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£400,000 safety scheme for A5036 at Litherland
National Highways is installing a new bridge safety barrier along a section of the route at Church Road in Litherland where the A5036...
Safer Highways
Apr 171 min read
Urban Fox, the electric vehicle (EV) charging arm of Balfour Beatty, has secured its first contract with Newport City Council
Formed through a partnership between Balfour Beatty Investments and Urban Electric Networks, Urban Fox will install 120 EV charge points...
Safer Highways
Apr 172 min read
Petition launched after fatal attack on Jorge Ortega at Ilford station
JORGE ORTEGA, AN ELIZABETH LINE WORKER, DIED AFTER AN ATTACK AT ILFORD STATION LAST DECEMBER Elizabeth line boss urges Government to give...
Safer Highways
Apr 162 min read
Mayor of Greater Manchester calls for fix to England’s ‘broken’ taxi licensing system
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham calls for devolved powers on taxis to fix a broken national taxi system Figures show one local...
Safer Highways
Apr 165 min read
Council fined millions after three busway deaths
Kathleen Pitts (left), Steve Moir (centre) and Jennifer Taylor (right) all died in collisions with buses A council has been fined £6m...
Safer Highways
Apr 163 min read
Derbyshire highways chief defends efforts to fix potholes after minister's criticism
Pictured (L-R) is Allan Ogle, Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins and Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood The Minister for the Future of Roads...
Safer Highways
Apr 163 min read
Southampton named one of the 'UK's pothole capitals'
Southampton’s roads ‘getting worse’ with city named one of ‘UK’s pothole capitals’ A study has named Southampton as one of the “UK’s...
Safer Highways
Apr 162 min read
Highways funding boost welcomed as calls for link-road continue
Nearly £7 million of additional funding will be ploughed into highways projects across Telford and Wrekin over the next 12 months. The...
Safer Highways
Apr 162 min read
National speed limit increases for HGVs risk 'penalising' drivers with 'dangerous' road conditions
The proposal would see HGV speed limits increase to 60mph on dual carriageways Road safety experts have warned that proposed increases to...
Safer Highways
Apr 162 min read
M Group makes transformative move into the technology solutions market by acquiring Telent
M Group is excited to announce the acquisition of Telent, the leading provider of operational technology and digital solutions for...
Safer Highways
Apr 162 min read
New Zealand | Road workers abused and threatened: 'We really need to do better as a society'
NZTA Auckland and Northland manager Jacqui Hori-Hoult, right, says one in four road workers is verbally abused every day. One in four...
Safer Highways
Apr 153 min read
TfL cuts ties with Accenture over DEI rollback
Transport for London has reportedly stopped working with consulting firm Accenture after the consultancy scaled back its diversity,...
Safer Highways
Apr 151 min read
Southampton secondary school students secure funding for their active travel and road safety campaigns
Southampton City Council welcomed students from six secondary schools in the Southampton area to the first Modeshift Active Travel...
Safer Highways
Apr 153 min read
Somerset villages to opened up by new travel route
Travelling between two growing settlements on the Somerset Levels has become a little bit easier after the first phase of a car-free...
Safer Highways
Apr 153 min read
£1.9m roadworks set to last until June on A66 near Keswick
National Highways have began a £1.9 million resurfacing project of the westbound carriageway of the A66 between Penrith and Keswick. The...
Safer Highways
Apr 152 min read
National Highways orders 58 new Toyota EVs
The new EVs will bolster National Highways’ commitment to go net zero on corporate emissions by 2030 National Highways has placed a new...
Safer Highways
Apr 151 min read
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