milton keynes

02/02/2012

Officials in Milton Keynes are considering plans to outsource the council’s £30m annual highways contract.

11/12/2012

Milton Keynes Council has started the contract race for highways maintenance work for the next seven years worth up to £200m to the winner.

08/11/2013

Driverless cars will be tested in a pedestrianised area for the first time after £1.5 million was made available from the Government.

23/01/2014

Milton Keynes Council has named Ringway as preferred bidder for its highways, street lighting and network term service contract that could be worth up to £200 million.

28/04/2014

Ringway has started work on a seven year highways contract for Milton Keynes Council.

04/12/2014

Autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles will be tested in Milton Keynes and Coventry after the cities won a £10 million competition to host a driverless cars trial.

20/10/2015

Roads Minister Andrew Jones has officially opened a newly-dualled section of the A421.

11/10/2016

The Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) in Milton Keynes has successfully tested its self-driving vehicles in public for the first time in the UK.