Highway & Network Management

Colombia dual carriageways under construction

October 10, 2016

Colombia is currently working on major highway projects that will improve transport infrastructure in the country and form part of its 4G programme. The US$616.5 million Rumichaca-Pasto dual carriageway in Narino department will improve Colombia’s transport connections with neighbouring Ecuador, cutting journey times from two hours at present to just one hour. The project is being handled by a consortium, Consorcio SAC 4G and involves improving an 80km road section and building additional lanes for the 74km

Oklahoma opts for IRD’s electronic truck screening system

September 30, 2016

In a US$2.59 million contract, Dynamics (IRD) is to build, implement and maintain a port-of-entry (POE) electronic screening system for commercial vehicles in the US state of Oklahoma.

SWARCO helps cut congestion at Dover Port and local roads

September 29, 2016

SWARCO is playing a key role in a US$110 million traffic-management improvement scheme at the UK’s Dover Port The port handles nearly $155 billion of trade annually and saw record freight volumes of 2.53 million units in 2015, up 5% on 2014. It handles up to 17% of all UK trade so its efficient operation is essential.

Parsons to design traffic management system for Florida’s I-95

September 29, 2016

Florida’s Department of Transportation has selected Parsons to provide final design services for an expansion of a traffic management system on the I-95.

Ramboll’s Simon Benfield looks at the future of gantry design

September 29, 2016

Gantries first appeared over highways in the late 1960s and are now of increased importance, thanks to the emergence of Smart Motorways, writes Simon Benfield* The motorway network exhibits a timeline of innovation; lane control signals on highways appeared in the 1970s

Yotta’s Horizons and Mayrise create a route map of the world

September 14, 2016

Simon Topp, director of international business at software developer Yotta, explained the need for having the best possible plan in place. Highways agencies and departments the world over face a raft of complex and difficult challenges when it comes to managing and maintaining their infrastructure assets. In some countries, where natural disasters or extreme weather events are endemic, good asset management will need to be supplemented by risk and resilience planning. In the US, for example, the Feder

IBI’s Routemapper charts new territory with Highways England

September 14, 2016

Mapping the asset High-speed data collection just got faster for England’s newly created strategic roads operator Highways England’s establishment as a publicly held company in 2015 created a need for a highly accurate asset inventory. This was potentially very costly and had serious safety implications. As well as its relationships with numerous managing agents and contractors, assets include 35,300km of highway, 12,100km of earthworks, 23,200km of safety fences, 150,000 technology assets and sig

Australian capital Canberra looks to upgrade street lighting

September 12, 2016

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government said it is seeking proposals for the management of Canberra city’s 79,000 streetlights to improve cost and energy efficiencies.

Chicago kicks off the Array of Things project

September 12, 2016

The first data-collecting sensors as part of a delayed but major roads project have been stationed atop traffic light poles in Chicago. The US city installed two nodes containing computers and sensors including low-resolution cameras as well as air quality sensors, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune newspaper.

Intercomp's HH400 Handheld Weighing Indicator

August 25, 2016

Intercomp says that its HH400 Handheld Indicator offers additional capabilities over the previous TL-RFX Indicator. This now offers added features such as output to RFX enabled wireless printers, memory storage, and RS232 output. The unit can be used for monitoring and controlling CS and TL Series Crane and Tension Link Scales, as well as PT and LP Portable Wheel Load Scales from up to 90m away. With three display modes, it allows simultaneous viewing of data from up to four scales from a large, graphic