New guidance released on highway authority liabilities17/03/2017 New guidance on managing highways liability risk has been released by the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) - titled Well Managed Highway Liability Risk - providing a comprehensive framework for authorities across the UK. |
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. |
Clyde Tunnel "needs open heart surgery"07/03/2017 A councillor in Glasgow is warning that the city's Clyde Tunnel will not last ten years if it does not get funding to give it "open heart surgery". |
Hanson re-secures Dorset Highways contract22/02/2017 Hanson Contracting has re-secured its strategic partnership contract with Dorset Highways for maintenance of the county’s road network in a deal worth more than £100m. |
HE chief gives strategy update22/02/2017 Highways England’s chief executive Jim O’Sullivan has revealed the latest route strategy documents for the strategic road network are to be published next month with a network report due in the autumn. |
£100,000 resurfacing scheme for Enniskillen02/02/2017 A 1.2 km resurfacing scheme in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen is to begin at a cost of £100,000. |
Ports maintenance deal awarded to Specialist Surfacing30/01/2017 Lincolnshire firm Specialist Surfacing will carry out road maintenance across four Humber ports in Hull, Goole, Grimsby and Immingham. |
Councils find out their share of £1.2bn local roads funding13/01/2017 The Department for Transport (DfT) has allocated £1.2 billion of local roads funding to councils across England. |
Research "reveals Britain's worst roads"19/12/2016 An independent investigation using Freedom of Information requests says it can reveal the worst roads in Britain to drive on. |
HE awards new highway maintenance deals worth £300m15/12/2016 Highways England has awarded four new style asset delivery contracts worth over £300 million to Kier, a CH2M/Costain joint venture and Amey. |
Resurfacing programme underway in Stoke28/06/2016 Stoke-on-Trent City Council is embarking on a multi-million pound resurfacing and patching campaign. |
New vehicles being used by Eurovia on UK roads08/06/2016 A new US-manufactured advanced chipper spreader is being used by Eurovia Specialist Treatments (EST) on UK roads. |
Siemens equips maintenance crews with new tablet technology06/06/2016 More than 300 service operatives and engineers responsible for installing and repairing traffic equipment across the country have been equipped by Siemens with new bespoke tablet devices. |
TRL launches highways maintenance funding guidance22/02/2016 TRL (the Transport Research Laboratory), is offering advice to local authorities and private finance initiatives (PFIs) to help them adopt best practice for highway appraisal and maintenance. |
RSMA to review quality of road markings in NI09/06/2015 The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) will undertake an urgent 10-day review of the quality of road markings across Northern Ireland after the country saw a 30% increase in road deaths last year. |
Completion of A12 project delayed29/05/2015 A maintenance project that will see a section of the A12 near Ipswich upgraded is now expected to be complete by the end of June. |
Further collaboration for roads maintenance in Scotland30/03/2015 Scotland’s roads authorities are considering new ways of delivering maintenance. |
Twenty eight councils receive share of highways funding24/03/2015 Twenty eight councils across England will receive a share of £275 million for major local roads maintenance after winning government funding. |
Pothole action paying off in Leicestershire18/03/2015 A shift from reactive to proactive maintenance has helped reduce the number of potholes in Leicestershire. |
Highways maintenance contractors facing busy year25/02/2015 Local authorities will award more than 80 term maintenance contracts during 2015 for highways maintenance, according to a report carried out by BDS Marketing. |
Comment: The Highways Act (Amendment) Bill - reasonable versus possible
DfT calls on Treasury to bring Network North cash forward
