Episode 4

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12th Mar 2025

The critical issue of water run-off pollution explained by Keyline

What is one of the highway industry’s toughest challenges that is very difficult to solve and hardly talked about?

This week on Highways Voices we delve into the issue of road runoff pollution with Keyline.

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Did you know, road runoff is pollution caused when vehicles deposit debris containing over 300 chemicals on the road surface? Then, rainfall pushes the pollutants from roads into rivers and as a result water quality becomes unsustainable, collapsing ecosystems and killing wildlife.

According to Keyline, 18% of water body failures in England are due to road runoff pollution. Also, the water framework directive sets an objective to restore all rivers to good ecological status by December 2027, but only 14% of rivers in England have a good ecological status

It is clear then, that the conversation still needs to go further and more action is needed to eradicate road runoff pollution.

In this podcast with Technical Director at Keyline Civils Specialist, George Woollard, you will learn:

*What is road runoff pollution?

* What impact does it have and why the industry should care.

* How much visibility do we have on road runoff pollution?

* What are the main challenges with tackling road runoff pollution?

* How can we solve the issue?

* Why SuDS has an important role to play

* How can the highways industry support to help solve the challenge?

Keyline Civils Specialist is one of the UK’s leading civils partners to the highways and construction sectors. It supports the implementation of infrastructure projects, working alongside major contractors and leading manufacturers to deliver innovative solutions, with its wide range of civils and drainage products, expert technical team and national support network.

You can download Keyline’s white paper on the subject here.

Highways Voices is brought to you with our partners the Transport Technology Forum, LCRIG, ADEPT and ITS UK.

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The highways and transport technology industries' podcast from Highways-News.com
The Highways Voices podcast is a must-listen for professionals in the Highways and Transport Technology industries covering construction, maintenance, Intelligent Transport Systems and Public Transportation.

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Highways Voices is the weekly podcast from Highways-News.com. In it, Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum speak to thought leaders, decision makers and inventors in the highways and transport technology industries. New editions are unloaded every Wednesday.