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. |
Government levels down Challenge Fund cash02/03/2020 The Department for Transport has revealed which councils will receive a share of the latest £93m round of Challenge Fund cash. |
County motorists 'poor relation' to major cities15/01/2020 Shire county authorities are failing to receive a ‘fair share’ of funding for roads with London receiving three times more investment, new analysis has found. |
Norfolk counting increased costs of Broadland Northway scheme12/11/2019 Cost overruns and safety issues figure prominently in a new appraisal of Norfolk County Council's A1270 Broadland Northway, which opened in 2018 and bypasses the city of Norwich. |
Javid gives first look at RIS 2 schemes30/09/2019 Chancellor Sajid Javid has revealed some of the schemes that will feature in the £25bn second Road Investment Strategy from 2020-2025. |
Midlands launches £600m call for roads cash29/08/2019 The sub-national transport body for the Midlands has submitted 11 priority road improvement schemes for a share of £3.5bn government cash. |
Pinch Point cash could fund sustainable transport schemes01/08/2019 The Department for Transport has published guidance to help councils apply for a share of nearly £350m to improve local roads. |
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