Worcestershire Highways take delivery of new 28 tonne hooklift wagon.

Today we have taken delivery of our new 28 tonne hooklift wagon. The existing vehicle has given 5 years excellent service and has been cared for by Wayne Lunnon.

This vehicle is crucial to our highway maintenance service in Worcestershire moving vast quantities of recyclable material to Stanford and transferring the end product out to depots and sites. With this new vehicle we also have the capability to move small plant and equipment around the County.

Ringway/WCC Golf Match

Forget the Grand prix, the tennis or the football, the main event of the weekend was the Ringway/WCC golf match held at Ombersley Golf Club.

The match featured two teams of highly tuned athletes who competed keenly to the last hole with Ringway proving too strong and this year lifting the trophy. Notable performers on the day were Hughie and Chris Walsh and Martin Hunt for WCC.

Worcestershire safety score for May.

The Worcestershire safety score for the month May shows a slight dip in performance compared to April. We had no lost time incidents in May and one cable strike at Knightwick Bridge. The main reason for the dip in performance was the failure of some Supervisors to carry out their safety inspections and nine step audits. Can we all ensure the required number of audits are carried out and site safety standards are maintained or even improved.

During June Mike Henderson will be delivering training on the new "Nine Step Audit" procedure.

Fuel Target June 2011.

With oil prices on the rise again please be mindful of the need to shop around for fuel.

Worcestershire prototype of innovative "stop and go" board.

Phil Burns and his traffic management team received a near miss detailing how a motorist became confused at a stop and go traffic controlled site. The motorist saw the sign saying "go" at the far end of the site as his signal to go rather than the sign at the near end still reading "stop".

Phil and his team has developed a prototype stop and go board which always displays a courtesy sign on the rear avoiding confusion. We will be carrying out as trial during the next few weeks and monitoring motorists reaction.