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Dominic Browne

Dominic Browne

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local-road-network

Suffolk writes to minister to appeal 'fundamentally flawed' maintenance rating

16/01/2026

Suffolk County Council has written to the roads minister to appeal its red rating for roads maintenance - the worst category under the Department for Transport's new council rating system.

local-road-network

The busiest day of the year for Mr Pothole

16/01/2026

Highways speaks to Mr Pothole (Mark Morrell) on his busiest day of the year, National Pothole Day, to find out more about media rounds, funding versus practice debates and rating the rater...how the Government ranks on potholes.

local-road-network

Industry releases fresh guidance on tackling pothole plague

15/01/2026

The RSTA has produced a guidance note on how to tackle the pothole crisis, with four key recommendations on maintenance and asset management principles.

companies-and-contracts

Graphene pioneer Versarien enters administration

13/01/2026

IP-led engineering company, Versarien PLC, which specialised in the use of graphene in road building, has gone into administration.

dft

Live Labs 2 extended to support 'further uptake' of findings

13/01/2026

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it will extend the ADEPT Live Labs 2 highways innovation programme for another year, providing a total of £300,000 to support communications and sharing best practice from the projects over 2026-2027.

highways-presents

VIDEO: The campaign to end roadworker abuse

12/01/2026

Highways magazine is collaborating with Balfour Beatty and other sector leaders to address road worker abuse. In this video, we examine some of the practical steps that are already being implemented to support workers.

dft

Inaccuracy concerns mar council road maintenance rankings

12/01/2026

The DfT has launched a ranking system for how well each local highway authority is maintaining its roads, however senior sector figures have raised concerns about the underlying accuracy of the data the ratings have been based on.

dft

Analysis: Is the road safety strategy driving too slowly?

09/01/2026

This Labour Government deserves to be congratulated on releasing a new national road safety strategy after years of delay in Whitehall, but politics and finances seem to have prevented more groundbreaking change.

people

FCA fines former Carillion finance directors

09/01/2026

The Financial Conduct Authority has fined two former finance directors hundreds of thousands of pounds for their part in misleading statements being issued by Carillion plc - the infrastructure giant which went into compulsory liquidation in 2018.

dft

New powers for councils to ban pavement parking

08/01/2026

The DfT has announced it will bring in new laws to allow local transport authorities to introduce pavement parking bans.