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The WDM® texture meter, the TM2, took part in Network Level Macrotexture Measurement Equipment trials in the USA. The ‘rodeo’ style trials were held at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute in Blacksburg. The various machines were first tested against accurate material targets with different profiles and then over several routes on the Institute’s test road,...

Brussels - The European Commission has today published data (LINK) showing that deaths on EU roads fell by just 2% last year, following a similar decrease in 2016 and a 1% increase in 2015.  According to ETSC analysis, the EU target of cutting deaths by half in the decade to 2020 is now very unlikely to be reached. The EU28 collectively reduced the...

A BBC article has reported that 10% of the road maintenance network created by local authorities in Great Britain is in poor condition, or has been flagged for further inspection. About 37,000 kilometres (22,990 miles) across England, Wales and Scotland fell below top standard in road surveying carried out on behalf of the Department for Transport. The RAC said the road maintenance network...

WDM® will be showcasing their Structures Management System (SMS) module at the Annual Bridges Conference, on the 14th March at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Bridges UK remains the leading event for highway authority bridge engineers and their private sector partners, and continues to act as the definitive forum for all issues relating to bridge management and maintenance,...

A road surveying machine that has revolutionised the way governments and highway authorities around the world monitor the safety of their roads has celebrated its 50th anniversary by continuing to help save lives – and now it’s going Dutch! The SCRIM® road survey vehicle, which also recently successfully completed trials with the Federal Highways Authority in the...

Devon County Council has launched an exciting new grass roots asset management plan to keep its asset database up to date.  The Council is asking local residents to check and update the highways asset register using a web highway mapping system provided by W.D.M. Limited For the pilot scheme, two people living in Broadhembury Parish, near Honiton,...

Leading research body Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has said it has conducted little research into the issue of differential friction on road surfaces after Transport for London (TfL) said it was not aware of evidence to back a coroner’s suggestion that it represents a road hazard. Assistant coroner Russell Caller wrote a further Regulation 28 Report to Prevent Future...

Highway engineers from across England and South Wales will get a close up look at the W.D.M. Limited web pavement management system when they attend the Company’s PMS User Group meeting in Bristol, on the 15th November. The pavement management engineers convene twice a year to learn about the latest software developments and information systems developed...