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New Zealand transport minister Simeon Brown is considering tolling seven new “Roads of National Significance” if that would speed their completion.

Media reports noted that NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) said procurement and construction of the roads could start within the next three years.

The projects are Belfast-to-Pegasus, the Hawke’s Bay Expressway, SH1 Cambridge-to-Piarere, State Highway 29 Tauriko, Takitimu North Link Stage 2, Mill Road and Warkworth-to-Wellsford.

Redbridge is the first borough in London to trial a new asphalt mix that can reduce the carbon footprint in road resurfacing works. The project has been led by Redbridge Council, in partnership with Kensons Highways, using the asphalt for road resurfacing at Lodge Hill, in Ilford.

The asphalt mix, supplied by Tarmac, lowered the carbon footprint from road resurfacing by incorporating a carbon negative product into the mix, called ACLA. Results showed that using ACLA, Tarmac’s asphalt reduced the project’s carbon footprint by 68%.

Altrad RMD Kwikform has launched a solution to reduce the effects of thermal loading - the Tubeshor Active Thermal Compensator, ATC.

The Tubeshor hybrid hydraulic shoring system is used for propping waler beams or capping beams of large excavations. Altrad RMD Kwikform, an above and below ground temporary works specialist, said it comes in a range of diameters to cater for all duties of shoring requirement.

Flir has launched the closed circuit TrafiBot Dual AI multispectral camera system specifically to improve safety in tunnels and on bridges.

Flir, part of Teledyne Technologies, noted that it is in tunnels and on bridge that where drivers are most at risk for hitting unseen objects or being trapped by fast-growing vehicle fires.

Trimble and Radiodetection are collaborating to improve the technology used in the utility measurement and mapping process. Integrating the Trimble Catalyst DA2 GNSS system and Radiodetection’s RD MapTM+ application and precision locator products helps to streamline utility-locating workflows to provide accurate measurement capabilities and generate underground utilities maps in a single field operation.