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companies-and-contracts

Devon tenders £65m resurfacing framework

22/05/2026

Devon County Council has tendered a £64.8m resurfacing framework that is expected to cover the next four years of reconstruction, recycling, patching and surfacing works on the county’s road network.

local-road-network

Oxfordshire plans trial roll-out of countryside LTNs

22/05/2026

Oxfordshire County Council is planning to introduce a pilot scheme for countryside low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in an effort to encourage more active travel.

strategic-road-network

£50m repairs will see M5 St George's Bridge 'lifted 72 times'

22/05/2026

National Highways plans to invest more than £50m into maintenance of the M5 St George's Bridge in North Somerset - including works that will see the bridge lifted 72 times to replace bearings.

dft

DfT launches Mass Transit Taskforce

22/05/2026

The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched its Mass Transit Taskforce, which was announced in its Better Connected national transport strategy.

companies-and-contracts

Telent renews Kent partnership with £54m traffic signal contract

22/05/2026

Kent County Council (KCC) has reappointed Telent to maintain its traffic signal network with a new £54m contract that could add a total of 10 years to the partnership.

people

New transport director among four Amey leadership appointments

22/05/2026

Amey has announced four senior leadership appointments to its advisory business.

nations-and-regions

New transport secretary for Scotland announced

22/05/2026

Stephen Flynn has been appointed as the new Economy and Transport Secretary for Scotland, taking over the reins from Fiona Hyslop as she steps down as an MP after 27 years in Holyrood.

dft

PM Starmer extends fuel duty giveaway

22/05/2026

The Government has extended the 5p cut to fuel duty until the end of 2026, delaying the planned phase-out that was expected to take place this September.

strategic-road-network

National Highways launches first-response training for commercial drivers

24/04/2026

National Highways has launched new post-collision response modules that it wants commercial fleet operators to integrate into their training to support drivers if they are first on the scene at a crash.

innovation-and-strategy

AGD designs 'UK-first' crossing to help visually-impaired students

24/04/2026

AGD Systems has helped install a UK-first for accessible pedestrian crossing designs on the grounds of New College Worcester (NCW), a national residential school for blind and vision-impaired young people.