3,000 names and rising: Let's end roadworker abuse05/10/2020 More than 3,100 people (including the team here at Highways) have signed a petition to change the law to give roadworkers greater protection against abuse and violence. |
Highways England trials roadworks airbag02/10/2020 Highways England is trialling an inflatable barrier that can be put up in minutes to help protect road workers on its network from motorists who drive into work areas. |
Highways England seeks more passport sign-ups25/09/2020 Highways England has called for more members of its supply chain to register for its Passport scheme. |
Creativity, keeping safe and carrying on01/07/2020 Following praise for Highways England from the strategic roads watchdog for ‘acting with speed and decisiveness’ in its response to the pandemic, Highways gets a briefing on some of the innovative ways the government-owned company has kept people safe and the country moving. |
Link-up aims to be the new word in safety23/06/2020 Safety and security firm Highway Care and technology provider Neology have announced a new partnership for the use of Temporary Average Speed at Roadworks. |
Robotic pre-marker provides starting point for safer working02/01/2020 A ‘clever little robot’ has saved hundreds of hours of working time on projects across the country, Highways England has said. |
A-One+ celebrates 2 million hours of safe working04/03/2019 Roadworkers on motorways and major A roads in Kent and Sussex have achieved more than two million hours without an accident. |
Red light spells danger: Colas signposts sector to safety innovation25/02/2019 Colas has hailed an ‘ingenious’ safety innovation that beams a red danger zone around its biggest paving machines. |
Comment: Using our influence to change driver behaviour31/01/2019 James Haluch managing director for highways at Amey, asks: How do we tackle motorists’ nonchalant attitude towards safety when it comes to roadworks? |
Drivers 'wilfully ignoring safety advice' at roadworks31/01/2019 Key industry figures have called for drivers to modify their behaviour after a majority admitted to driving in ways that put roadworkers at risk. |
Scotland contractors call for end to roadworker abuse07/06/2018 Transport Scotland and the companies that operate its trunk road network have launched a roadworker safety campaign, asking drivers to help stamp out the ‘shocking’ levels of abuse suffered by their workers. |
Roadworker dies on Surrey roundabout scheme04/06/2018 A worker has died on site at a road improvement scheme in Surrey, after apparently being hit by plant machinery. |
Report highlights safety risks of 'barbaric' slavery practices14/05/2018 Workers in the construction industry are vulnerable to exploitation and slavery, including the cover-up of serious accidents, according to two new reports. |
Colas trials groundbreaking autonomous protection vehicle18/08/2017 A partnership between Colas and two US companies is seeking to save roadworker lives with what is thought to be the world’s first Autonomous Impact Protection Vehicle (AIPV). |
Shadow minister highlighting roadworker safety21/02/2017 Stemming the tide of violence and abuse aimed at workers maintaining Britain’s roads and the innovations being introduced to speed up road repairs across the country is the focus of a visit by Shadow Road Minister Daniel Zeichner to contractors in Cambridgeshire. |
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