What do you need when you have to carry out routine road maintenance on the world’s longest defined coastal touring route, the extremely popular tourist attraction of Southern Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way? You don’t need multiple machines doing multiple passes if you’re striving for optimum efficiency, road longevity and profit. What you do need, is … Read more
Recently, the government of Wales has confirmed its plans to give AMs (Assembly Members) an opportunity to vote on its scheme to build a relief road of 15 miles in length on Newport’s M4, which reportedly costs a total of £1.4 billion, or even more. This may be due to the fact that some Assembly … Read more
The DfT, or Department for Transport, has recently announced its plan to have a lane rental programme for the entire country, with the programme aimed at giving local authorities the opportunity to charge various utility providers and companies as much as £2,500 per day to be allowed to dig up roads (especially the busiest ones) … Read more
Eurovia Contracting has recently been able to complete a project for the Peppermint Junction in Lincolnshire three months before schedule due to the assistance of the new Hydradig from JCB. Eurovia Contracting, which is the primary contractor for the road construction project at the Peppermint Junction (in Holbeach in Lincolnshire), which cost a total of … Read more
The proposed tunnel for Stonehenge planned by Highways England that has been in the works in recent months has encountered some opposition from concerned groups, especially in regard to its impact on the local flow of groundwater along with its impact on historical monuments in the area. This month, Highways England was able to launch … Read more
This winter season, Hertfordshire County Council saw a significant increase in potholes reported by the public, which is obviously a cause for concern for the Council. According to the Council, it has received a total of 3,634 reports of potholes for January of 2018, which is higher than the 1,842 pothole reports received during the … Read more