Changing highways procurement is increasingly focusing material specification to drive carbon savings as well as cost. A longstanding partnership between Huyton Asphalt and Tarmac is delivering new solutions for highways clients in the UK.
The European Union Road Federation suggests that its checklist - downloadable for free - is included in any existing tools for road safety inspection and audits that road agencies may have.
The trial was delivered on a 2.4km section of England’s A64 strategic highway, the eastbound carriageway at junction 44 near the town of Bramham in North Yorkshire county.
Emovis - part of Abertis Mobility Services - will supply the public company Mont Blanc Motorways and Tunnel - ATMB - with a free-flow tolling system in France’s Haute-Savoie region.