'Roads emergency' declared: Borough applies rod to Staffs17/09/2024 Councillors in Stafford have declared a ‘roads emergency’ across the county of Staffordshire. |
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. |
First look at highway condition categories under new monitoring standard10/10/2023 The Department for Transport has unveiled the road condition categories set to be brought in under a new condition monitoring standard due out next year. |
Guidance on new road condition surveys pushed back to next summer07/07/2023 The Department for Transport is looking to publish its guidance on a new regime for local authority road condition surveys next summer. |
First official report since pandemic shows road conditions in decline10/11/2021 The first release of official road condition statistics since the pandemic has revealed a decline in standards across major roads in England. |
DfT opens up road condition survey market19/08/2021 The Department for Transport is to allow local highway authorities to choose their own surveying technology for road condition monitoring and will introduce a new data standard. |
DfT takes first steps towards reforming condition data08/11/2019 The Department for Transport has launched a survey of how organisations monitor and collect road condition data, which could lay the foundations for a programme of reform. |
Condition of SRN worsens as councils tread water07/10/2019 The apparent worsening of the condition of the strategic road network ‘is worrying and demands investigation,’ the RAC has said. |
Bike light sensors monitor road conditions25/08/2017 Nearly 200 Manchester cyclists are carrying out the first large-scale British trial of a combined bike light and road condition monitoring unit. |
Public unhappy with condition of UK roads25/09/2014 Public satisfaction with the condition of UK roads is at an all time low, according to a report carried out by the Government’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC). |
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