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March 2007 Highways Magazine - Issue December 2006

News
Costain tipped to clinch £500m deal; Ads may make drivers crash; MAM tackles Yorkshire’s busiest roads

Westminster Notes
Will Howie considers a report that puts major new road building schemes on the back burner while options to combat congestion are being developed.

Legal
Law firm Pinsent Masons considers the ramifications of legislation dealing with access to information held by companies working in the public sector

In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight this month is Tim Cook, MD at Hays Construction and Property

Viewpoint
This month’s Viewpoint comes from the British In-Situ Concrete Paving Association (Britpave)

Highway maintenance
Aggregates Industries demonstrates team working at its best on the £93 million A30 Bodmin to Indian Queens Improvement Scheme; Fire protection for worst case scenario at M25 Holmesdale Tunnel widening and maintenance project; Cost-effective protection of steel in concrete; Faber Maunsell and Nigel Panting Project Manager, Suffolk CC look at the South Lowestoft Relief Road

Traffic calming
New rapid assembly foundation for SPECS cameras; Havering enlists Siemens to provide traffic solutions

Parking
Tarmac creates car park capable of storing rainwater; WPS supports Park and Ride’s role in reducing carbon emissions; Parkeon introduces Pay & Display parking terminal fully-compliant with Disability Discrimination Act; Aarsleff Piling offers an alternative pile technique on a 17-storey building with 580 car parking spaces