24/01/2025
The Government has backed Greater Manchester’s decision not to implement a clean air zone and instead to take an ‘investment-led approach’ to pollution.
24/01/2025
The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) has published new guidance covering signing, lighting and the guarding of minor road marking sites.
24/01/2025
One in two motorists pulled over on suspicion of drug-driving are failing roadside drug tests, according to data obtained by a road safety charity.
24/01/2025
Shropshire Council has declined to disclose the modelling it is using to gain support among public sector leaders for a controversial relief road scheme.
22/01/2025
Research by the AA has revealed that authorities in London have been issuing drivers with invalid penalty charge notices.
24/01/2025
In the first All Roads Lead podcast of 2025 Chris Ames asks Dominic Browne how he put together the cover and cover story for the latest edition of Highways, our December 2024 90th birthday issue.
21/01/2025
Norfolk County Council has shelved its £274m Norwich Western Link scheme after advice from Natural England about its impact on bats forced the authority to withdraw its planning application.
21/01/2025
The Institute of Asphalt Technology (IAT) has named its new executive director.
20/01/2025
TV celebrity Alan Titchmarsh has called for Government compensation for ‘huge losses’ caused by ongoing roadworks at Junction 10 of the M25, which are now set to miss their end date this summer.
21/01/2025
National Highways has confirmed that it is taking part in a new government initiative that aims to rehabilitate ex-prisoners while filling skills shortages.
17/01/2025
Mark Morrell, aka Mr Pothole, has hung up his high-vis jacket and retired from his one-man campaign to improve the state of the UK's roads.
17/01/2025
MPs have called England’s local roads a ‘national embarrassment’ and slammed the Department for Transport for not taking its responsibility for the issue seriously enough.
15/01/2025
Surrey County Council is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to move away from manual inspections and solely use video and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to log potholes.
15/01/2025
Future of roads minister Lilian Greenwood has visited the JCB Power Systems factory in Foston, Derbyshire, to mark National Pothole Day.
15/01/2025
The Department for Transport has confirmed that it is continuing work on the new long-term transport strategy first planned by former secretary of state Louise Haigh.
15/01/2025
Motoring organisations have reported a mixed picture of ‘pothole-related’ call-outs last year.
15/01/2025
Campaign for Better Transport has appointed Ben Plowden as its next chief executive officer, taking over from Paul Tuohy, who is stepping down in the spring.
15/01/2025
A London borough has complained that Transport for London has ignored its concerns over the introduction of user charging for Blackwall Tunnel and the new Silvertown Tunnel.
14/01/2025
National Highways has introduced a new approach to variable message signs (VMS), with ‘customer friendly’ messaging.
14/01/2025
The number of pothole claims made to a top insurer last year was 14% higher than in 2023 and nearly three times the number in 2016, new data shows.
Subscribe to Highways today to ensure you keep your finger on the pulse of everything happening in the UK road network throughout the year.
