Permanent pothole repairs please
This week started with more bad pothole news and calls for Government action. The AA reported that callouts to vehicles damaged by...
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Oct 33 min
Cutting carbon emissions: what about Scope 3?
This week, Costain announced that it has been trialling a carbon tracker, developed to collect carbon emission data from its supply...
Sep 262 min
National Highways’ trial of GiPave with 40% RAP
What if we could cut the carbon emissions associated with a road surface by reducing the carbon footprint of the material itself and by...
Sep 192 min
National Pothole Prevention Week
Monday saw the launch of the first ever National Pothole Prevention Week, a new campaign from the Road Surface Treatment Association...
Sep 113 min
Devolution and denser cities will drive decarbonisation, says report
A report published yesterday [10 September] by think tank Centre for Cities calls for greater devolution for the UK’s cities so that...
Sep 61 min
Curzon Ashton FC sponsor
Thermal Road Repairs are thrilled to be sponsoring the junior team at Curzon Ashton FC, based in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester....
Sep 53 min
Shipping giant Maersk says green fuel is in short supply
Maersk is fuelling ships on low carbon fuel
Aug 290 min
Aug 283 min
Balfour Beatty shares lessons learned on hydrogen for road maintenance plant
Last week [21 August] Balfour Beatty shared the news that it has successfully converted two HGVs for salt spreading and one impact...
Aug 213 min
National Highways cuts carbon four ways
There are several ways to reduce the carbon emissions associated with asphalt, among them the use of recycled asphalt planings (RAP),...
Aug 143 min
RAC survey highlights challenges of increasing rainfall
This week saw the publication of the RAC’s latest Report on Motoring, with all the headlines concentrating on rising concerns over road...
Aug 72 min
Local value, social value
Local authorities have long recognised the magnifying economic power of spending locally. Money that goes to local firms with local...
Jul 312 min
National Highways and Redbridge Council put carbon negative aggregate to the test
This month [July] there has been news of two new trials of a carbon-negative aggregate for National Highways and Redbridge Council. Low...
Jul 242 min
Warning: roadworks hell ahead
A new report from software company Causeway and the National Traffic managers Forum of ADEPT – the Association of Directors of...
Jul 172 min
Introduce road pricing now, says DfT technology lead
The question of whether a Labour Government would introduce road pricing – some sort of pay-per-mile arrangement – was something of a hot...
Jul 102 min
Innovation and Learning with LCRIG
(image source: LCRIG, 2023 festival) The LCRIG Innovation & Learning Festival was held at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, on the 2nd and...
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