All Roads Lead: Episode 5 ALARM Special05/04/2024 The All Roads Lead podcast speaks to Rick Green of the Asphalt Industry Alliance and Malcolm Simms of the Mineral Products Association about this year's ALARM survey results. |
OBR slams Government spending pledges as 'worse than fiction'01/02/2024 The chair of the fiscal responsibility watchdog has described the Government's spending plans beyond 2025 as 'worse than fiction' - pouring cold water on hopes of a local roads boost. |
Sandwell to put HS2 cash straight into roads15/01/2024 Sandwell Council has welcomed half a million pounds of extra government highways funding and pledged to put the money directly into this year’s budget. |
Extra £8.3bn may not be 'truly additional'08/12/2023 Doubts have arisen over the potential for £8.3bn of redirected HS2 cash to transform local authority road maintenance after the Department for Transport admitted it cannot guarantee that will be ‘truly additional’. |
Nine on 'flexible' Barnet highways framework08/11/2023 Barnet Council has appointed nine contractors to a new four-year highway maintenance framework worth around £75m. |
DfT teases more detail on multi-billion roads spending plans01/11/2023 The £8.3bn of ‘additional’ highway maintenance funding pledged to councils from the curtailment of HS2 will begin during this financial year and be spread over 11 years, while a separate £4.7bn boost for local transport in the North and Midlands will be spread over seven years. |
Jam tomorrow? No dates for pothole cash05/10/2023 The Department for Transport has admitted it does not have a timescale for the billions of pounds for road resurfacing that it announced on the back of the decision to curtail HS2, suggesting that the claim may merely be a pre-announcement of future routine funding. |
Council launches seven-method pothole repair trial27/06/2023 Oxfordshire County Council has used a single stretch of road as a test site to compare seven different methods of repairing minor defects, in what is believed to be the first trial of its kind in the UK. |
Essex starts search for the future of highways20/06/2023 Essex County Council has begun the process of finding a new highways maintenance contractor, including a possible redesign of its highways service. |
Windsor open to offers on £140m of work16/05/2023 The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council is advertising a highway services contract divided into four lots and worth a total of nearly £140m. |
Milton Keynes seeks bids for £350m highways deal16/05/2023 Milton Keynes City Council is advertising for a new highway maintenance provider on a contract worth up to £350m over 12 years. |
Counties bemoan 'different reality' on roads cash10/03/2023 A new survey has found that 85% of county councils plan to reduce roads maintenance next year due to rising costs, whilst scrapping or reviewing major highways projects. |
Colas wins long-term Cheshire maintenance deal08/12/2022 Cheshire West and Chester Council has appointed Colas Ltd as its ‘highways delivery partner’, in a deal worth up to £300m over a possible 15 years. |
Spencer Group bridges a gap with cantilever walkway on cantilever bridge26/04/2022 Bridges specialist Spencer Group is to cantilever a temporary walkway off the side of what is itself a historic cantilever bridge while it carries out major deck replacement works. |
DfT expects mayors to honour highways allocations14/04/2022 A senior Department for Transport official has played down the possibility that city regions will divert government cash intended for road repairs to pay for their plans to improve bus services. |
DfT announces £30m Live Labs 207/04/2022 Ministers have announced a second, UK-wide round of the ADEPT Live Labs programme, with a particular focus on making the construction, maintenance and running of the country's roads more sustainable. |
West Sussex boosts highway spending again24/03/2022 West Sussex County Council has agreed a £32m package of highways and transport spending for the forthcoming financial year, with an extra £21m from the council’s capital budget over the next five years. |
LA maintenance funding frozen after cut fears03/03/2022 The Department for Transport has announced individual allocations for all local highway authorities outside London and the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements – with cash frozen at 2021-2022 levels for the next three years. |
Liverpool seeking to change highways scene08/02/2022 Liverpool City Council is aiming to develop a new operational model for highway maintenance within 18 months as the internal supplier has struggled to meet its needs, its troubleshooter highways boss has told Highways. |
Battle to commence for £730m East Sussex deal15/11/2021 East Sussex County Council is advertising a contract worth up to £730m over 14 years covering the maintenance, improvement and design of the county’s highways and civil infrastructure. |
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