• A9 Dualling will upgrade 83 miles of single carriageway between Perth and Inverness, making it one of Scotland’s largest ever transport infrastructure programmes.
• Hear from Gemma Patterson, Head of A9 Dualling Programme Delivery as she provides an update on the delivery of the Programme, and what we can expect to see in 2025.

• Understand how the Traffic Scotland is evolving towards a hybrid service, which continues to use physical infrastructure, while taking advantage of lighter, more intelligent solutions.
• Discussing the best way to use connected vehicle data, among other datasets, to enhance service delivery, road safety, and sustainable road use.    

• Predictive Crash Analysis: Using connected vehicle data to forecast high-risk road areas.
• Proactive Road Safety: Identifying potential crash hotspots through advanced data analysis.
• Tailored Risk Assessment: Pinpointing hazardous road sections using extensive data processing.
• Actionable Insights: Practical solutions integrated into existing systems.

• Giles Perkins, Head of Profession for Future Mobility at WSP and one of the sponsors of the All Partry Parliamentary Group on self-driving will present an overview of the recent Automated Vehicles Act and what it means in practice for network operators, service providers and those across the highways industry.

• Case studies and project showcases from various authorities who are using VivaCity’s datasets to boost their programmes:
• Baseline data collection, long and short-term monitoring, the value of city/region-wide network coverage
• Evaluating Active travel and modal split schemes
• Boosting proactive road safety schemes by identifying incident hotspots with near miss detection and understanding risk exposure of vulnerable road users
• Balancing public transport and active travel demand at junctions and crossings

• Background to the introduction of LEZs.
• How they work.
• Challenges and communications.
• Analysis from the rollout in Glasgow featuring Dom Callaghan, LEZ Consistency Group, Glasgow City Council.

• This presentation will cover the methodology, material innovations and initial findings from Project Pothole, the programme of trials testing low-carbon alternatives to pothole repair in North Lanarkshire and the West Midlands as part of Live Labs 2.

Discussing a series of initiatives from Transport Scotland to yield carbon saving, cost and user experience benefits, including

• The use of Bio Bitumen;
• Warm mix asphalt;
• Improvements in asphalt delivery vehicles;
• Automated monitoring; and
• Laser 3D profiling of roads.

• Causes of SCRIM deficiency.
• Retexturing processes.
• Transport Scotland report on the effectiveness of retexturing.
• Scottish highway network case studies: Dumfries & Galloway - Beeswing; Aberdeenshire; and Amey NE Sites).
• Carbon savings quantified.

• Our summers are getting warmer and wetter and we are already seeing ever more intense severe weather and extremes that are testing highways, bridges and structures to breaking point.
• Our winters are also milder, but demanding smarter approaches to respond to more marginal nights. 
• Presenting the results of the 2024 UK Hazard Survey, findings from the 1st ever survey of English and Scottish Councils will set out the challenge for policymakers, local leaders, and front line operational teams.
• The facts will highlight the sheer scale of the challenge of an ageing asset and the urgent need for action

• The Scottish Road Works Commissioner gained powers to inspect road works sites in April 2024 and for the first year, has prioritised the monitoring of local authority traffic management practices.
• The presentation will cover the methodology employed, and the key findings from the first 6 months of operation.

• Looking at how the process of breaking ground can be improved using QuikSTATS, via case studies with councils, utilities, and highway authorities across the UK.

• National Highways is modernising and digitalising the Specification for Highways Works that are used by all road authorities across the United Kingdom, and this will be published in March 2025.
• New ways of preparing and distributing site-specific specifications will be introduced and this will require changes to the way in which clients, designers and constructors work.
• This presentation will outline these changes so that organisations can adapt to the new requirements in advance of the launch in March 2025.

• Overview of the A83 project, and its national importance.
• Key project challenges.
• Digital solutions and innovation applied to accelerate delivery.
• Key takeaways from the digital approach applied.

• East Riding of Yorkshire Council, together with partner councils such as Aberdeenshire, is leading the way to transform lighting on the public highway as part of ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads in the UK, a three-year, UK-wide £30 million programme.
• This presentation will share the work being undertaken in Scotland as part of this project, including how it can lower the country’s carbon footprint, reduce costs to local authorities and protect and enhance nature and the environment.