The North Campus
North Lanarkshire Council: North Lanarkshire Council is the fourth-largest local authority in Scotland based in the heart of Scotland with exceptional transport links across the country.
Amey: Delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions, enhancing life, protecting our shared future.
The South Campus
Transport for West Midlands: TfWM is transport arm of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). We work with our seven local authority partners to co-ordinate transport services in the West Midlands.
Colas: Colas are a UK infrastructure contractor and a materials and solutions specialist. We have a long history of materials research and development and are a global market leader in decarbonised solutions for highways materials.
Part of and partnered with:
Part of the ADEPT Live Labs 2 : decarbonising local roads programme, a three year £30million UK-wide initiative funded by the Department for Transport that aims to decarbonise the local highway network.
Other partners
We work closely with a wide range of partners across the sector, convening leading expertise, experience and insight into material decarbonisation of roads.
Partner with us
Our team of dedicated local authority leads, project managers, carbon leads, technical leads, apprentices and communications experts are leading our day-to-day programme activities, working tirelessly to identify, evaluate, trial and share game-changing low-carbon innovations.
Core Programme Team
Leading the programme is a group of senior responsible officers from our four core partners: North Lanarkshire Council, Transport for West Midlands, Colas and Amey. They provide the vision and direction of the programme, ensuring we achieve our objective of decarbonising road materials.
Steering Board
As we progress to selecting and live trialling innovative materials, we are working closely with our operational teams in North Lanarkshire and the West Midlands' 7 local authorities. Our operational teams provide valuable insight into the real-life viability of these innovations.
Operational Teams
We are leveraging expertise from across the industry, including partners from National Highways, MHA+, Future Highways Research Group, Nottingham University, SCOTS and Transport Scotland to provide strategic direction and insight into the achievability of low-carbon innovations.
Expert Advisory Panel
Our Expert Research Group, including Nottingham University and Aston University, is a consortium of leading academics and technical experts in road materials research, who are providing support for the identification, testing and evaluation of low-carbon material innovations.
Expert Research Group
Aligned to the ethos of ADEPT Live Labs 2, our programme is led by our local authorities, including North Lanarkshire and the West Midland's 7 local authorities - Birmingham, Dudley, Coventry, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. We are also seeking other local authorities throughout our journey to shape our programme.
Local Authorities
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Innovation Log
Road maintenance has long depended on carbon-intensive materials, making sustainability a pressing challenge. At the Centre of Excellence for Decarbonising Roads, part of ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads, a three year, UK-wide, £30 million programme funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) that aims to decarbonise the local highway network, we’re driving change by identifying and championing low-carbon alternatives. One of our key tools in this mission is the Innovation Log – a curated, market-sourced database that empowers local authorities to identify, trial, and adopt low-carbon materials easily. We are excited to share this part of our innovation process, giving local authorities direct access to a resource that supports the selection of the most promising materials for trial and evaluation. Take a look behind the scenes at the tool that is shaping the future of sustainable roads.
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Rejuvenation and Preservatives
With 75% of UK Local Highway Authorities (LAs) declaring a climate emergency and net zero targets approaching, a low-carbon approach is necessary. The challenge lies in siloed innovation, 'greenwashing,' and low carbon 'snake oil.' Often, LAs conduct low-carbon trials but don't share data, results, or methodologies widely, hampering progress and understanding. These issues led to the development of the Centre of Excellence for Decarbonising Roads (CEDR). CEDR represents one of the four themes of ADEPT Live Labs 2: Decarbonising Local Roads, a three year, UK-wide, £30 million programme funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) that aims to decarbonise the local highway network. The process of CEDR is to ingest, test and disseminate information on low-carbon materials throughout the sector. Please read more about preservatives, rejuvenators, and our recent trials.
