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Public opinion of road network reaches record low14/04/2011 The public's satisfaction with the state of our roads and highways has fallen to a record low according to the latest survey released by the Institution of Civil Engineers this week. |
Balfour starts on cost-saving £100m maintenance contract12/05/2011 Balfour Beatty started work this week on a new-style £100m contract to maintain roads across Warwickshire and Coventry. |
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Amey and Carillion fight to cut £40m from highways job28/07/2011 Amey and CarillionMouchel have put in detailed bids for the Sheffield Highway Maintenance PFI Project outlining how they will save £40m in road repairs. |
Call for summer maintenance blitz to prevent potholes28/07/2011 Councils are being urged to use the remainder of the summer as a window of opportunity to carry out necessary road maintenance to prevent another winter of pothole misery. |
Breakdown experts call for more maintenance04/08/2011 The UK is sitting on a ‘time bomb of tatty tarmacadam’ which will cause chaos if we have another harsh winter. |
Merton on hunt for highways contractor04/08/2011 The London Borough of Merton is on the hunt for a contractor to carry out highways construction and repairs. |
£75m maintenance job up for grabs11/08/2011 The search has started for contractors to sign up to a highways repair and maintenance framework for nine local authorities. |
New London maintenance framework soars in value03/11/2011 Keen interest in London's proposed new highways maintenance regime has prompted Transport for London to raise the expected work value to £2.6bn over eight years. |
Devon council hunts for highways repair firms03/11/2011 Devon County Council is on the hunt for three contractors to handle its structural highways maintenance. |
Up to 75 firms needed for highways work10/11/2011 Lincolnshire Councty Council is searching for civil engineering contractors to join a framework covering highways resurfacing, new roads and waterways works. |
Watchdog warns over maintenance cuts15/12/2011 The National Audit Office has warned that road maintenance budget cuts will cost the country more than they save. |
Race for Swansea highways maintenance deal12/01/2012 Swansea City and Country Council has started the hunt for a partner to handle highways maintenance over the next four years. |
Civil servants warning over maintenance standards19/01/2012 Department for Transport civil servants warned MPs this week that standards would be affected by road maintenance spending cuts. |
Swansea needs maintenance contractor19/01/2012 Swansea City and County Council has started the hunt for a partner to handle highways maintenance over the next four years. |
Council boosts highways maintenance cash by £20m26/01/2012 Staffordshire council is pumping an extra £20m into highways maintenance. |
£100m Midlands maintenance deal up for grabs09/02/2012 Midlands transport authority Centro is inviting firms to bid for minor highways and bridge work four-year term contracts. |
Yorkshire facing £700m road repair bill16/02/2012 Councils across Yorkshire are facing a £700m bill to repair the crumbling road network. |
Firm wanted for £165m Notts repairs01/03/2012 Nottinghamshire County Council is looking for a highways maintenance contractor to carry-out £165m worth of repair work across the region. |
Contractor wanted for £25m road upgrade08/03/2012 The search has started to find a contractor to deliver a series of road improvements bundled up into the Western Gateway Infrastructure Scheme. |
MPs attack highways maintenance cuts15/03/2012 Spending watchdogs on the Public Accounts Committee have attacked highways maintenance budget cuts as “counter-productive.” |
Trio win £15m Dudley surfacing package15/03/2012 Dudley Metropolitan Council has signed up three highways surfacing contractors for improvement programmes this year. |
Telford to spend £18m on road repairs18/04/2012 Telford & Wrekin Council is to invest at least £18m over the next three years to improve its existing road infrastructure. |
£70m maintenance deal needs contractor08/05/2012 Halton and Warrington borough councils are teaming-up in a joint procurement race for a £70m highways maintenance contract. |
Extra £500k for maintenance in Norfolk10/05/2012 Norfolk County Council is set to approve an extra £500,000 for highways maintenance this year following costs cuts in other departments at the authority. |
£60m boost for maintenance in Wales14/05/2012 Welsh Councils will be allowed to borrow £60m to fund road repairs this year. |
Major maintenance starts on A62728/06/2012 A £326,000 maintenance programme along the A627(M) between Rochdale and Oldham in Greater Manchester will get underway next week. |
Lincolnshire makes £2.6m maintenance a priority16/07/2012 Lincolnshire County Council has earmarked funds worth £2.6m for essential highways repairs. |
Lincolnshire highways £60m framework awarded26/07/2012 Eleven civil engineering contractors have won places on the main element of Lincolnshire County Council’s £60m highways four-year framework. |
Flood threat to winter roads cash15/08/2012 Recent torrential rain and flooding have left local councils with a £200 million repair bill for roads, bridges and pavements which could eat into their winter maintenance cash. |
Praise for Scottish maintenance work21/09/2012 An independent report into the maintenance of Scotland’s trunk roads and motorways has found that operating companies are continuing to maintain their strong performance levels. |
£215m road repair cash allocated18/12/2012 Councils can plan how to spend their share of a £215m fund for local road maintenance after funding allocations were published by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin. |
Badly maintained roads costing small firms £5bn a year31/01/2013 Badly maintained local roads are costing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) £5 billion a year. |
£50m Greenwich highways deal up for grabs10/07/2013 A five-year highways maintenance deal worth up to £50 million is up for grabs in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. |
Peterborough City Council signs highways contract with Skanska18/09/2013 Peterborough City Council has signed a 10-year contract with Skanska for the provision of highway maintenance services. |
HMEP launches roads maintenance tool kit23/09/2013 The Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme (HMEP) has launched a new roads maintenance tool kit. |
Maintenance plea as motorists pay £1,000 a year in tax14/10/2013 Local councils are calling for a huge rise in road maintenance spending after analysis showed that the average motorist is paying more than £1,000 a year to the Treasury in charges and taxes. |
HMEP wants LEAN thinking over highways09/12/2013 The Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme (HMEP) wants local authorities to use its LEAN toolkit in an effort to improve the condition and upkeep of England’s roads. |
Nottingham picks highways contractors09/02/2012 Ringway and North Midlands Construction are among a list of firms selected to carry out highways and construction work for |
Staffordshire starts spending extra £20m maintenance cash16/02/2012 Staffordshire County Council will spend £750,000 upgrading a stretch of the A34 as the first scheme in a £20m increased funding package for maintenance work. |
£80m to be spent on improving Liverpool’s roads17/02/2014 Liverpool City Council is set to invest £80 million over the next eight years in an effort to improve the condition of the city’s highways network. |
£5m needed to avert highways crisis in North Yorkshire17/02/2014 A contribution of at least £5 million is needed to avert a crisis on the roads of North Yorkshire. |
IHE president responds to government statement on roads maintenance27/02/2014 The president of the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) has responded to the government’s call for action to the highways supply chain. |
Road treatment programme announced in Buckinghamshire12/03/2014 Buckinghamshire County Council has outlined 43 schemes that will be treated as part of its ‘We’re Working on it’ road treatment programme. |
Balfour Beatty wins £8.7m technology maintenance contract23/04/2014 Balfour Beatty has secured its third regional technology maintenance contract (RTMC) from the Highways Agency. |
Ringway contract for Milton Keynes launched28/04/2014 Ringway has started work on a seven year highways contract for Milton Keynes Council. |
Keysoft calls for proactive approach to road repairs16/10/2014 Highways maintenance software developer Keysoft Solutions has warned that patching up potholes is bad news for Britain’s roads. |
Increased traffic congestion putting pressure on roads21/11/2014 Road maintenance funding is inadequate to meet the demands of rising traffic levels, according to the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). |
Highways maintenance contractors facing busy year25/02/2015 Local authorities will award more than 80 term maintenance contracts during 2015 for highways maintenance, according to a report carried out by BDS Marketing. |
Pothole action paying off in Leicestershire18/03/2015 A shift from reactive to proactive maintenance has helped reduce the number of potholes in Leicestershire. |
Twenty eight councils receive share of highways funding24/03/2015 Twenty eight councils across England will receive a share of £275 million for major local roads maintenance after winning government funding. |
Further collaboration for roads maintenance in Scotland30/03/2015 Scotland’s roads authorities are considering new ways of delivering maintenance. |
Completion of A12 project delayed29/05/2015 A maintenance project that will see a section of the A12 near Ipswich upgraded is now expected to be complete by the end of June. |
RSMA to review quality of road markings in NI09/06/2015 The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) will undertake an urgent 10-day review of the quality of road markings across Northern Ireland after the country saw a 30% increase in road deaths last year. |
TRL launches highways maintenance funding guidance22/02/2016 TRL (the Transport Research Laboratory), is offering advice to local authorities and private finance initiatives (PFIs) to help them adopt best practice for highway appraisal and maintenance. |
Siemens equips maintenance crews with new tablet technology06/06/2016 More than 300 service operatives and engineers responsible for installing and repairing traffic equipment across the country have been equipped by Siemens with new bespoke tablet devices. |
New vehicles being used by Eurovia on UK roads08/06/2016 A new US-manufactured advanced chipper spreader is being used by Eurovia Specialist Treatments (EST) on UK roads. |
Resurfacing programme underway in Stoke28/06/2016 Stoke-on-Trent City Council is embarking on a multi-million pound resurfacing and patching campaign. |
HE awards new highway maintenance deals worth £300m15/12/2016 Highways England has awarded four new style asset delivery contracts worth over £300 million to Kier, a CH2M/Costain joint venture and Amey. |
Research "reveals Britain's worst roads"19/12/2016 An independent investigation using Freedom of Information requests says it can reveal the worst roads in Britain to drive on. |
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. |
Ports maintenance deal awarded to Specialist Surfacing30/01/2017 Lincolnshire firm Specialist Surfacing will carry out road maintenance across four Humber ports in Hull, Goole, Grimsby and Immingham. |
£100,000 resurfacing scheme for Enniskillen02/02/2017 A 1.2 km resurfacing scheme in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen is to begin at a cost of £100,000. |
Hanson re-secures Dorset Highways contract22/02/2017 Hanson Contracting has re-secured its strategic partnership contract with Dorset Highways for maintenance of the county’s road network in a deal worth more than £100m. |
HE chief gives strategy update22/02/2017 Highways England’s chief executive Jim O’Sullivan has revealed the latest route strategy documents for the strategic road network are to be published next month with a network report due in the autumn. |
Clyde Tunnel "needs open heart surgery"07/03/2017 A councillor in Glasgow is warning that the city's Clyde Tunnel will not last ten years if it does not get funding to give it "open heart surgery". |
More than 3,000 British road bridges substandard - RAC Foundation10/03/2017 More than 3,000 council-maintained road bridges in Great Britain are substandard, according to research by the RAC Foundation. |
New guidance released on highway authority liabilities17/03/2017 New guidance on managing highways liability risk has been released by the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) - titled Well Managed Highway Liability Risk - providing a comprehensive framework for authorities across the UK. |
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