Highways News Articles
Friday 19th November 2010 saw the long awaited opening of Alderley Edge and Nether Alderley Bypass over six months ahead of schedule and within budget.
Burdens offers expertise, as well as choice, on the latest solutions needed to manage water effectively, especially useful given ever-changing legislation and tighter planning constraints.
Unlike other traditionally manufactured fencing pins, instead of being made from steel, these pins are made from a non-conductive material which eliminates the risk of electric shock to the user in the event of hitting underground power cables.This makes them a far safer option and therefore a must to those who are daily exposed to this dangerous environment.
What is Safetrack HW?Ever increasing traffic volumes of both private and commercial vehicles presents a safety challenge to the highways and road transportation infrastructures of any country. Traffic calming and delineation measures are constantly becoming more essential to improve road safety.
The Safetycross walkway board is a highly versatile and safe trench cover, designed for covering apertures, bores or trenches during maintenance, construction and repair projects. The walkway boards allow safe access and passage over and around site excavations for pedestrian and light vehicular access. Installation is quick and simple by either fixing pins ideal for bitumen surfaces, or butyl adhesive developed for stone or concrete surfaces.
An ongoing Highways Agency upgrade project on the A66 Penrith to Scotch Corner Trans-Pennine route is the first scheme to benefit from the revolutionary new geogrid, the Tensar TriAx.
Ruth Kelly, Transport Secretary, today announced a £6 billion investment package to improve and make better use of England's motorways and other key roads. She also published the Command Paper 'Roads - Delivering Choice and Reliability' setting out more detail on her innovative plans to tackle congestion, both on strategic routes and in our towns and cities.
The Integrated Ducting Systems (IDS) Traffic Signal Pole Socket was crashed tested at MIRA in September 2008 as part of the Passive Revolution Crash Test Event.The event is held at MIRA. They are the leading independent provider of highways and automotive product engineering, testing, consultancy, certification, research and information.
