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Safer Highways

Mar 6, 20222 min read

Highway Code rule could see drivers fined £100 for undertaking on the motorway

There are few things more irritating than other motorists driving slowly in the overtaking lane and blocking your way. Many, when faced...

Safer Highways

Mar 4, 20223 min read

Sadiq Khan announces plan for ULEZ to be expanded to cover entire Greater London area

The Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) will be expanded to cover the entire Greater London area. The move by Mayor Sadiq Khan means the...

Safer Highways

Feb 25, 20222 min read

Extra £59m to be added to Shropshire Council’s highways budget

An extra £59m will be added to Shropshire Council’s highways budget in the next four years – after the council’s financial strategy was...

Safer Highways

Feb 25, 20222 min read

Government agrees £200 million deal to keep vital Transport for London services running

Announcing a fourth extraordinary funding and financing package for TfL ensuring the continued running of London’s transport network. The...

Safer Highways

Feb 25, 20222 min read

COLAS SECURES BLACK COUNTRY CARRIAGEWAY SURFACING FRAMEWORK

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has awarded Colas Ltd a place on the three-year term contract for carriageway surfacing on behalf of...

Safer Highways

Feb 24, 20222 min read

Road safety campaigner Meera Naran dedicates MBE to son killed in smart motorway crash

A road safety campaigner has dedicated her MBE to her eight-year-old son who was killed in a collision on a smart motorway, after she...

Safer Highways

Feb 24, 20222 min read

Civil engineering insights on HS2 and alternative proposals

The UK needs additional rail capacity for passengers and freight along key corridors to meet future demand growth, help rebalance its...

Safer Highways

Feb 20, 20222 min read

Storm Franklin: Flooding and evacuations as third storm in four days nears UK

Flooding driven by heavy rain has prompted evacuations in parts of the UK as Storm Franklin approaches. There is severe flooding in parts...

Safer Highways

Feb 15, 20223 min read

Pledge on new smart motorways hits reverse as it emerges two-thirds are to open without extra laybys

Despite promise to add laybys, four smart motorways will open without them Of six schemes under construction, four will open as...

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