Gloucestershire fixes roads, ‘breaks records’21/03/2025 The leader of Gloucestershire County Council has thanked its highways teams for their dedication over the winter, after its gritter drivers travelled the equivalent of more than twice around the equator. |
Gritters blocked by double-parked cars in Peak District13/01/2025 Derbyshire County Council’s gritting team was unable to access a road near a popular hiking spot at the weekend because of visitors’ parking. |
New 'contract maturity needed' in world of data currency13/06/2022 A new model of local authority highways contract is needed to take into account the increasingly important issue of data, a key figure in the sector has said. |
NWSRG chair: Spreading the word on winter service13/06/2022 The chair of the National Winter Service Research Group (NWSRG) has celebrated the new organisation's new model, which has boosted membership and opened up collaboration with other sectors. |
Cash converter: How councils are using gritters in TM fleet24/03/2022 Vehicle specialist Acklea has urged councils and contractors to save money by adapting gritting vehicles to be used for traffic management in the spring and summer. |
VALE accentuates the positives of the tractor-towed spreader20/08/2020 York-based VALE Engineering has said it is ‘taking the fight to the competition’ with its largest ever tractor-towed salt spreader. |
Econ launches towable liquid de-icer spreader14/08/2020 The country’s leading manufacturer of winter maintenance equipment has unveiled a towable trailer that can precision spray liquid de-icer for over 100km before needing a refill. |
Matheson on thin ice over Queensferry closure11/02/2020 The Queensferry Crossing has been closed following reports of ice falling on vehicles, despite a ministerial assurance just three months ago that such incidents are ‘very rare’ and that monitoring equipment would be fitted. |
Bath tackles the cold with new winter fleet30/01/2020 Bath and North East Somerset Council has upgraded its winter maintenance fleet with eight new spreaders from Aebi Schmidt. |
Scotland goes Forth with electric gritter07/11/2019 A fully electric gritter will join the fleet of vehicles aiming to keep Scotland’s trunk roads moving this winter. |
Vaisala puts winter service on a new route15/05/2019 Vaisala has launched a new web-based route optimization service using automation and advanced algorithms to help design winter road maintenance treatments more efficiently. |
Cold Comfort line-up announced03/05/2019 The show preview and updated programme for Cold Comfort 2019 have been published. |
Product focus: Durham adds another Multihog after beastly blast25/04/2019 Hit hard by last year’s Beast from the East, Durham County Council has put its faith in a small fleet of Multihogs to blow the snow away and save cash. |
Safety warning over timber salt domes21/03/2019 Alan Sheen, director of Eurodome Ltd, highlights a recent incident that operators of timber salt storage domes should take note of. |
Staffs invests in spreaders as Beast from the East set to return09/01/2019 Staffordshire County Council has invested in nine new spreaders as the coldest weather of the season is predicted to be just around the corner. |
Councils 'rise to the challenge' with 1.4 million tonnes of salt26/11/2018 Councils have 1.4 million tonnes of salt stockpiled in preparation for winter, and have an average of nine full-size gritters each, a new survey has revealed. |
County rethinks gritting routes to keep up with risk-based approach27/09/2018 Hertfordshire County Council has approved new gritting routes following a review aimed at bringing its operations into line with the new highways code of practice. |
Econ hiring 20 new staff after boost in orders29/05/2018 Leading manufacturer of winter service fleet, Econ Engineering,has announced it will be hiring 20 new staff after seeing a boost in orders for its vehicles following the Beast from the East. |
Cold Comfort day one podcast online now16/05/2018 Cold Comfort is the annual winter maintenance conference and exhibition, now in its 27th year, taking place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. And the |
Read all about it - Cold Comfort preview now online10/05/2018 With the programme finalised for Cold Comfort 2018, which takes place next week, a preview of the show has been published in the latest Highways magazine, now online. |
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