Highway Electrical News (HEN) is delivering its first one-day Technical Conference featuring the latest developments in the lighting and highway electrical industry. The event in Leeds on Tuesday May 22, 2012 is said by HEN to be crucial for practitioners who have an interest in lighting or highway electrical works who can hear the most recent thinking on LEDs, Competition in Connections and Unregulated Margins - the new approach to variable lighting and advice on good practice for safe working.
An umbrella body of 370 local authorities in the UK wants towns and cities to charge utility companies for digging up roads and disrupting traffic.
The Local Government Association, representing English and Welsh members says too many roads are blocked due to lane closures because of digging to repair pipes and communication lines.
The LGA said it should be easier for local councils to introduce lane rental schemes if needed, without the requirement to get approval from the central government.
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As editor of World Highways, information is provided on a great deal of revolutionary new traffic technology. Some of these new innovations offer major advantages in cutting congestion; smart systems that can regulate traffic flow or reduce risks for commuters. But it is worth remembering too that some of the solutions to urban transportation, as well as cutting urban pollution, have been around for a very long time. The humble bicycle is a highly efficient machine for transportation over comparatively shor
Transport for London (TfL) has been granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) by the Department for Transport (DfT) for the Silvertown Tunnel. This new twin-bore road tunnel will run under the River Thames in East London. The DCO is the formal process giving the green light to any development categorised as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP).
The tunnel is set to open in 2023 and is intended to help reduce the chronic congestion at the existing Blackwall Tunnel. The project will also he
