Highway & Network Management

Philips has worked in partnership with Gloucestershire Highways to introduce an innovative LED lighting system along the A40 London Road in Cheltenham, leading down to the racecourse.Philips developed the new lighting system in conjunction with Gloucester Highways, providing a solution that would improve road visibility and safety, while reducing energy consumption and maintenance costs. Philips' lighting scheme also worked to the existing spacing pattern in order to reduce installation costs and minimise d

A notable partnership deal looks set to provide funding for key Russian highway projects. A memorandum of co-operation has been signed between the state-owned Russian Highways (Avtodor) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

EMCOR Group subsidiary Welsbach Electric has been awarded a contract to install electrical street lights for the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT). The company will be responsible for furnishing and installing 83,000, state-of-the-art electronic, energy efficient cobra head streetlight fixtures throughout the the city's boroughs of Manhattan, Staten Island and The Bronx.

The city of Luzon in the Philippines looks set to gain from two major highway projects.

The Iowa Department of Transportation in the US has selected Peek's AxleLight non-intrusive laser axle sensors installed in a permanent site along Interstate 35/80 in Des Moines. This is the first time that the AxleLight sensors, normally designed as a temporary study tool, have been installed in permanent roadside cabinets. AxleLight sensors shoot a beam of non-visible laser light across the roadway, just a few centimetres above the pavement. Using these sensors, and the ADR family of Automatic Data Record

In the US state of Virginia, the Governor Robert McDonnell is suggesting a new toll on Interstate 95 to help pay for road repairs.

Approval has been won by the South African National Roads Agency for construction of the planned N2 Wild Coast toll road project.