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Road to net zero: signposts needed
Although 90% of local authorities in England and Wales have set net zero carbon target dates - with over half aiming for 2030 – only 11%...
Oct 16, 20243 min read


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...
Oct 10, 20243 min read


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...
Oct 3, 20243 min read


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 26, 20242 min read


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 19, 20242 min read


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 11, 20243 min read


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 6, 20241 min read


Shipping giant Maersk says green fuel is in short supply
Maersk is fuelling ships on low carbon fuel
Sep 5, 20243 min read


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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 28, 20243 min read


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 21, 20243 min read


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 14, 20243 min read


Local value, social value
Local authorities have long recognised the magnifying economic power of spending locally. Money that goes to local firms with local...
Aug 7, 20242 min read


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 31, 20242 min read


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 24, 20242 min read


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 17, 20242 min read
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