19/08/2025
The London Borough of Hillingdon has tendered a new highways term service contract with a maximum length of 12 years and a total value of up to £127.8m.
20/08/2025
Birmingham City University (BCU) has been awarded nearly £50,000 to develop ‘AI-powered strategies’ to help UK transport become more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
18/08/2025
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has tendered for a new road sweeper fleet with an estimated value of up to £1.8m.
18/08/2025
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that its plug-in van grant to reduce the cost of switching to electric fleet will now run for a further year until 2027.
15/08/2025
A new toll system for the Humber Bridge is set to be introduced, including the removal of any remaining toll booths and an increase in the bridge charge.
15/08/2025
Transport for Scotland has awarded over £3m to a group of local authorities to support them in expanding public electric vehicle (EV) charging points.
15/08/2025
National Highways has adjusted its existing Area 7 maintenance and response contract with Amey Highways, adding a new section of the A50 and shortening the timeframe of the contract.
15/08/2025
The AA has argued that the summer heat could be exacerbating issues with potholes by weakening road surfaces after a spike in pothole-related callouts.
15/08/2025
The M3 Lagan Bridge in Belfast is scheduled to undergo further repairs this weekend, bringing the total amount spent on bearing replacements to £1.1m.
13/08/2025
Kent County Council has sent mixed messages by allocating almost half of the funds for its road transformation plan towards reactive repairs, despite a headline focus on preventative maintenance.
13/08/2025
St Helens Borough Council has appointed VINCI Building as the principal contractor for a new £35m transport hub.
13/08/2025
Proposed increases to London’s congestion charge could cost electric vehicle (EV) users an additional £75m per year, with car clubs also seeing a potential £1m hike in operating costs.
13/08/2025
Coventry City Council has partnered with the Centre of Excellence for Decarbonising Roads (CEDR) to trial low-carbon road resurfacing materials on two live road sites in the city.
13/08/2025
Sopra Steria has been awarded a one-year extension to its national traffic information service (NTIS) contract with National Highways, valued at roughly £7.5m.
12/08/2025
The Sandy Lane Relief Road in Northampton, dubbed ‘the road to nowhere’, has finally been opened to traffic after over 15 years of delays - and yes, it now goes somewhere.
12/08/2025
Two-thirds of eCall activations are false alarms, according to a new report published by the RAC Foundation.
12/08/2025
The Department for Transport (DfT) is looking to hire a new chief scientific adviser (CSA), with the successful candidate taking over from Professor Sarah Sharples.
12/08/2025
Ministers are drafting new road safety legislation that is expected to be the largest reform to road safety laws since the Road Safety Act was introduced in 2006, according to The Times.
11/08/2025
The Scottish Government has announced it is ‘currently examining options’ to ban new non-zero-emission buses from 2030.
11/08/2025
A Highways Award winning road safety initiative designed to make motorcycling safer has been introduced in North and Mid Wales, following successful application in Scotland.
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