Lincolnshire calls on Shapps to reverse highways cuts07/01/2022 Lincolnshire County Council has called on transport secretary Grant Shapps to return the millions cut from highways maintenance budgets last year, as the council bemoaned a £12m funding gap in its highways service. |
Spending Review conceals local road funding cuts28/10/2021 Local road maintenance funding appears to be facing a cut of around £200m over three years following the Spending Review. |
Road maintenance budgets face £400m cut, councils warn11/10/2021 Funding for local road maintenance has been cut by £400m this year, the Local Government Association has warned. |
TfL celebrates £25m landmark for lane rental scheme29/07/2021 As Transport for London's lane rental scheme approaches a decade of operation, the capital's transport authority celebrated the £25m it has raised for 79 projects to improve roadworks. |
Reassess pothole cash rules, insurer says09/06/2021 Zurich Municipal has called for local authority pothole funding to give greater focus to cycle paths and footways to protect cyclists and e-scooter riders. |
Council road cash 'cut by more than a fifth this year'26/05/2021 Councils have warned that they face a £400m reduction in local road maintenance budgets this year. |
North Lanarkshire tenders £5.7bn 'roads and place' partnership contract04/05/2021 North Lanarkshire Council has tendered a £5.7bn commercial place-shaping partnership contract, which would last 20 years with the option to extend for a further five. |
ALARM 2021: Slow progress as industry bangs the five-year funding drum31/03/2021 The estimated one-time cost to get local roads in England and Wales back into a ‘reasonable, steady state’ is £10.24bn, according to this year’s ALARM survey – the popular benchmark for the upkeep of council networks. |
Liverpool operated culture of 'rule avoidance' in highways25/03/2021 An independent report into the procurement of highways-related services at Liverpool City Council has called for the highways service to be completely restructured after finding a culture of ‘rule avoidance’ leading to excessive costs. |
£12m more for Welsh roads as election nears24/03/2021 The Welsh Government has announced an extra £12m for local authorities to 'fix potholes and improve roads, pavements and active travel routes' across the country. |
First round of £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund begins04/03/2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the first round of the £4.8bn Levelling Up Fund will be available to local areas to help tackle regional inequalities. |
Council road repairs cash down £400m next year15/02/2021 County councils have said they will have ‘no choice’ but to cancel high priority highway maintenance works next year after the Government announced capital funding allocations down £398m on current levels. |
Delayed cycling schemes could go £6m over budget11/02/2021 A £19m package of cycling schemes in Cornwall risks going significantly over budget and missing what is already a revised delivery date, auditors have warned. |
Two new MRN schemes in £93m road spend01/02/2021 Transport secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed £93m for three major road upgrade schemes across the country, including schemes funded as part of the major road network (MRN) and the Local Large Majors programmes. |
Council's parking income hits £10m21/01/2021 Councils are issuing fines worth an average of £850,000 a year for parking offences, with one raking in more than £10m, according to new research. |
Non-residents face levy in London VED row16/12/2020 London mayor Sadiq Khan has threatened to introduce a charge of £3.50 a day for drivers coming into the capital if ministers do not 'play fair' over Vehicle Excise Duty. |
Sunak 'considers road pricing to plug tax gap'16/11/2020 The chancellor is reportedly considering introducing road pricing to address a tax shortfall of up to £40bn that is expected to arise as drivers switch to electric cars. |
Skates hands councils £17m for resilient roads17/06/2020 The Welsh Government has announced nearly £17m in transport grants, with £5m of the cash to be spent on repairing damage from storms earlier this year. |
£27bn for national roads and £2.5bn for potholes11/03/2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced more than £27bn will now be spent under the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) between 2020 and 2025, as he also pledged an extra £2.5bn for local road maintenance in the Budget. |
Sunak to pledge £2.5bn for potholes11/03/2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak will pledge an extra £2.5bn for road maintenance in the Budget, in the absence of a National Infrastructure Strategy. |
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