintenance deals, worth around £1.4bn.
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The A14 story part 2: Economy plus ecology

The second in our series of exclusive behind-the-scenes briefings on the award winning A14 scheme from the team at Atkins. This week Highways hears about how a legacy of wildlife habitat innovations was achieved.
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Staffs e-scooter trial goes Live

Staffordshire County Council and Amey have partnered with two electric scooter providers to launch micromobility trials as part of the ADEPT Smart Places Live Labs programme.
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Highways England signs up to new disability help

Highways England is introducing new resources to make it easier for people with disabilities to use its network.
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London traffic control extensions for Siemens and Cubic

Siemens and Cubic Transportation Systems have also secured one-year extensions to their Traffic Control Maintenance contracts with Transport for London, Highways has learned.
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Telent gets green light for signals contract extension

Transport for London has given Telent a one-year extension on its Traffic Control Maintenance contract.
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Kier announces another big loss as pandemic 'stalls progress'

Kier Group made a loss of £225m in the year to 30 June 2020 as the pandemic hit its revenues.
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Rail franchising ends as DfT prepares ground for new era

Ministers have ‘ended’ rail franchising after 24 years but placed existing operators onto transitional contracts while they work out exactly what to replace it with.
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'Job losses across country' if TfL funding is not fixed

London mayor Sadiq Khan has made a new pitch for government funding for the capital’s cash strapped transport services, warning that jobs across the country are at risk.
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Cambridge autonomous shuttle plans off track

Trials of an autonomous passenger shuttle in Cambridge have been scaled back and will no longer seek to use the city’s controversial guided busway.
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Highways England trials 60mph limits to cut pollution

Highways England is trialling 60mph speed limits on short sections of its network to bring air pollution within legal limits.
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Citizen's Climate Assembly calls for reductions in car and air travel

The first citizens’ assembly on climate change has called for tough action including limiting the growth of car and plane travel and ending the sale of the most polluting vehicles.
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Parents call on councils to improve school air quality

Parents and charities have called on local authorities to improve air quality at schools as research suggests a 50% reduction in pollution could halve the number of children with poor lung function.
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Transport Network's magnificent seven

The Transport Network team celebrates another milestone.
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Mott hits the final spot

Highways England has appointed Mott MacDonald to the final place on its Regional Delivery Partnership (RDP) technical adviser framework in a deal worth up to £20m.
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M4 at centre of 'stolen powers' debate

There are concerns in Wales that the UK Government may use powers ‘stolen’ from devolved nations to build the £1.5bn M4 Relief Road at Newport – which Welsh ministers cancelled last year.
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