NWSRG

Sad news for the winter service community

It is with great sadness that we hear of the sad and untimely death of Andrew Lupton of Econ Engineering. Andrew was generous, not just in his contribution to the winter service industry generally, but to his team, colleagues and associates. He was a founding member of the NSSRG in 2000 and was very supportive […]
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Winter Maintenance Award – Call for Entries

The Highways Awards recognises, rewards and celebrates the sector annually with a black tie gala dinner at the Royal Lancaster London attended by over 500 key industry professionals. The New Award for Winter Service Project in the Highways Sector, sponsored by the NWSRG, is awarded to an organisation, highway authority or partnership that is able […]
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Message from the Chair

We are living in unusual times now but the work of highways departments across the country goes on as we continue to provide essential services and keep networks as safe as we can. The NWSRG has been busy working to complete the current work on updating the national best practice guidance, as well as considering […]
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Important GDPR Information

This is to notify you that the IHE will be working on behalf of the NWSRG to request your subscriptions, rather than the TRL who previously made this request. Payments should now be made to the IHE who will be maintaining a separate account of the NWSRG funds. The NWSRG have instructed the TRL to […]
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Research Update

The NWSRG is engaging in a research project with Highways England, Transport Scotland and East Riding of Yorkshire which is looking at brine treatment of footways, FS30/FS50 prewet comparison, measurement of residual salt and mobile sensor performance. The TRL have also undertaken an initial literature review of treatment times, residual salt, and prepared a survey […]
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Annual General Meeting

The Steering Group has recently set a date for the Annual General Meeting as Thursday 18th March at 2pm and will be sent out as a Teams invite. Please reserve this date in your diary. We are coming to the end of our current  business plan and will be looking to create a new one […]
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