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May Gurney wins £50m Harrow highways job 12/01/2012 May Gurney has secured Harrow Council’s highways maintenance contract for the next five years.
CECA calls for Government action over highways 14/05/2013 The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has called on the Government to address the growing highways maintenance backlog.
Queen's Award for Stirling Lloyd 24/09/2013 Stirling Lloyd, manufacturers of the Safetrack range of highways maintenance products, has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in recognition of its continued international success.
Amey wins Gloucestershire contract 09/12/2013 Amey will deliver highways services across Gloucestershire after being awarded a contract that could be worth up to £450 million.
HMEP show goes on the road 21/01/2014 The Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme (HMEP) is working with the Department for Transport (DfT) to deliver a roadshow of seven events across England.
Views sought on £6bn funding pot 22/01/2014 The Department for Transport (DfT) is seeking views on how £5.8 billion funding for local highways maintenance should be distributed.
BAM Nuttall starts work on Wirral’s roads 01/04/2014 BAM Nuttall has entered into a four-year highway services contract with Wirral Council.
Ringway wins Central Bedfordshire highways contract 19/08/2015 Central Bedfordshire Council has awarded Ringway Jacobs a seven-year highways maintenance contract.
Skanska wins highways contract with North Somerset Council 16/02/2016 Skanska has been awarded a £16 million two-year contract to maintain roads on behalf of North Somerset Council.
Ringway starts work on Central Bedfordshire highways contract 01/04/2016 Ringway Jacobs seven-year highways maintenance contract with Central Bedfordshire Council has started today (1 April 2016).
Ringway starts work on £75m Wiltshire highways contract 13/04/2016 Ringway has started work on a five-year £75 million highways maintenance contract with Wiltshire Council.
Volker wins Luton highways maintenance deal 25/01/2017 Luton Borough Council has awarded a highway maintenance contract that could be worth £200 million over 15 years to VolkerHighways.
Scottish funding cuts to hit local road safety 19/12/2017 Scotland's roads could become more dangerous after further cuts to councils' revenue funding, Scottish transport chiefs have warned.
Troubled Northants given 'illegal' budget warning 21/02/2018 Crisis-hit Northamptonshire CC has been told to rip up its 2018/19 budget, which would have made drastic cuts to highways and transport budgets, after auditors warned it could be illegal.
ALARM: Backlog falls as councils improve asset management - and spend 20/03/2018 This year’s ALARM survey has recorded a triumphant headline result for local authorities in England and Wales with the estimated highways maintenance backlog falling by almost 23% this year to £9.31bn from £12.06bn.
ALARM survey: Sector calls for wider solutions 20/03/2018 Contractors have called for a step change in funding for local roads after the industry’s benchmark survey found that more than 24,000 miles of road will need to be repaired in the next year.
Councils spend £43m on pothole claims in five years 26/03/2018 Councils across the UK have spent at least £43m dealing with compensation claims from potholes over the last five years, according to a cycling charity.
Grayling gives councils £100m for post-winter repairs 26/03/2018 Transport secretary Chris Grayling has announced almost £100m extra cash for councils to help repair roads badly affected by recent cold weather.
Potholes ‘cutting off’ rural communities, insurer warns 17/04/2018 An insurer has warned that the deteriorating rural road network is in danger of cutting off countryside communities.
Pothole impact of Beast from the East 'still to be seen' 18/04/2018 The RAC has blamed the recent bad weather for a rise in the proportion of pothole-related breakdowns in the first three months of the year but warned that the full extent of the problem remains to be seen.
Welsh councils rush to spend highways windfall 24/04/2018 Welsh councils rushed to spend a £30m highways maintenance windfall before the end of the last financial year, prompting a call for future funding to be put on a more stable footing.
International line-up for Cold Comfort 2018 25/04/2018 A large delegation from Highways England will join other public sector representatives from across the British Isles and international experts in the field of winter maintenance at Cold Comfort 2018 next month.
Grayling plans to put utilities under pavements to cut potholes 30/04/2018 Ministers plan to make pavements the default location for new utility infrastructure, to cut down on roadworks and potholes, it has been reported.
Amey hit by £50m Birmingham PFI compensation 13/06/2018 Amey has been ordered to pay Birmingham City Council more than £50m in compensation after the contractor lost a long-running court battle earlier this year, according to reports.
Highways England to trial variable speed limits on motorway roadworks 16/07/2018 Highways England is to test whether speed limits through motorway roadworks can be increased to up to 60mph at weekends or different speeds used in different directions through the same works.
Council faces legal action over pothole death 10/08/2018 Warwickshire County Council is facing possible legal action after delays in repairing a pothole led to the death of a cyclist.
Velocity racks up record year as winter drives demand 29/08/2018 Road repair specialist Velocity has invested in new machines after what it said is a record year for its business.
Oxford to maintain its own roads in £2.6m deal with county 06/09/2018 The two councils covering Oxford have struck a deal that will see the city council provide routine highway maintenance services on its streets on behalf of the county.
County to borrow £120m for infrastructure improvements 19/09/2018 Oxfordshire County Council has approved plans to borrow £120m to repair roads and other council assets.
Council bosses say need for bridge funding is now ‘desperate’ 19/09/2018 A council covering one of Britain’s wettest areas has said it needs a ‘miracle’ to solve its highways structural maintenance problem.
Road condition tops table of drivers' gripes 21/09/2018 The condition of roads is now motorists’ top concern as nearly four in five rate them as poor, according to a major study of drivers’ attitudes.
Grayling unveils major road schemes and gives a pothole teaser 02/10/2018 Transport secretary Chris Grayling has announced the first of the 'major road' schemes, although the Department for Transport has yet to reveal the network itself.
Local roads get £420m maintenance boost 29/10/2018 The chancellor has announced an immediate £420m cash boost for local authority highway maintenance budgets with millions more for local transport projects.
Draft £25bn RIS2 sets out 2050 vision 30/10/2018 The Department for Transport has published a draft road investment strategy for 2020-25, setting a ‘deliberately ambitious’ vision for the strategic road network in 2050.
ADEPT wants fundamental change on local roads funding 08/11/2018 Council directors have called for a systematic change to the ‘broken’ system of funding for local roads maintenance.
Cornwall and Notts negotiate over highways firm 08/11/2018 Nottinghamshire County Council is in talks to take over the firm responsible for its highways maintenance.
Capital's councils demand 'fair share' of new roads cash 13/11/2018 London’s boroughs have said they are not getting a fair share of road maintenance cash after they were awarded only £17m of the extra £420m for local authority roads announced during the budget.

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