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“We Were Lucky That Day” - Horse rider shares road accident horror as Blue Cross launches new safety code
Two years ago, Suffolk horse rider Alyson Lock and her horse Mylo were left injured and shaken after a car sped past them on a narrow...
Safer Highways
May 153 min read
Ed Miliband MP and Lord Blunkett visit Bentley works to see how Lower Thames Crossing will support local jobs
Skanska’s Bentley Works is a key hub for cementation, steel fabrication and ground engineering A recent event at Skanska’s Bentley Works...
Safer Highways
May 154 min read
Radar Catches Repeat Offender At Twice The Speed Limit, But They Don’t Give Two Quacks
This could be the same duck, or perhaps it’s the offspring of the bird from 2018 A duck was photographed at 32 mph (52 km/h) in an 18 mph...
Safer Highways
May 152 min read
£6m loan enables J Hopkins to acquire enlarged HQ facilities
Digital bank, OakNorth , has provided a £5.7m loan to Manchester civil engineering and infrastructure provider, J Hopkins Contractors, to...
Safer Highways
May 151 min read
BAKERHICKS SECURES PLACE ON £30 MILLION NORTH YORKSHIRE HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORT DESIGN SERVICES FRAMEWORK
The City of York Council has appointed BakerHicks, the multi-disciplinary design, engineering and project delivery company, to a new...
Safer Highways
May 151 min read
SNP “credibility on the line” amid fresh A9 dualling delay concerns
The Scottish Parliament’s first-ever full debate on the country’s largest infrastructure project – the A9 dualling programme – has heard...
Safer Highways
May 152 min read
TfL to mark 25th anniversary of Croydon’s trams network
With an anniversary poster campaign, Transport for London (TfL) is celebrating 25 years of modern London Trams and the input of the...
Safer Highways
May 141 min read
Councillors approve A7 active travel improvements
Midlothian Council is to spend almost £1.5 million of developer contributions on improving a stretch of the A7 so that people can walk,...
Safer Highways
May 141 min read
DfT’s head of future roads strategy and investment steps down
After more than nine years in the role the Department for Transport’s (DfT) head of future roads strategy and investment, Philip Andrews,...
Safer Highways
May 142 min read
GRAHAM hits construction milestone at M2 junction 5 improvements scheme
Civil engineering specialist GRAHAM has reached a milestone on the M2 junction 5 improvements scheme, with some significant changes made...
Safer Highways
May 142 min read
A27 works to finish early after weeks of delays
All lanes of the A27 near Brighton are set to fully reopen on Saturday following weeks of roadworks, delays and disruption since April....
Safer Highways
May 141 min read
Tailgating epidemic: nearly 1 million drivers caught in the act during UK camera trials
High-tech camera trials on four major UK motorways recorded nearly one million cases of tailgating between 2017 and 2021, according to...
Safer Highways
May 142 min read
New report labels North Yorkshire roads among the worst in Britain for 'pothole accident hotspots'
A new report has named North Yorkshire among the UK areas with the most recorded pothole-related accidents. The county finds itself among...
Safer Highways
May 142 min read
Innovative road repair specialist secures two-year Highland Council contract
THERMAL Road Repairs has secured a two-year patching repair contract worth a seven-figure sum with the Highland Council. The appointment...
Safer Highways
May 142 min read
Council looks for way out of relief road scheme
Heather Kidd said the council could not afford to build the relief road A council has asked the government if it could end a...
Safer Highways
May 142 min read
The UK's busiest speed cameras: Here are the areas catching out most drivers
England’s most prolific areas for speeding offences have been revealed and the area covered by Warwickshire Police has the highest number...
Safer Highways
May 142 min read
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