Galliford Try scoops £435m double Highways England win
20/09/2019
Highways England has signed contracts worth a total of £435m with Galliford Try to deliver two major road upgrades.
Rise of the robots: Is AI about to transform highways?20/09/2019 A number of AI roads systems are currently available and are developing all the time. The main focus at the moment is on surveying the network, and using AI to identify not just assets but the condition the assets are in. |
Taking an active approach to travel planning20/09/2019 Mark Kemp, chair of ADEPT’s Transport and Connectivity Board, shares his views on enabling the shift to active travel. |
UKRLG releases a new framework for highway inspectors20/09/2019 The UK Roads Liaison Group Asset Management Board, with support from key stakeholders, has produced a revised Highway Inspector Competence Framework. |
ULEZ success makes £26m hole in TfL income19/09/2019 Compliance with London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has continued to improve over the summer, resulting in millions of pounds of lost income for Transport for London (TfL). |
Kier loses £245m despite highways wins19/09/2019 Kier Group has announced losses of £245m following what its chief executive conceded was a ‘difficult’ year. |
Oxfordshire councils launch ‘bold’ plans for tackling congestion19/09/2019 Local authorities in Oxfordshire have announced new plans for reducing congestion on all major routes into Oxford. |
The transformation is afoot: How the DfT is helping roads go digital20/09/2019 Work is progressing in central and local government to standardise highways and transport digital systems and build national guidance, as well as pan-European frameworks. |
DfT's Steve Berry says 'we need a sector deal'18/09/2019 The Department for Transport is working to develop a ‘sector deal’ including pin-pointing partnerships with industry on sector specific issues such as skills, supplies, R&D, collaboration and efficiencies. |
The long legal read: Filling the funding hole19/09/2019 Ava Zadkhorvash and Jon Hart of award winning law firm Pinsent Masons LLP, take a look at potential funding models for highways infrastructure, Regulated Asset Bases and life after PFI and PF2. |
Hertfordshire plans to charge A10 drivers in pollution push20/09/2019 Two councils in Hertfordshire are set to bring in a charging Clean Air Zone to tackle pollution on a major A road. |
RIS delays 'not acceptable', CIHT chief says13/09/2019 A key industry figure has rebuked Highways England for moving improvement schemes in the first (2015-20) Road Investment Strategy (RIS) back into the second RIS. |
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RIS delays 'not acceptable', CIHT chief says
