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Training the winter decision makers: No formal training and national accreditation for winter service decision makers currently exists but a newly developed course is expected to go live in winter 2013-14....

Masonry parapets are designed to provide protection for road users. This guidance document is designed to bring up to date previous advice on the design, assessment and strengthening of masonry parapets, drawing together guidance previously available in BS 6779:1999 Part 4 and in research papers, and bringing the termi...

Management of Highway Structures: A Code of Practice was published in September 2005. Since then Government Policy in respect to highway and structures management has developed and evolved in a number of areas, including the introduction of new statutory duties on highways authorities. There have also been developments...

The UKLB has recently published a Lighting Policy ‘framework’ to assist lighting authorities by providing a reference to consider when formulating a formal lighting Policy for the first time, or when revising an existing policy. The advice is that a policy document should be a high level, non technical statement of th...

Updating Olympics trips with online data Transport Direct – Britain’s public transport journey and car route planner – is incorporating temporary Olympic road changes and modelling the impact of Games events on journey times. ...

Bridge inspection competence to improve: Recent events at Hammersmith Flyover have helped to demonstrate the importance of bridge inspections. Justin Ward and the UK Bridges Board update us on development of a new training scheme for bridge inspectors....

It is time to deliver: UKRLG chairman and Department for Transport director of local transport John Dowie offers clear advice on what Government expects from the transport sector....

Learn about a work on Streetlighting Connections which is projected to save £600k pa. ...