The ONE and only magazine dedicated to the highway maintenance and traffi c management industry MARCH 2016 Reconnecting Cumbria INSIDE Terry Morgan interview Considering the environment Cutting traffi c congestion To mark or not to mark The EU debate www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk GENUINE LAYERS OF STRENGTH GlasGrid® the UK’s leading choice • Number 1 choice • Over 10m M2 GlasGrid® laid already • Advanced technology giving you the best solutions • Sustainable, long lasting and cost effective • Qualified teams with you all the way HOW CAN WE HELP? 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These signs have been along the A47, which connects designed to reduce driver speeds on We will shortly begin to install Peterborough to Norwich and what has been a dangerous stretch of improved signage and lining on road, with nine major injuries and 30 Great Yarmouth. the A47 at Acle, another stretch slight casualties recorded over the last of this road to have a history of In January we improved Hockering fi ve years, in addition to a fatal crash in accidents. 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