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National Highways fails RIS satisfaction target

14/07/2025
National Highways has flunked its road user satisfaction target for the second road investment strategy (RIS 2: 2020-2025), ending the term with 'disappointing' results that saw satisfaction decline almost across the board.
Burrowed time: The cost of ignoring badger damage image

Burrowed time: The cost of ignoring badger damage

15/07/2025

Richard Holmes, director of infrastructure at Geobear, explains how ground engineers can protect roads while also safeguarding badgers, a legally protected animal.

Tesla to face first federal jury over autopilot system image

Tesla to face first federal jury over autopilot system

15/07/2025

Tesla is set to face what is thought to be its first federal jury in a lawsuit regarding the company’s Autopilot driver-assist system.

Transport Focus survey: Drivers reveal the best and worst roads image

Transport Focus survey: Drivers reveal the best and worst roads

15/07/2025

Drivers have ranked the best and worst roads on the English strategic network in the latest national satisfaction survey from Transport Focus.

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Vernon Everitt to head up Transport for Wales

15/07/2025

Transport for Wales (TfW) has announced that Vernon Everitt will be taking over the role of chair.

Delayed footbridge installed across M3 image

Delayed footbridge installed across M3

14/07/2025

National Highways has finally installed a new footbridge across the M3 to replace the previous one, which was demolished in 2023 after three months of delays.

Kiely Bros wins £80m surfacing contract in Wiltshire image

Kiely Bros wins £80m surfacing contract in Wiltshire

14/07/2025

Wiltshire Council has awarded Kiely Bros a surface dressing and micro asphalt term contract with an estimated value of £80m.

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Kent CC calls for share of Dart Charge profits

14/07/2025

The Department for Transport (DfT) is set to increase the toll charge for the Dartford Crossing from September this year, and the leader of Kent County Council feels that it should see a share of the profits.

Whitehall backs safety data sharing pilot image

Whitehall backs safety data sharing pilot

11/07/2025

Senior Whitehall officials have announced a potentially 'transformational' pilot to share data between the Department for Transport and the Department for Health and Social Care.

National Highways makes plea for caution after workers put at risk image

National Highways makes plea for caution after workers put at risk

11/07/2025

National Highways workers carrying out ‘essential’ night maintenance work on the M6 have been put at risk by road users driving into the work site.

Minister dispels speed camera myth image

Minister dispels speed camera 'myth'

11/07/2025

The Government has confirmed that local authorities have the full power to install speed cameras proactively without the impetus of serious injuries or fatalities.

Yorkshire doubles down on active travel image

Yorkshire doubles down on active travel

09/07/2025

The York and North Yorkshire Combined authority has approved plans for a new active travel commissioner, who will oversee a boost in spending.

And she taketh away: Transport secretary axes road schemes worth over £1bn image

And she taketh away: Transport secretary axes road schemes worth over £1bn

09/07/2025

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has axed key road schemes worth over £1bn and hinted more could follow.

Brightly Software could manage Lancashire roads for 15 years image

Brightly Software could manage Lancashire roads for 15 years

09/07/2025

Lancashire County Council has awarded a highways asset management systems (HAMS) contract worth up to £10m to Brightly Software.

CIHT launches second biennial workforce survey image

CIHT launches second biennial workforce survey

09/07/2025

The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) has launched its second biennial workforce survey.

Highways Awards 2025 Finalists revealed image

Highways Awards 2025 Finalists revealed

14/07/2025

Highways Magazine is proud to announce the finalists for the 2025 awards.

Denbighshire secures £4.8m from Welsh borrowing plan image

Denbighshire secures £4.8m from Welsh borrowing plan

11/07/2025

Denbighshire County Council has unveiled which road areas are in line to benefit from a £4.8m, two-year road maintenance programme funded by a Welsh Government Local Government Borrowing Initiative (LGBI).

East Sussex road to open nine years late image

East Sussex road to open nine years late

08/07/2025

The opening date of a new link road in East Sussex has been announced by the county council after a series of severe delays set the project back by almost a decade.

A14 viaduct set for UK-first expansion joint upgrade image

A14 viaduct set for UK-first expansion joint upgrade

08/07/2025

A new type of expansion joint never used before in the UK will be installed on the A14 River Nene viaduct between junctions 12 and 13.

Government green lights strategic schemes worth billions image

Government green lights strategic schemes worth billions

09/07/2025

The Government has thrown funding and political support behind scores of road and rail schemes, including the long awaited A66 Northern Trans-Pennine route.

TfLs post 7/7 blue light status revoked image

TfL's post 7/7 blue light status revoked

11/07/2025

Transport for London (TfL)’s emergency response unit (ERU) has had its blue light status revoked, despite the fact it was implemented in the aftermath of the 7/7 attacks in the capital.

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