APSE Highways, Street Lighting and Winter Maintenance Seminar 2026
The Future of Roads
Thursday 19 March
St James’ Park, Newcastle
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Presentations
Transforming Transport in Newcastle
Cllr Juna Sathian, Cabinet Member for Climate and Transport, Newcastle City Council
Keeping up with government requirements for highways authorities and supporting decarbonisation plans?
Mike Hansford, Chief Executive, Road Surface Treatments Association
Lighting the landscape – the latest in local authority street lighting
Rob Baines, Derbyshire County Council
Modernising Winter Service Delivery
Carl Gillyon and Ben Towse, Head of Highways / Senior Engineer, East Riding of Yorkshire Council
A Centre for Excellence for Decarbonising Roads
Elaine Nicol, Road Maintenance Manager, North Lanarkshire Council
A UK first: Graphene on the roads in Redcar & Cleveland
Andrew Curry, Universal Matter, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
North Yorkshire Council and the benefits of its Teckal Highways Company – NY Highways
Jamie Crumlish, Managing Director, and Martin Duffy, Chair
Northumberland’s Reorganisation Roadmap
Kris Westerby, Northumberland County Council
State of the Market in the Sector
Bonni Jee, Principal Advisor, APSE
From data to delivery: partnering with authorities to improve drainage resilience
Graeme Forward, Managing Director, KaarbonTech
Highways, Health and Safety and Back to Basics Clinic
Richard Hayes, APSE Associates
The importance flood risk on Highways
Laura Morrison, Flood Risk Engineer, Wigan Council
Speaker profiles
Exhibitor profiles
Promoting excellence in public services
APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.
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