'Carbon bomb' warning adds to relief road woes23/12/2024 Shropshire Council has sought to shrug off a new estimate of the carbon impact of its controversial relief road scheme by increasing the budget and timescale for its pledge to offset the scheme’s emissions. |
Tarmac achieves record low for SRN carbon emissions13/12/2024 A trial on the A64 near Leeds has delivered what is thought to be the UK’s lowest level of carbon emissions for a resurfacing scheme on the strategic road network (SRN) without using carbon offsetting. |
Concrete answer to carbon sink11/11/2024 A technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere and lock it into recycled concrete has been put on the UK market. |
Carbon tracker aims to highlight hotspots04/10/2024 Costain has 'successfully' trialled a carbon tracker platform that aims to standardise and improve carbon emissions reporting across its projects. |
Bio-binders trial extended after 'excellent' initial results15/08/2024 National Highways has extended its trials of bio-binders to include warm mix asphalt (WMA) and recycled content to provide a circular, lower carbon Clause 942 thin surface course solution. |
National Highways off track on carbon target13/08/2024 National Highways’ regulator has challenged it over its refusal to accelerate its LED lighting replacement programme, despite the company being predicted to narrowly miss its revised 2025 carbon emissions target. |
Can we achieve 'carbon negative' asphalt? Aggregate Industries says yes22/01/2024 Aggregate Industries has completed a trial of its new Foamix product, which it said paves the way for carbon-negative asphalt. |
Exclusive: National Highways bans offsets for carbon pledges on Lower Thames Crossing10/01/2024 National Highways has clarified that contractors building its huge £9bn Lower Thames Crossing project will not be permitted to engage in offsetting in order to meet their contractual carbon limits. |
Thames tunnel carbon pledges 'not watertight'12/12/2023 National Highways has refused to disclose the penalties that contractors would pay if they breached contract clauses it says are central to ‘ensuring’ that the Lower Thames Crossing meets new carbon limits. |
Concrete standards set for biggest overhaul since 1980s05/12/2023 Revised standards are set to bring about one of the most significant changes to the ingredients of concrete since the 1980s. |
New barrier 'cuts carbon in half'07/11/2023 Hardstaff Barriers has launched a precast concrete barrier which it said cuts carbon dioxide emissions by half compared to the standard product. |
ADEPT and FHRG unveil major milestone in highways carbon calculation01/11/2023 New guidance has been launched for highway authorities on calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including Scope 3 emissions, in what has been hailed as a major milestone towards a much-needed standardisation. |
Global body backs Kier's carbon cuts25/08/2023 Kier Highways’ carbon reduction targets have been validated by a global body as being in line with the latest science. |
National Highways says adjusted carbon target 'no easier' to achieve03/08/2023 National Highways’ target of a 75% cut in its corporate carbon emissions by 2025 has been reduced to 67% by agreement with ministers. |
National Highways makes new carbon claim over Thames Crossing10/07/2023 National Highways has raised the stakes on the climate impact of the Lower Thames Crossing, claiming that it aims to be ‘carbon neutral in construction’ as it launched what it said is one of the UK’s largest ever purchases of low-carbon hydrogen for use on the scheme. |
Time for a roads reset, climate advisers say28/06/2023 The Government’s climate change advisers have thrown down a challenge to its road building plans, advising that it should review projects to assess their consistency with its environmental goals and ensure that they do not lock in unsustainable levels of traffic growth. |
RSTA 'brings clarity to surface treatment savings'13/04/2023 The Road Surface Treatments Association has launched what it calls ‘game-changing’ guidance to help councils understand the carbon savings from using surface treatments. |
Carbon cuts without mileage cuts 'a monumental challenge'28/02/2023 The UK doesn't need to drive less to reach its climate change goals but...battery electric vehicles may need to jump from 2% to 35% of the total fleet by 2030, according to new modelling. |
HSC lends its weight to net zero revolution24/11/2022 The Highways Sector Council (HSC) has released its Net Zero Highways plan, with an initial focus on road user and capital carbon emissions. |
Wardrop says emissions cuts 'not a game'22/06/2022 Eurovia’s chief executive has joined calls for carbon modelling to be simplified as he warned against ‘greenwashing’ in the highways sector. |
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