The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed that £24.9bn will be allocated to the Third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3) to improve England’s motorways and trunk roads between 2026-31. This represents a 10 percent reduction in the funding allocated to the previous five-year RIS2 period (2020-25), which is likely to hamper… Read more »
Motorway roadworks leads to decline in driver satisfaction in new survey
Extensive roadworks to add extra emergency areas to smart motorways has led to a drop in satisfaction with England’s motorways and major ‘A’ roads. In its latest annual survey from the independent watchdog, Transport Focus, 69 per cent of road users were satisfied with their journey, a drop from 71… Read more »
National Highways teams working this Christmas to keep motorists from being “top to toe in tailbacks”
National Highways teams are gearing up to make sure motorists heading home for Christmas don’t end up “top to toe in tailbacks”, with “red lights all around”. While festive songs, Christmas jumpers and loading presents into the car will be the order of day for many of us, frontline teams… Read more »
£1.1m investment in M6toll keeps the Midlands moving this winter
Users of M6toll are in safe hands this winter, following a £1.1m investment in seasonal weather preparations. The package of measures will further establish the route – which helps drivers avoid the heavily congested M6 through the West Midlands – as one of the best maintained roads in the UK…. Read more »
M6toll launch new Local Saver discount pass
M6toll is launching a new addition to their ‘Saver’ range of passes this summer, giving big discounts off short local journeys. The Local Saver pass is the M6toll’s latest innovation to deliver on its pledge to make the route more accessible to local motorists. Aimed at car drivers living in… Read more »
The Queen Elizabeth II bridge at Dartford celebrates 30 years of connecting Essex and Kent
Built at a cost of £120m and officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in October 1991 it was the first bridge to be built at an entirely new location along the river Thames for more than 50 years. For a short time it was also the longest single… Read more »
Maritime drivers give 100% approval rating to new M6toll ANPR system
Drivers from Maritime Transport Ltd, the UK’s fastest-growing intermodal transport operator and the first business to trial the M6toll’s new ANPR technology, have hailed it a success with an overwhelming 100% approval rating for the system. As part of an ANPR trial survey, Maritime drivers were asked about their experience… Read more »
Early success of M6toll’s ANPR trial sees Wincanton sign up to pilot project
Wincanton, a leading supply chain partner for British business is the latest to trial the M6toll’s new transformational tolling system. The Wiltshire based company, have begun their trial with 550 vehicles on the new ANPR system. In the coming weeks, they plan to move their full fleet of 3500 vehicles… Read more »
RHA welcomes smart motorway safety pledges and urges ministers to go further
The RHA has welcomed the Government’s progress towards making smart motorways safer and has pledged to help ministers do more to raise awareness across the industry. Officials have confirmed that the technology which spots stopped or broken-down vehicles will be in place before any new ‘All Lane Running’ (ALR) motorway… Read more »
Maritime’s fleet first to trial M6toll’s transformational ANPR tolling system
Maritime, one of the UK’s largest intermodal logistics operators, is to be the first business to trial the M6toll’s new transformational tolling system. The Felixstowe based company’s trucks will be the first vehicles to pay for their journeys on the M6toll via the new Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) based… Read more »
