highways

The UK’s transportation infrastructure is vital to the country's economic and social well-being. Approximately 17% of the average UK household’s income is spent on transport and furthermore, Department for Transport (DfT) figures in 2006 showed that there were over 1.3 million people employed in transportation related jobs. Despite governmental strides to encourage domestic and freight traffic off of the roads and onto alternative forms of transport, figures forecast huge growth by the end of the decade.

At the end of the 90s, the DETR / WSA recalculated their central forecast for future growth in overall traffic between 1996 and 2010 up to 35%. Elsewhere in Europe the forecasts are equally challenging. In the Netherlands forecast for the period 1986 to 2010 see a 45% increase while in France national forecasts point to a 40% growth in road traffic between 1996 and 2020.

Schofield Lothian have been involved in this sector for many years supporting the efforts of contractors delivering new roads and making improvements to the existing highway infrastructure along with the on going maintenance and support of the UK network.