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companies-and-contracts

£130m funding boost for next-gen vehicles

14/08/2026

The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has announced a roughly £65m funding boost to help the development and production of electric vehicles (EVs) and automated vehicles (AVs), with industry matching the investment to bring the total to £130m.

highways-awards

Revealed: Celebrity host for Highways Awards

14/08/2026

Highways is proud to announce that British comedy legend Hugh Dennis will be hosting the 2026 Highways Awards.

local-road-network

Milton Keynes consults on 10mph limit

14/08/2026

Milton Keynes City Council is currently consulting on a possible 10mph advisory speed limit for Walton Road in an effort to ‘maintain and improve pedestrian safety’.

local-road-network

Traffic filters to replace Oxford congestion charge

14/08/2026

Oxfordshire County Council plans to trial traffic filters next month to replace the temporary congestion charge in an effort to reduce traffic in the city centre.

dft

Bournemouth first in South West to be granted lane rental powers

14/08/2026

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council is the latest local authority to be granted Local Lane Rental Scheme (LLRS) powers, with more to come across the country.

companies-and-contracts

Jackson wins £15m Essex regeneration contract

14/08/2026

Jackson has started on a £15.2m public realm project to regenerate St Botolph's Circus in Colchester for Essex County Council

companies-and-contracts

Navtech Radar awarded £2m National Highways contract

11/08/2026

National Highways has appointed Navtech Radar to a £2.369m interim stopped vehicle detection contract.

companies-and-contracts

Clearview Intelligence studs prove 'smart' choice for Hindhead Tunnel

11/08/2026

Clearview Intelligence's intelligent road stud technology has been reselected by National Highways for use in the major maintenance works it is carrying out in the Hindhead Tunnel in Surrey.

companies-and-contracts

DfT launches engagement on 'research, evaluation and analysis' contract

11/08/2026

The Department for Transport (DfT) has published a preliminary market engagement notice for a shared research, evaluation and analysis call-off contract valued at £7.2m.

companies-and-contracts

No options left for 50-year-old M42 bridge

11/08/2026

National Highways plans to demolish and rebuild a 50-year-old structure concrete bridge crossing the M42 at Junction 6, after a ‘detailed assessment' found that strengthening ‘would not provide a long-term solution'.