Mike Wilson has launched a contest for road innovation ideas, focused on digitisation, and environmental and air quality challenges. The organisation will invest £20m ($26m) in research projects which aim to utilise connected technologies, innovative construction or improve routes' efficiency and reliability. The contest is being run through Innovate UK. One phase will fund the development of unproven ideas and the other will fund projects which have proven feasibility. Both are due to begin in September 2019.
Highways England has launched a contest for road innovation ideas, focused on digitisation, and environmental and air quality challenges. The organisation will invest £20m ($26m) in research projects which aim to utilise connected technologies, innovative construction or improve routes' efficiency and reliability. The contest is being run through Innovate UK. One phase will fund the development of unproven ideas and the other will fund projects which have proven feasibility. Both are due to begin in September 2019.