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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #165 A Road Map to Net Zero Highways
Description: In 2020 National Highways released their 2030/2040/2050 Net Zero plan. The plan laid out three main targets for reaching net zero, first cutting all their direct carbon emissions which includes lighting the network and all forms of corporate office emissions by 2030. Second is cutting all emissions from the network’s construction and maintenance by 2040, and last is their goal of reducing all road user emissions by 2050.
National Highways bought in WSP to consult on the writing of the plan and now on how to implement it. Much of the net zero plan requires predicting what certain technologies will look li...