Top DfT scientist working on evidence base for climate change action06/06/2022 The top Department for Transport (DfT) official responsible for local highway resilience has given an insight into the scientific work the department is doing to tackle climate change. |
Baroness Vere calls for local Omicron resilience reviews21/12/2021 Transport minister Baroness Vere has written to all local transport and highway authorities, bus and light rail operators in England asking them to review resilience plans in light of the Omicron variant. |
Highways resilience undermined by wider weaknesses, report finds18/11/2021 Highway authorities have demonstrated excellent resilience in the face of extreme weather events and disasters. However local leaders are at risk of being undermined by a lack of wider support networks including training, IT and data sharing, a major new Government report has found. |
Three rivers and a FIMT: Resilience in Worcestershire02/12/2020 Geographical, topographical and financial risk mapping lie at the heart of local resilience, Worcestershire CC senior programme manager Ian Bamforth has explained in a crash course for ADEPT. |
NIC calls for statutory resilience framework28/05/2020 The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has called for a new statutory resilience framework, maintained and observed by regulators and contractors with new powers and responsibilities. |
Comment: A new model of team resilience17/08/2018 Tony Llewellyn, collaboration director at Resolex and visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster, discusses how to make a resilient highways work team. |
IHE CEO: Councils must be better prepared06/12/2016 The chief executive of the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) says local authorities are ill prepared when it comes to dealing with crisis situations. |
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