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Parliamentary group calls for action over local roads22/10/2013 The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Highway Maintenance has called for urgent action to stop local roads deteriorating. |
Ringway retains Worcestershire highways contract16/12/2013 Ringway has retained its highways maintenance service contract with Worcestershire County Council. |
Hampshire highways maintenance cuts proposed16/01/2014 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 Conway19/02/2014 A road maintenance contract worth up to £21 million has been awarded to FM Conway. |
Osborne announces £200m funding to fix potholes19/03/2014 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 maintenance20/03/2014 Southwark Council is planning to invest £41 million on highway maintenance improvements over the next 10 years. |
FM Conway wins £450m Westminster City Council contracts26/03/2014 FM Conway has won major maintenance and improvement contracts with Westminster City Council valued at up to £450 million. |
Work to repair A591 progressing well17/02/2016 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 streets24/05/2016 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 1231/05/2016 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 Stoke28/06/2016 Stoke-on-Trent City Council is embarking on a multi-million pound resurfacing and patching campaign. |
Cutting ribbons on old roads23/03/2018 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 work18/04/2018 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 roads19/04/2018 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 framework03/05/2018 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 contract08/05/2018 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 framework11/05/2018 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 shortlisted06/06/2018 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 says27/06/2018 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 contract09/07/2018 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 millions29/08/2018 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 works05/09/2018 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 works16/10/2018 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 confirms16/10/2018 Highways England has valued its new combined Maintenance and Response contract for the East of England at £490m over 15 years. |
Unsung heroes19/10/2018 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 repairs29/10/2018 Wolverhampton Council has cut disruption on its roads by using a Velocity Patcher to fill potholes roads across the city at speed. |
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North Yorkshire considers Teckal option in highways revamp10/04/2019 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 councils02/05/2019 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 services09/07/2019 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. |
‘Excellent performance’ wins Balfour Beatty £34m Warwickshire extension07/08/2019 Balfour Beatty Living Places has been awarded a one-year extension worth £34m on its Warwickshire highways maintenance contract. |
Stoke enters risky waters on maintenance09/10/2019 City of Stoke-on-Trent Council is the latest highway authority to agree a new maintenance policy, which will delay defect repairs and has been linked to funding as well as updated risk management policies. |
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