TfL given date to appeal Streetspace ruling, while Harrow has other plans
04/05/2021
Transport for London (TfL) has been given a court date for its appeal against a High Court ruling that its streetspace plans were unlawful.
Jacobs reappointed to controversial bridge portfolio06/05/2021 Highways England has awarded Jacobs a new £30m contract for ‘the maintenance and disposal’ of over 3,000 assets that make up the Historical Railways Estate. |
Mott MacDonald invests in smart energy company Piclo06/05/2021 Mott MacDonald Ventures, the strategic corporate venture arm of Mott MacDonald, has made an equity investment in smart energy company Piclo. |
Traffic surges in Scottish cities but pollution measures delayed06/05/2021 New data shows that traffic levels in Edinburgh and Glasgow have exceeded pre-pandemic levels, adding to fears about air quality following delays to Scotland’s planned Low Emission Zones. |
M Group moving on up after Skanska deal05/05/2021 M Group Services has completed the acquisition of Skanska UK’s infrastructure services operation. |
North Lanarkshire tenders £5.7bn 'roads and place' partnership contract06/05/2021 North Lanarkshire Council has tendered a £5.7bn commercial place-shaping partnership contract, which would last 20 years with the option to extend for a further five. |
All lane running smart motorways now more lethal, data shows05/05/2021 Fatality rates on all lane running (ALR) ‘smart motorways’ have exceeded those on conventional motorways for the past two years, with 15 people now confirmed to have died on motorways without a permanent hard shoulder in 2019. |
Kier wins six-month Birmingham extension29/04/2021 Kier Highways has been awarded a six-month extension on its Birmingham Interim Services Contract, which was originally a 15-month deal reported to be worth around £85m. |
SWARCO puts Wolverhampton in control of MyCity30/04/2021 Wolverhampton City Council has worked with traffic technology specialist SWARCO Traffic to streamline the city’s traffic management via the firm’s MyCity platform. |
Ramboll appoints new MD29/04/2021 Global engineering and consultancy company Ramboll has appointed Philippa Spence as its new UK MD, following Mathew Riley’s recent appointment to the group executive board as chief operating officer. |
Comment: A super deductor can be a super carbon reducer30/04/2021 The Treasury's Super Deduction Tax Savings offer means that for expenditure incurred between 1 April 2021 until the end of March 2023 companies can claim 130% capital allowances on qualifying plant and machinery investments. Gary Spencer, MD at Meon Ltd, discusses the benefits for highways companies. |
AA calls for independent inquiry over SVD28/04/2021 The AA has called for an independent investigation into the system used to detect stopped vehicles on smart motorway all lane running (ALR) schemes. |
Kier wins six-month Birmingham extension
SWARCO puts Wolverhampton in control of MyCity
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