Improving Winter Resilience on UK Roads

GoToWebinar: This lunchtime webinar, organised by CIHT West Midlands, will cover insights on approaches to improving resilience of roads in severe winter conditions identified from Canada, Finland and Sweden. This is an opportunity to hear about the findings and comparisons to determine best practices applicable for recommended implementation in the UK.

Overview

Winter service is a highly specialised area requiring technical expertise across the UK, in order to keep our roads and transport system functioning safely, during six months of the year from October to March.

Join us as we hear from Mark Corbin, who is the Highways Key Route Network Manager at Transport for West Midlands and who was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship in March 2019 which enabled this research to be undertaken.

This talk covers insights on approaches to improving resilience of roads in severe winter conditions identified from Canada, Finland and Sweden during travels as part of Winston Churchill fellowship, helping to keep the economies of their cites moving during periods of disruptive winter events.

It will present the findings and comparisons to determine best practices applicable for recommended implementation in the UK.

Who is the event for?

This webinar will be of particular interest to highway managers, operations managers, asset managers, traffic managers, emergency planning officers and anyone working in the industry.

Why you can't miss this event

CPD opportunity.
Q&A Session and discussion around the subject - get your questions answered directly by the speaker, Mark Corbin, and engage in discussion on this topic.
Case studies and overview of subject - this is an opportunity to hear about recommendations for the UK, which include to improve customer contact channels in the transport system, to invest more in infrastructure which underpins decision making, and create collaborations and data sharing across the private sector and public bodies which hold a vital role in improving customer experience for the greater good of our communities.
Link to Mark's report is accessible here: https://www.wcmt.org.uk/fellows/reports/improving-winter-resilience-uk-roads

Speaker

Mark Corbin, Key Route Network Manager at Transport for West Midlands and Chair of the National Traffic Managers Forum

Mark is the Highways Key Route Network Manager at Transport for West Midlands, working in collaboration with the seven local highway authorities and other stakeholders across the West Midlands to deliver the transport vision on behalf of West Midlands Combined Authority.

Mark's career started in the automotive sector on the Caribbean island of Barbados before moving to the UK to establish himself as a Traffic, Highways, and Transport professional, gaining a BSc. (Hons.) in Automotive Technology and a Masters degree in Transport Planning.

Previously Mark worked for Highways England as a Project Manager leading on their route strategies and strategic studies for the first Road Investment Strategy, Walsall Council, Watermans, Jacobs, and Oxfordshire County Council.

Mark was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship in March 2019 which enabled this research to be undertaken to bring about positive change and improve the experience of road users, especially during winter.