Council road repairs cash down £400m next year15/02/2021 County councils have said they will have ‘no choice’ but to cancel high priority highway maintenance works next year after the Government announced capital funding allocations down £398m on current levels. |
Delayed cycling schemes could go £6m over budget11/02/2021 A £19m package of cycling schemes in Cornwall risks going significantly over budget and missing what is already a revised delivery date, auditors have warned. |
Two new MRN schemes in £93m road spend01/02/2021 Transport secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed £93m for three major road upgrade schemes across the country, including schemes funded as part of the major road network (MRN) and the Local Large Majors programmes. |
A beginner's guide to better asset management25/01/2021 Trevor Thompson, business manager at Roadtechs, discusses the importance of using different Surface Extension Treatments (SET) to extend the serviceable life from the road network. |
Drivers most concerned over potholes, report warns14/12/2020 More than half of drivers believe the condition of local roads has deteriorated in the past year despite the drop in car use due to the pandemic. |
MP calls for changes to highways funding formula04/11/2020 A Conservative MP has called for reforms to the maintenance funding formula for highway authorities in England to take into account road condition, traffic volumes and the council's own contributions. |
Surrey seeks to maximise opportunities of £2.5bn roads deal12/10/2020 Surrey County Council is advertising a new highway maintenance contract that could be worth £2.5bn over 21 years, with the stated value of the deal having trebled in three months. |
Cold Comfort Digital Academy launched after Scotland postponement16/07/2020 The next physical Cold Comfort Scotland event will now take place on 22 April 2021 with its place in the calendar this September filled by a new virtual event – the Cold Comfort Digital Academy. |
ADEPT calls for support for ‘Highways Heroes’25/03/2020 Council directors body ADEPT has emphasized the important role of local authority highways key workers during the current COVID-19 lockdown. |
ALARM results 2020: Backlog rises 14%, funding falls 16%24/03/2020 The maintenance backlog for local roads in England and Wales has increased by 14% to £11.14bn up from £9.79bn reported in 2019, according to the leading survey in the sector. |
£27bn for national roads and £2.5bn for potholes11/03/2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced more than £27bn will now be spent under the second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) between 2020 and 2025, as he also pledged an extra £2.5bn for local road maintenance in the Budget. |
Sunak to pledge £2.5bn for potholes11/03/2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak will pledge an extra £2.5bn for road maintenance in the Budget, in the absence of a National Infrastructure Strategy. |
Life after SCANNER in Bristol03/03/2020 Shaun Taylor, highway maintenance manager at Bristol City Council, tells Highways about some of the difficulties his authority had using the SCANNER road condition monitoring technology and how moving to new systems can bring benefits. |
Council chiefs warn of ‘chronic need’ for bridge repair funding03/03/2020 Local authority leaders have said there is a ‘chronic need’ for investment in local roads in response to a report on the number of substandard road bridges in Great Britain. |
Government levels down Challenge Fund cash02/03/2020 The Department for Transport has revealed which councils will receive a share of the latest £93m round of Challenge Fund cash. |
Harper to step down as RSTA boss06/02/2020 The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) is recruiting a new chief executive after Mike Harper announced that he will be stepping down from the role after the organisation’s annual conference on 2 April. |
Hindle takes the top job at Kier Highways06/02/2020 Kier has appointed Nicola Hindle as group managing director for its highways business, taking over the role vacated last year by Dave Wright. |
George Lee bows out of HTMA top job04/02/2020 Chief executive of Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA) George Lee is stepping down from the role at the end of March to work on his own consultancy business, Highways can reveal. |
Pothole breakdowns fall as Beast impact fades15/01/2020 The RAC attended significantly fewer breakdowns for pothole-related faults in 2019 than the previous year, despite a surge in the last quarter. |
True grit secures top satisfaction for Warwickshire06/01/2020 Warwickshire County Council has been named the country’s joint top performing county council for highway maintenance in a key survey for the second year in a row. |
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