Balfour scoops £217m Lincolnshire roads deal
03/12/2019
Balfour Beatty Living Places has secured a highway maintenance contract with Lincolnshire County Council worth £217m over six years with an option to extend for a further six.
‘Climate change’ reappraisal puts dualling scheme under pressure06/12/2019 A £500m dualling scheme in South Wales is to be reappraised in light of the ‘climate change emergency’ before ministers make a final decision on construction. |
Highway Care rises to expectations06/12/2019 Barrier supplier Highway Care has unveiled its new offices in Sittingbourne, to accommodate its ‘ever-expanding team’. |
Scotland prepares new road safety framework06/12/2019 Transport Scotland is gearing up to produce a new Road Safety Framework, with a consultation on the new document expected early next year. |
Council fined over £1m after child suffers ‘life-changing head injury'06/12/2019 Hampshire County Council has been fined £1.4m after a child suffered a head injury caused by an unsecured street bollard. |
West Lothian uses risk-based approach to close in on targets04/12/2019 A council in Scotland has used a standardised risk-based approach template created by local officers’ body SCOTS to dramatically improve its ability to meet response times for road defects. |
TRL looks 50:50 after latest brine trials06/12/2019 The latest findings from the 2018/2019 Transport Scotland live brine trials have been released and after three winter seasons of research, the recommendations have become clearer and the areas of further research more specific. Dominic Browne reports |
All hands on the highway deck in Sheffield03/12/2019 When rain and floods hit South Yorkshire early in November, Amey, which provides highway maintenance services to Sheffield City Council through the £2bn ‘Streets Ahead’ PFI contract, was in the front line. Highways gets a briefing on its efforts. |
ROSPA warns of acute safety issue over older drivers29/11/2019 Safety issues around older drivers have become increasingly critical, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) has warned. |
We need to look at changing specs, sustainability chief warns02/12/2019 The head of sustainable engineering and climate adaption at Transport Scotland has said it is time to consider changing specifications in road markings and highways materials to tackle climate change. |
Amey celebrates Owen Williams Group's 100 years29/11/2019 In the lavish main hall of One Great George Street, home of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Amey celebrated the centenary of Sir Owen Williams' engineering practice, which was bought by the company in 2006. |
Seven in 10 drivers don't trust smart motorways29/11/2019 More than two-thirds (68%) of drivers in England think removing the hard shoulder on all lane running smart motorways compromises safety for people who breakdown in a live lane, according to the RAC. |
Major report investigates plastic in roads
ROSPA warns of acute safety issue over older drivers
Amey celebrates Owen Williams Group's 100 years
We need to look at changing specs, sustainability chief warns
