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Norman in a tangle on 'agenda-setting' safety cash26/11/2018 The roads sector has been left wondering where £75m originally allocated to the Government's Safer Roads Fund will be spent, after the minister said the fund had 'done its job'. |
Norman says local RIS is hanging in the Treasury's balance26/11/2018 Attempts to introduce a five-year funding package are in the balance, awaiting Treasury agreement, transport minister Jesse Norman has said. |
Minister reveals plans for five-year local roads funding strategy09/11/2018 The roads minister Jesse Norman has revealed plans to move local roads closer to the kind of five-year funding package enjoyed by Highways England, revealing his officials are already working on a business case. |
Roads Investment "strategy must be more realistic"22/03/2017 The Department for Transport and Highways England are being told they need to take decisive action before the summer if they are to deliver optimal value from their Road Investment Strategy. |
More than 3,000 British road bridges substandard - RAC Foundation10/03/2017 More than 3,000 council-maintained road bridges in Great Britain are substandard, according to research by the RAC Foundation. |
County Council "disappointed" following A27 announcement01/03/2017 The Leader of West Sussex County Council has expressed her disappointment following an announcement from Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, that improvements to the A27 at Chichester have been cancelled. |
Major Road Network proposals gaining traction04/01/2017 The co-authors of the Rees Jeffrey’s Report ‘A Major Road Network for England’ are increasingly optimistic that the study’s proposals will be taken forward. |
Highways self-assessment due 'very shortly' minister reveals06/12/2016 The next round of the self-assessment process for local highways maintenance capital funding could start ‘very shortly’, Transport Minister Andrew Jones has revealed. |
Midlands Connect receives £12m funding boost04/10/2016 The Department for Transport (DfT) has provided Midlands Connect with a further £12 million for its work in developing the transport links needed to power the Midlands Engine. |
IPPR calls for “North First” approach to infrastructure funding10/08/2016 Figures released by economic think tank IPPR reveal the North of England is six-times less funded than London on infrastructure. |
ICE: Give combined authorities greater access to funding30/06/2016 The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) wants restrictions on combined authorities lifted in order to help them deliver better transport infrastructure. |
RSTA calls for increase in road maintenance budgets10/05/2016 The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has called for an increase in local road maintenance funding after statistics released by the Department for Transport (DfT) showed an increase in the number of licensed vehicles on the network. |
North Yorkshire roads set to benefit from £25m funding18/03/2016 The government is providing an extra £25.6 million to help maintain and repair roads in north Yorkshire. |
Revealed: Local authority funding allocations over last five years08/12/2014 The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has produced a league table of the amount of money allocated by government to each local authority on road improvements over the last five years in England. |
MPA welcomes roads funding24/06/2014 The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed the government’s £168 million funding from a dedicated Pothole Repair Fund. |
Councils allocated £168m to fix potholes20/06/2014 Local councils have been allocated £168 million of funding from a dedicated Pothole Repair Fund. |
Government funding designed to improve air quality on local roads02/06/2014 Towns and cities across England are being invited to bid for funding that is aimed at improving air quality on local roads. |
Councils urged to apply for £168m pothole repair fund24/04/2014 Local authorities are being invited to bid for a share of a £168 million pothole fund to repair local roads. |
Thousands of potholes to be fixed in Staffordshire26/03/2014 Around 7,000 extra potholes will be repaired across Staffordshire as part of a £2.1 million package of investment in the county’s roads. |
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