News

15/09/2025

A £3m temporary traffic management framework being procured by Westmorland and Furness Council has been delayed by seven months.

12/09/2025

Executive director at Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) Anne Shaw OBE has announced that she is taking up a new role as chief executive of Ireland's National Transport Authority.

12/09/2025

Former transport secretary, Lord McLoughlin, is standing down as chair of Transport for the North (TfN) this autumn, after four years in post at the statutory sub-national transport body.

12/09/2025

National Highways is exploring two options at both Junctions 1 and 2 of the M48 to manage the number of HGVs crossing the M48 Severn Bridge, which may allow for the removal of current weight restrictions by October 2026.

12/09/2025

Essex County Council has tendered an electric vehicle charging infrastructure contract with an estimated value of £633m over a possible 16-year period.

11/09/2025

The Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) has launched two short surveys to help shape an upcoming refresh of its asset management training.

11/09/2025

Essex Police have said that he volume of deaths on Essex's roads in 2025 has been ‘relentless’, according to the BBC.

11/09/2025

Members of Devon County Council’s cabinet have given the £7.92m Baulk Bridge replacement scheme their stamp of approval, with construction expected to begin in spring 2026.

11/09/2025

Slough Borough Council has announced that it will soon be seeking applications for a new major and minor highways works framework that is expected to be valued at up to £60m.

10/09/2025

New guidance on how to incorporate suicide prevention into road and bridge design has been published by National Highways and the UK Roads Leadership Group (UKRLG).

10/09/2025

Catherine Whitfield of Mott MacDonald has been elected as the new chair of Intelligent Transport Systems UK (ITS UK), leaving the position of vice chair, which will now be filled by Caroline Hildreth of Netcompany.

09/09/2025

The replacement structure for the Allerdene Bridge in Gateshead will remain closed for ‘months, not weeks’ due to a welding fault, further delaying the A1 improvement scheme.

09/09/2025

Thousands of drivers have been caught speeding in just the last four months through a set of roadworks on the M6, prompting National Highways to issue warnings to protect workers.

09/09/2025

The Department for Transport (DfT) is seeking to hire a director general for transport strategy.

08/09/2025

Glasgow’s M8 is set to undergo nine months of road works estimated to cost £10m to address ‘critical issues’.

08/09/2025

Lilian Greenwood has been removed as Roads Minister from the Department for Transport (DfT) during the latest round of Government reshuffle.

08/09/2025

The RAC and the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) are calling for the Government to introduce mandatory training for councils on how to prevent potholes.

05/09/2025

Ian Mulheirn, chief analyst at the Department for Transport (DfT), writes about appraising transport schemes and how this can be done to the benefit of all stakeholders.

05/09/2025

The National Winter Service Research Group (NWSRG) is hosting a roadshow event in Milton Keynes on the 17th of this month, the latest in a series of successful one-day workshops.

05/09/2025

Registration is open for the Road Surface Treatment Association's (RSTA) latest technical training day, Greener Roads Ahead, taking place on 16 September at the Cardiff City Football Club.

04/09/2025

Repairs for two bridges on the M27, estimated to cost £5m, will mean weekend road closures are needed between junction 12 and the Hilsea Interchange over the next two months.

04/09/2025

UK cement production has hit its lowest level in 75 years, thanks to rising energy, regulatory and labour costs, according to recent data from the Mineral Products Association (MPA).

03/09/2025

Nottingham City Council has tendered a £9.6m framework for surface treatments and in-situ retread works.

03/09/2025

Recent figures from Devon and Cornwall show a decrease in seatbelt and mobile phone offences following a detection campaign using AI-powered cameras.

03/09/2025

A keynote speech delivered by Scottish Government transport secretary Fiona Hyslop is one of the top highlights of a packed agenda for the conference.

02/09/2025

Apex Traffic Management has been placed into administration, causing the loss of 119 jobs across job sites in England and Scotland.

02/09/2025

A month-long closure of the B4115 Ashow Road in Stoneleigh has been rescheduled to start this month after a last-minute delay prevented its closure in August.

02/09/2025

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced £104m in resource funding allocations via the Local Transport Grant (LTG) covering four years between 2026 and 2029.

01/09/2025

It is with great sadness that Highways reports on the passing of Professor Harold John Wootton CBE, a man described by all as a 'pioneering figure in transport planning'.

01/09/2025

New research from the RAC has found 83% of drivers want the Government to tackle pavement parking in England, but feelings are divided on the best way to approach the problem.

01/09/2025

Norse Highways has tendered a patching and repairs framework with an estimated value of up to £6.46m.

01/09/2025

Jacobs has promoted senior vice president Richard Sanderson to become the company’s new general manager for Europe and UK, effective from 29 September.

01/09/2025

Costain has announced the appointment of former Amey boss Andy Denman as its new road sector director.

29/08/2025

Electrical enclosure specialists Ritherdon have launched the first-ever passively safe roadside cabinet that employs ‘special bolts’ to improve safety for drivers during collisions.

29/08/2025

Commuting is down by more than a fifth compared to 2019 and is still falling, the latest official statistics have shown, as the long-term effects of the pandemic continue to be felt.

29/08/2025

Major works to the M8 Woodside Viaducts have been delayed once again and are now set to be completed four years behind schedule - further demonstrating the UK's ageing assets plight.

29/08/2025

Northern Ireland's Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has awarded Charles Brand Group a £1.6m bridge replacement and carriageway works contract.

28/08/2025

Greater Manchester Combined Authority has approved a £20.7m package to 'address barriers to active travel' including infrastructure upgrades and maintenance.

28/08/2025

Transport Scotland has fallen behind on key national road safety targets due for delivery in 2030.

28/08/2025

Transport Scotland has announced a cross-pavement electric vehicle charging pilot that will inform national guidance on the issue to support households without off-street parking.

28/08/2025

A thorough assessment of Rochester Old Bridge is being undertaken by Up and Under and sister company CAN Structures - with workers abseiling to the underside of the structure.

28/08/2025

Bristol City Council has awarded local company ETM Contractors a defect response and emergency work contract worth up to £24m, with a possible 12-year runtime.

28/08/2025

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £47m contract by the Waveney, Lower Yare and Lothingland Internal Drainage Board to deliver flood and coastal defences near Benacre in Suffolk.

28/08/2025

James Davies is set to join Skaska as divisional director, leaving the position of operations leader at Laing O’Rourke after nearly three years.

27/08/2025

National Highways has announced a partnership with local conservationists in the south west to help protect pine martens, which have recently been reintroduced to the area after more than a century.

27/08/2025

Greater Manchester has approved a £6m investment to progress plans for expanding its tram and tram-train network, as well as feasibility work on a central subway.

26/08/2025

The Department for Transport has published the draft third Road Investment Strategy (RIS 3) for National Highways, broadly setting out almost £25bn of spending from 2026-2031.

26/08/2025

Interested contractors have until next week to submit tenders for a £30m highways maintenance tender with Wirral Council, covering surface treatments and resurfacing. 

26/08/2025

It is with great sadness that Highways reports on the passing of Norman Smith, a ‘legend’ of the road markings industry and founder of the Norman Smith Group.

22/08/2025

The next code of practice (CoP) for highways maintenance is set to establish a hybrid framework around the current risk-based approach.

22/08/2025

Key figures in Scottish and Welsh highways have given warnings and advice on how to approach modern asset management in today's political environment.

22/08/2025

National Highways has kicked off 18 months of prep work so that it can upgrade eight bridges along a six-mile section of the M6 that runs through the Lune Gorge in Cumbria.

22/08/2025

Southampton City Council, working alongside Balfour Beatty, has launched a consultation on a revised lane rental scheme with fewer roads included than its original proposal.

22/08/2025

Transport Scotland has extended the deadline for tender submissions for the £205m A9 Pitlochry to Killiecrankie dualling contract from 4 September to 18 September.

21/08/2025

Traffic technology company SWARCO has completed its acquisition of Heusch/Boesefeldt, a German road management software company, for an undisclosed amount.

21/08/2025

New 30mph speed limits have been introduced to ‘targeted sections’ of the A38 in Cornwall, reducing them from 40mph.

21/08/2025

Daily traffic volumes for both the newly opened Silvertown and Blackwall tunnels are 7.6% lower than in the same period last year for just the Blackwall tunnel, Highways can reveal.

20/08/2025

The Lower Thames Crossing is set to be the first major project to make use of a new scheme designed to cut environmental red tape.

19/08/2025

The London Borough of Hillingdon has tendered a new highways term service contract with a maximum length of 12 years and a total value of up to £127.8m.

18/08/2025

Birmingham City University (BCU) has been awarded nearly £50,000 to develop ‘AI-powered strategies’ to help UK transport become more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

18/08/2025

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has tendered for a new road sweeper fleet with an estimated value of up to £1.8m.

18/08/2025

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that its plug-in van grant to reduce the cost of switching to electric fleet will now run for a further year until 2027.

15/08/2025

A new toll system for the Humber Bridge is set to be introduced, including the removal of any remaining toll booths and an increase in the bridge charge.

15/08/2025

Transport for Scotland has awarded over £3m to a group of local authorities to support them in expanding public electric vehicle (EV) charging points.

14/08/2025

National Highways has adjusted its existing Area 7 maintenance and response contract with Amey Highways, adding a new section of the A50 and shortening the timeframe of the contract.

14/08/2025

The AA has argued that the summer heat could be exacerbating issues with potholes by weakening road surfaces after a spike in pothole-related callouts.

14/08/2025

The M3 Lagan Bridge in Belfast is scheduled to undergo further repairs this weekend, bringing the total amount spent on bearing replacements to £1.1m.

13/08/2025

Kent County Council has sent mixed messages by allocating almost half of the funds for its road transformation plan towards reactive repairs, despite a headline focus on preventative maintenance.

13/08/2025

St Helens Borough Council has appointed VINCI Building as the principal contractor for a new £35m transport hub.

13/08/2025

Proposed increases to London’s congestion charge could cost electric vehicle (EV) users an additional £75m per year, with car clubs also seeing a potential £1m hike in operating costs.

13/08/2025

Coventry City Council has partnered with the Centre of Excellence for Decarbonising Roads (CEDR) to trial low-carbon road resurfacing materials on two live road sites in the city.

13/08/2025

Sopra Steria has been awarded a one-year extension to its national traffic information service (NTIS) contract with National Highways, valued at roughly £7.5m.

12/08/2025

The Sandy Lane Relief Road in Northampton, dubbed ‘the road to nowhere’, has finally been opened to traffic after over 15 years of delays - and yes, it now goes somewhere.

12/08/2025

Two-thirds of eCall activations are false alarms, according to a new report published by the RAC Foundation.

12/08/2025

The Department for Transport (DfT) is looking to hire a new chief scientific adviser (CSA), with the successful candidate taking over from Professor Sarah Sharples.

11/08/2025

Ministers are drafting new road safety legislation that is expected to be the largest reform to road safety laws since the Road Safety Act was introduced in 2006, according to The Times.

11/08/2025

The Scottish Government has announced it is ‘currently examining options’ to ban new non-zero-emission buses from 2030.

11/08/2025

National Highways is seeking to replace its existing Maintenance and Response (M&R) contracts across the entire Strategic Road Network (SRN) with new deals worth up to £9.6m.

11/08/2025

A Highways Award winning road safety initiative designed to make motorcycling safer has been introduced in North and Mid Wales, following successful application in Scotland.

08/08/2025

Manchester City Council has tendered a £7.2m highways enforcement framework after gaining powers over moving traffic violations.

08/08/2025

Surrey Heath has celebrated the opening of a new footbridge spanning the M3 between junctions 3 and 4 after the project saw setbacks in its concrete hardening process. 

07/08/2025

The High Court has ruled in favour of North Yorkshire Council over recent traffic regulation orders (TROs) in Harrogate, dismissing all five grounds against them presented by a local property firm.

07/08/2025

Birmingham has announced plans to reduce the speed limit on a raft of 40mph main roads to 30mph, with around 30 major routes expected to be impacted.

06/08/2025

The story of the Retroreflective Self-Righting Bollard (RSRB), as told by its inventor Chris Nicklin to Jonathan Brown.

06/08/2025

Residents of Sandhurst Road and nearby Sangley Road in Catford have raised concerns after witnessing 10 bus collisions this year alone, the BBC reports.

06/08/2025

A new skills taskforce for the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) has been launched by Lord David Blunkett to ‘help develop the green skills needed’ to meet the project’s low-carbon targets.

06/08/2025

The North West Construction Hub (NWCH) has published a list of 25 consultants appointed to its new construction framework, which has an estimated value of £36m.

05/08/2025

Octavius Regional Civil Engineering has been subcontracted by Galliford Try to assist with the £105m Banwell Bypass project in North Somerset.

05/08/2025

Essex County Council (ECC) has announced a virtual engagement session for suppliers interested in bidding on the £3bn highways strategic transformation contract.

05/08/2025

The first four models approved for a £1,500 discount from the Department for Transport (DfT)’s Electric Car Grant have been announced.

05/08/2025

Northern Ireland’s infrastructure minister, Liz Kimmins, has confirmed that the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) will appeal the High Court ruling that stymied the A5 upgrade project.

04/08/2025

A quartet of councils acting as part of a shared service have launched procurement on a major £720m joint waste collection and street cleaning contract that could run for 21 years.

04/08/2025

Andrew Bruce has been confirmed as the new managing director for Waterman Aspen.

01/08/2025

The Government has provided up to £2m through a pathfinder feasibility studies competition to support 14 automated vehicle projects.

01/08/2025

The Ulster Farmers’ Union has expressed ‘deep frustration’ after trying to engage with Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure (DfI) over land impacted by the A5 road scheme.

31/07/2025

Multevo and Lancashire County Council have partnered to deploy the contractor’s new in-situ recycling patch repair system for the first time in the UK.

31/07/2025

Active travel works to the A23 between Argyle Road and Preston Drove have installed a controversial 'floating bus stop', just a month after the Government halted their roll-out. 

31/07/2025

Cyngor Gwynedd is seeking participants for a new North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent (NMWTRA) control systems framework for 2025, but it does not list an estimated total value for the work.

30/07/2025

CPC Civils has been awarded a new £17m active travel contract by Birmingham City Council.

30/07/2025

Transport for London (TfL) has become one of the first UK road authorities to validate the use of 50% recycled asphalt in the top layer of road surfaces.