Happy New Year
After a wonderful Christmas break, we'd like to wish a very happy new year to all our staff, clients and contacts!
News
Heathrow set to unveil expansion details
Heathrow is to reveal detailed proposals for bridging the M25, terminal designs and plans for phased construction during a public consultation on expansion starting in January.
Six archive snapshots from the history of bridges
The Engineer recently revisited some of the finest tunnelling achievements to grace its pages down through the years, and this week we bring you a collection of articles where the focus is another engineering mainstay: bridges.
Congratulations Sarah and Matt!
Congratulations to Sarah Smart, who is a Principal Transport Planner at our Woking office, on becoming Mrs Sarah Burton after marrying Matt in July. Sarah will be returning to work this week after a period of maternity leave.
A Different Perspective on Traffic Management
Road safety has just entered another dimension. The third dimension, that is. Several towns across the globe have introduced new pedestrian crossings that look like floating 3D optical illusions.
Grayling sets 2021 driverless cars target
Self driving cars are expected to enter the market and become a fixture on UK roads within four years, the Transport Secretary has said this week.
Richard Gregory, Associate at Mayer Brown, recently attended MIPIM UK
Richard Gregory, Associate at Mayer Brown, recently attended MIPIM UK; the leading real estate summit for all key stakeholders operating in the UK property market.
Mayer Brown welcomes James and Justyna
Mayer Brown would like to welcome James Redfearn and Justyna Kubicka to our London office. James has joined us as a Graduate Transport Planner after completing his degree in Geography at Birmingham University. Justyna has also joined us as a Graduate Transport Planner whilst working towards her MSc in Quantity Surveying at GCU London University. Justyna’s other qualifications include a bachelor degree in logistics.
T-Charge: New London traffic charge comes into force
Drivers of older, more polluting vehicles will have to pay almost twice as much to drive in central London. Mayor Sadiq Khan's £10 T-Charge, which mainly applies to diesel and petrol vehicles registered before 2006, has come into force.
Govt asks Highways England to do more to get traffic moving
A minister has asked Highways England to improve the speed at which it re-opens sections of the strategic road network after incidents as new data suggests traffic jams on motorways and A roads costs the economy £9bn a year.
