£7m highways super drain deployed beneath M509/08/2022 Costing £7m and taking 10 months to put in place, National Highways has celebrated the use of a 'pioneering drainage system' deployed underneath the M5 at Oldbury to filter water runoff. |
Sector warned to make better use of drainage to tackle pollution23/02/2022 As flooding risks rise, the highways sector is facing increasing calls to tackle the 'dangerous cocktail' of pollutants caused by road run-off into watercourses, with MPs and campaigners raising the alarm. |
No money to protect river facing 'ecological disaster' after £250m works11/01/2022 National Highways has been warned that drainage from a bridge that carries the M27 over a river threatens ‘an ecological disaster’ after it said it did not have the cash to carry out improvements. |
Not any old iron: Shimpac calls for dedicated solutions17/11/2021 The amount spent on temporary repairs, including specialised work on loose or sunken manhole covers and unsecure highway drains, is a major headache. The team at Shimpac argues that a dedicated ironwork seating system can be the solution. |
Analysis: Key changes in the DMRB drainage standards update24/07/2019 Steve Cox, principal consultant, Ramboll, gives Highways his expert insights into the drainage aspects to Highways England's update to the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB). |
Mega-pipes get HAPAS approval after complex collaboration02/05/2019 A technically demanding collaboration between Highways England, the British Board of Agrément and the British Plastics Federation has delivered the first-ever HAPAS certification for plastic pipe drainage systems up to a 3500mm diameter. |
Put it on (100% recycled) plastic with Clark-Drain22/11/2018 A new drainage chamber constructed using 100% recycled polypropylene has been designed for traffic signals, street lighting and communication networks by Clark-Drain. |
Design and product focus: I can stand the rain19/10/2018 Don Blackburn, of Blackburn and Roberts Ltd, is a chartered engineer with decades of experience in highways drainage. He gives Highways an analysis of a couple of design and product ideas. |
Polypipe’s sumpless gully chute goes with the flow06/09/2018 Sustainable drainage and water management manufacturer Polypipe has launched a new gully chute for use in highway applications designed to reduce the risk of blockages. |
Now that's smart: Coupling innovation set to save £240k17/04/2018 A manufacturer has given details of how its coupling innovation is set to save a Highways England Smart Motorway project nearly a quarter of a million pounds. |
AA members say road drainage is still poor during the summer19/08/2014 Drainage on main and local roads continues to be a problem despite long dry periods this summer. That’s the view of almost half of AA members who took part in a Populus poll. |
Flood probe on A59503/01/2013 An investigation into major flooding on the A595 around Bigrigg south of Whitehaven in Cumbria will start next week. |
Drainage work to last five months on A4915/08/2012 A five month programme to repair the drainage system along the north and southbound carriageways of the A49 in Leominster will start at the end of this month. |
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