22/01/2025
Research by the AA has revealed that authorities in London have been issuing drivers with invalid penalty charge notices.
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.
14/01/2025
VolkerHighways has won a core services maintenance contract with West Sussex County Council, set to begin on 1 April this year and last for seven years, with a possible extension of seven further years.
14/01/2025
Gloucestershire County Council has completed its trial of four different pothole-filling machines declaring that they ‘all have their strengths’.
13/01/2025
Campaigners have called for mobility scooter users to be included in the Highway Code as new figures suggest fatalities involving the transport mode nearly doubled in 2023 compared to the previous year.
13/01/2025
Derbyshire County Council’s gritting team was unable to access a road near a popular hiking spot at the weekend because of visitors’ parking.
13/01/2025
Keir Starmer has announced plans to 'turbocharge' the UK's use of AI, with dedicated 'AI Growth Zones', as the Government stresses its importance in 'spotting potholes and helping improve roads'.
13/01/2025
Causeway Technologies has promoted chief operating officer Paul Devlin to chief executive officer, as the company's founder Phil Brown transitions to executive chairman.
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