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Parliamentary group calls for action over local roads 22/10/2013 The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Highway Maintenance has called for urgent action to stop local roads deteriorating.
Ringway retains Worcestershire highways contract 16/12/2013 Ringway has retained its highways maintenance service contract with Worcestershire County Council.
Hampshire highways maintenance cuts proposed 16/01/2014 Hampshire County Council could make cuts to its highways services as it looks to save 12% of its budget by 2015.
£21m Lewisham highways contract goes to FM Conway 19/02/2014 A road maintenance contract worth up to £21 million has been awarded to FM Conway.
Osborne announces £200m funding to fix potholes 19/03/2014 Chancellor George Osborne confirmed an extra £200 million pot to help councils repair potholes in his 2014 budget with local authorities invited to bid for funding.
Council announces major investment in highway maintenance 20/03/2014 Southwark Council is planning to invest £41 million on highway maintenance improvements over the next 10 years.
FM Conway wins £450m Westminster City Council contracts 26/03/2014 FM Conway has won major maintenance and improvement contracts with Westminster City Council valued at up to £450 million.
Work to repair A591 progressing well 17/02/2016 Construction work to repair the storm-damaged A591 in Cumbria is progressing well with the installation of the first of around 20 steel posts that will be used to help re-build the road.
VolkerHighways wins contract to maintain Camden’s streets 24/05/2016 VolkerHighways has been awarded a new highways term maintenance contract for the London Borough of Camden until 2020.
A-one+ to continue work in Area 12 31/05/2016 A-one+ will continue to maintain and respond to issues on Yorkshire and the Humber’s roads after winning a new contract with Highways England.
Resurfacing programme underway in Stoke 28/06/2016 Stoke-on-Trent City Council is embarking on a multi-million pound resurfacing and patching campaign.
Cutting ribbons on old roads 23/03/2018 Steve Gooding, former director at the Department for Transport and current director of the RAC Foundation, argues that highway maintenance still does not get the support it deserves.
Lincolnshire seeks bids for £762m highway maintenance work 18/04/2018 Lincolnshire County Council is seeking contractors for highway maintenance work that could be worth £762m over 12 years.
Liverpool makes 'landmark investment' of £200m in roads 19/04/2018 Liverpool City Council is set to spend an additional £200m on road repairs to tackle the deteriorating quality of the highway network in the city.
Contractors appointed to £20m NE Lincs framework 03/05/2018 Grimsby-based North East Lincolnshire Borough Council has appointed 16 contractors to a highway works framework for minor highways maintenance and improvement work worth a total of £20m.
Bath council not short of interest for £70m highways contract 08/05/2018 Bath and North East Somerset Council is seeking bids for a highways maintenance and improvement contract that could be worth £70m over ten years.
Thirteen on £46m Edinburgh Highways framework 11/05/2018 Thirteen contractors are in line for construction, repair and maintenance work to the City of Edinburgh's road network under a framework valued at up to £46m.
Glos 'on track' to award term maintenance contract as three shortlisted 06/06/2018 Gloucestershire County Council has shortlisted three bidders to go through to the next stage of its procurement exercise for a term maintenance contract that could be worth up to £430m over 11 years.
Incentive element 'likely to continue', DfT official says 27/06/2018 A Department for Transport official has said the argument has been won on highway authority incentive funding and the system is likely to continue into the next parliament.
It’s coming home (for FM Conway at least): Firm secures £130m Croydon contract 09/07/2018 Infrastructure services company FM Conway has won a highway service contract worth up to £130m with the London Borough of Croydon, where it has an asphalt plant, as part of the town’s £5.2bn regeneration programme.
Local highways and transport underspends by hundreds of millions 29/08/2018 Local highways and transport services in England underspent by hundreds of millions of pounds in 2017-18, as the growing pressure from demand-led services such as social care continued to bite.
Haringey advertises £108m highways and lighting works 05/09/2018 Haringey Council is seeking a contractor or contractors for a highway and street lighting contract worth up to £108m over eight years.
Harrow looks over the hill for £110m highway works 16/10/2018 Harrow Council is looking for a highways maintenance contractor in a deal that could be worth £110m over 10 years.
East region maintenance contract worth £490m, Highways England confirms 16/10/2018 Highways England has valued its new combined Maintenance and Response contract for the East of England at £490m over 15 years.
Unsung heroes 19/10/2018 The Ranty Highwayman is a chartered engineer who works in a local highways department. In this article he discusses unsung heroes.
Wolverhampton keeps traffic moving with quick pothole repairs 29/10/2018 Wolverhampton Council has cut disruption on its roads by using a Velocity Patcher to fill potholes roads across the city at speed.
CIHT president calls for mandatory cut in highway authorities 27/11/2018
North Yorkshire considers Teckal option in highways revamp 10/04/2019 North Yorkshire County Council is considering using a ‘Teckal’ company in order to improve its highway maintenance services.
Renfrewshire launches £40m spend on 'quality, long-term repairs' 01/05/2019 Renfrewshire Council has launched a five-year, £40m roads maintenance programme, which it described as ‘the biggest ever sustained investment in our roads network’.
Be bold and brave, Balfour boss tells councils 02/05/2019 The head of a major term maintenance contractor has called on local authorities to stick with outsourcing for local roads, despite the collapse of major players in the field and a dearth of bids for contracts.
Surrey seeks market help with rethink of £615m highways services 09/07/2019 Surrey County Council is consulting the market in what appears to be a major rethink of the delivery of its highways maintenance, construction and design services before the procurement of some £615m of work.

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