Tag : Highways England
Today in Fleet – Wednesday 2 August
All the key news in fleet… Rethink VED changes to encourage low CO2 fleet take-up, government urged The re-elected government should revisit the Vehicle Excise Duty … Read More »
Bright orange emergency refuge area trialled for smart motorways
A bright orange emergency refuge area is being trialled on the M3 smart motorway in Surrey to see if it can improve driver awareness of what do to in … Read More »
Driving for Work Summit provides forerunner to major occupational road safety campaign
Fleet chiefs and industry associations have met up with the Department for Transport, Highways England and insurance company representatives to identify ways to drive better occupational road safety.
Highways England destroying ‘potentially vital’ CCTV evidence, says CMA
Highways England is being urged to retain CCTV footage for longer than its current seven-day policy to enable fleets as well as drivers and insurers to … Read More »
Motorists deliberately flouting Manchester motorway closures
Four drivers a month are putting road workers’ lives at risk by deliberately ignoring road closure signs on the M60 and M62 near Manchester.
Highways England gets £5m severe weather warning system
Highways England has launched a £5m severe weather information system, providing real-time data which can be used to help maintain traffic flow on the strategic road … Read More »
Transport Secretary announces £11m motorway improvement schemes
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has announced four new road improvement schemesa to create thousands of jobs and homes in the South West, supported by investment from … Read More »