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May 15, 20242 min read
ANNOUNCEMENT: Manchester maintenance framework win
Thermal Road Repairs has become the first specialist low carbon SME to win a place on one of Manchester City Council’s five highways...
May 8, 20242 min read
Highways and transportation: we need a joined-up approach
Last week [30 April] the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation published its manifesto, A transport network fit for all of...
May 1, 20242 min read
New ways to monitor road conditions
Last week [26 April] research body TRL published a study of different road condition monitoring technologies. It was commissioned to feed...
Apr 24, 20242 min read
Pothole-related breakdowns up
The RAC has just published its quarterly update on pothole-related breakdowns. In the 12 months to the end of March this year there were...
Apr 17, 20242 min read
Roads that eat pollutants
Titanium dioxide has been turning up in a lot of applications recently: road surfaces, sound barriers, construction site hoardings, roof...
Apr 12, 20242 min read
New aggregates help decarbonise roads
Last month [March] Durham County Council became the first road authority to use a carbon negative aggregate called ACLA in an asphalt...
Apr 3, 20242 min read
Energy transition: ports lead the way
There has been a raft of stories this year that demonstrate how our ports are playing a vital role in energy transition and the UK’s...
Mar 27, 20243 min read
Road surface treatment: a stitch in time saves cash and carbon
It’s no coincidence that the increase in potholes in our roads coincides with a decrease in surface treatments, according to Paul Boss,...
Mar 25, 20241 min read
ANNOUNCEMENT: THERMAL ROAD REPAIRS BECOMES A CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE SUPPLIER
ANNOUNCEMENT: Thermal Road Repairs are delighted to announce that we have been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service's...
Mar 20, 20243 min read
Highway maintenance budgets up – but not in real terms
On Tuesday this week [19 March] the Asphalt Industry Alliance published its Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey....
Mar 19, 20240 min read
Mar 13, 20242 min read
Autonomous vehicles and potholes: it just won’t work
Earlier this month [March] there was exciting news from Sunderland. The city will be trialling three self-driving shuttle buses which...
Mar 6, 20242 min read
World first: highways SME Thermal Road Repairs gains PAS 2080 accreditation
Thermal Road Repairs, which manufactures and supplies low-carbon pothole repair technology, has become the first SME in the highways...
Feb 28, 20242 min read
Getting to grips with PAS 2080
The clock is ticking for National Highways’ supply chain. By the end of 2025, they must all have PAS 2080 accreditation to prove that...
Feb 22, 20243 min read
The cost of road closures – why speed matters
Local road networks are vital to both national and local economies. Almost every journey begins and ends on local roads. Hence any...
Feb 14, 20243 min read
Climate change: are our roads resilient?
Last week, the EU’s climate change service reported that for the first time, global warming had reached 1.52 degrees C for the 12 months...
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