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DfT launches £30m trials to test digital twins in local transport
Four to six council-led programmes will trial digital twins, while the department develops support for wider use of AI.
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Four to six council-led programmes will trial digital twins, while the department develops support for wider use of AI.
The plan includes a £250m northern link road, a trackless tram scheme and a proposed station at Teesside International Airport.
Rail stations should be planned to support communities through climate and other disruptions, according to Ramboll UK&I rail director Trina Minchella.
A proposed change to road-length statistics would alter recorded network totals in England, but would not mean roads are being removed.
For anyone who has spent long enough around the UK highways sector, the new Highways (Financing) Bill produces a distinct feeling of déjà vu.
Steve Staley and Jamie Swift have joined the operator’s executive board after being promoted from within the business.
National Grid Electricity Distribution has proposed replacing 12 poles and 800m of overhead line at Broughton with 570m of underground cable.
The Somerset nuclear station is the first English advanced gas-cooled reactor site to move from EDF to Nuclear Restoration Services.
The refreshed range brings traffic, surveillance, detection, communications and off-grid power systems under a simpler naming structure.
An 18-month Welsh Government study will examine road-based solutions after Arup found no priced option removes the 25% of peak traffic it says is…