'A massive blow to the sector': DfT's head of local highways policy leaves role23/05/2025 Matt Eglinton, head of local highways policy at the Department for Transport (DfT) is stepping down from the role, in what one industry figure described as 'a massive blow' to the local roads brief. |
Zurich calls for more cash to improve local road safety04/03/2025 A major council insurer has called for increased funding for local authority road maintenance and more flexibility when spending it. |
DfT slammed over local roads 'embarrassment'17/01/2025 MPs have called England’s local roads a ‘national embarrassment’ and slammed the Department for Transport for not taking its responsibility for the issue seriously enough. |
NAO gives damning verdict on DfT's approach to local roads23/07/2024 Parliament’s spending watchdog has slammed the Department for Transport (DfT) for a lack of knowledge on the condition of the English local road network and what local authority funding is achieving. |
UK falls down OECD table as local roads spending halves14/08/2023 Spending on local roads has fallen by half in just under two decades, more than almost all other OECD countries, the Local Government Association (LGA) has found. |
DfT calls for resilience update, after celebrating COVID performance08/04/2021 Local highways resilience in England was robust and adaptable in the face of COVID-19, according to a report commissioned by the Department for Transport. |
Exclusive: Ministers dump VED pledge and strip local roads of billions30/11/2020 The Government appears to have abandoned its commitment to create a National Roads Fund (NRF) through the hypothecation of vehicle excise duty (VED), undoing a long-standing promise without informing MPs or the public. |
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Norman says local RIS is hanging in the Treasury's balance26/11/2018 Attempts to introduce a five-year funding package are in the balance, awaiting Treasury agreement, transport minister Jesse Norman has said. |
Transport bodies criticise 'perverse' local roads funding gap09/10/2018 A coalition of transport bodies has warned that without adequate and stable funding the maintenance backlog on local roads will pass to future generations. |
Local roads innovation group gets thumbs up from DfT17/05/2018 The Department for Transport (DfT) has celebrated the work of the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG), which has provided a 'national support network’ for asset management and just launched a new website providing a portal to share best practice and facilitate benchmarking. |
Councils find out their share of £1.2bn local roads funding13/01/2017 The Department for Transport (DfT) has allocated £1.2 billion of local roads funding to councils across England. |
Major Road Network proposals gaining traction04/01/2017 The co-authors of the Rees Jeffrey’s Report ‘A Major Road Network for England’ are increasingly optimistic that the study’s proposals will be taken forward. |
Chancellor confirms infrastructure investment in Autumn Statement23/11/2016 Major investment in infrastructure and a package of road improvements were just some of the plans revealed by Chancellor Philip Hammond in the Government's Autumn Statement today (23 November). |
Chancellor to unveil £1.3bn roads improvement package21/11/2016 Chancellor Philip Hammond will unveil a £1.3 billion package of local road improvements and congestion busting schemes in the Autumn Statement on Wednesday (23 November). |
AIA: Invest in local roads31/10/2016 The chairman of the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) has called on the government to commit more investment into local roads ahead of the Autumn Statement. |
RSTA welcomes Major Road Network study18/10/2016 The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has welcomed the publication of the Rees Jeffrey’s Report ‘A Major Road Network for England’. |
RSTA calls on Chancellor to focus on local roads04/10/2016 The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has called on the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, to recognise the value of local roads in his upcoming Autumn Statement. |
Survey shows widespread dissatisfaction with state of roads31/08/2016 A new survey carried out by technology company Yotta has revealed widespread public dissatisfaction with the UK road network. |
RAC analysis shows quality of local roads has deteriorated30/07/2016 Statistical analysis of the RAC’s pothole-related call-outs over the last 10 years shows that the quality of Britain’s roads has deteriorated substantially over time. |
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