New 'contract maturity needed' in world of data currency13/06/2022 A new model of local authority highways contract is needed to take into account the increasingly important issue of data, a key figure in the sector has said. |
NWSRG chair: Spreading the word on winter service13/06/2022 The chair of the National Winter Service Research Group (NWSRG) has celebrated the new organisation's new model, which has boosted membership and opened up collaboration with other sectors. |
Cash converter: How councils are using gritters in TM fleet24/03/2022 Vehicle specialist Acklea has urged councils and contractors to save money by adapting gritting vehicles to be used for traffic management in the spring and summer. |
VALE accentuates the positives of the tractor-towed spreader20/08/2020 York-based VALE Engineering has said it is ‘taking the fight to the competition’ with its largest ever tractor-towed salt spreader. |
Econ launches towable liquid de-icer spreader14/08/2020 The country’s leading manufacturer of winter maintenance equipment has unveiled a towable trailer that can precision spray liquid de-icer for over 100km before needing a refill. |
Matheson on thin ice over Queensferry closure11/02/2020 The Queensferry Crossing has been closed following reports of ice falling on vehicles, despite a ministerial assurance just three months ago that such incidents are ‘very rare’ and that monitoring equipment would be fitted. |
Bath tackles the cold with new winter fleet30/01/2020 Bath and North East Somerset Council has upgraded its winter maintenance fleet with eight new spreaders from Aebi Schmidt. |
Scotland goes Forth with electric gritter07/11/2019 A fully electric gritter will join the fleet of vehicles aiming to keep Scotland’s trunk roads moving this winter. |
Vaisala puts winter service on a new route15/05/2019 Vaisala has launched a new web-based route optimization service using automation and advanced algorithms to help design winter road maintenance treatments more efficiently. |
Cold Comfort line-up announced03/05/2019 The show preview and updated programme for Cold Comfort 2019 have been published. |
Product focus: Durham adds another Multihog after beastly blast25/04/2019 Hit hard by last year’s Beast from the East, Durham County Council has put its faith in a small fleet of Multihogs to blow the snow away and save cash. |
Safety warning over timber salt domes21/03/2019 Alan Sheen, director of Eurodome Ltd, highlights a recent incident that operators of timber salt storage domes should take note of. |
Staffs invests in spreaders as Beast from the East set to return09/01/2019 Staffordshire County Council has invested in nine new spreaders as the coldest weather of the season is predicted to be just around the corner. |
Councils 'rise to the challenge' with 1.4 million tonnes of salt26/11/2018 Councils have 1.4 million tonnes of salt stockpiled in preparation for winter, and have an average of nine full-size gritters each, a new survey has revealed. |
County rethinks gritting routes to keep up with risk-based approach27/09/2018 Hertfordshire County Council has approved new gritting routes following a review aimed at bringing its operations into line with the new highways code of practice. |
Econ hiring 20 new staff after boost in orders29/05/2018 Leading manufacturer of winter service fleet, Econ Engineering,has announced it will be hiring 20 new staff after seeing a boost in orders for its vehicles following the Beast from the East. |
Cold Comfort day one podcast online now16/05/2018 Cold Comfort is the annual winter maintenance conference and exhibition, now in its 27th year, taking place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. And the |
Read all about it - Cold Comfort preview now online10/05/2018 With the programme finalised for Cold Comfort 2018, which takes place next week, a preview of the show has been published in the latest Highways magazine, now online. |
Latest Cold Comfort programme now available05/04/2018 An updated programme has been announced for the 27th annual Cold Comfort winter maintenance conference and exhibition next month. |
Drivers stranded again as new snowfall hits19/03/2018 A 64-mile stretch of the A30 in Devon and Cornwall was closed for several hours by further bad weather overnight, stranding scores of drivers. |
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