road improvements

20/05/2013

Three of England’s key motorways and major ‘A’ roads will benefit from more robust long term investment planning, the Government has revealed.

09/07/2013

Staffordshire County Council will spend almost £7 million on road improvements across the county.

03/09/2013

A £65,000 project to improve a busy crossroads in Coagh, near Cookstown in Northern Ireland is set to get underway next Monday (9 September).

27/09/2013

Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has announced that a major £250,000 road improvement scheme is set to begin on the B8 near Mayobridge in Northern Ireland.

04/12/2013

Transport Minister Danny Kennedy has set out Roads Service’s progress on investment totalling £8million for road improvement and maintenance schemes in Derry, Northern Ireland this year.

09/01/2014

Nottingham-based Thomas Bow City Asphalt is set to carry road improvements in Lincolnshire, Nottingham and Derbyshire after securing almost £30 million worth of contracts over the last year.

19/02/2014

Transport Minister Danny Kennedy has announced the start of two schemes totalling £1.5 million in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

20/02/2014

Improvements to major trunk roads will help drive economic growth in Staffordshire.

30/04/2014

The Highways Agency is set to carry out a major programme of road improvements in the north east, including work on the A1 north-south corridor between Leeming and Berwick.

06/05/2014

Fourteen Olympic and Paralympic cycling stars are calling on local authorities across Britain to make a public commitment to improve conditions on the road for people on bikes.

23/05/2014

A major road improvement scheme to support increased economic growth in Staffordshire will be completed months ahead of schedule.

02/07/2014

A major scheme to improve journeys on the A23 between London and Brighton will move into its final phase of construction this month.

10/07/2014

Work on an access route which will ease congestion and aid growth in Stafford can start as early as next April following a major government funding announcement.

27/05/2015

Major investment in East Sussex’s road network is paying off, according to the latest mechanical survey which shows signs of significant improvement.

01/06/2015

The government has confirmed that it will spend £13 billion on transforming transport in the north – including making major improvements to the A1, M62, M1 and A555 and looking at building a road tunnel under the Peak District.

19/10/2015

Newcastle City Council will spend £10 million on improving roads in the city centre.

04/02/2016

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called for new measures – including the introduction of two new east-west cross-city tunnels – to secure the long-term success of the capital’s roads.  

11/02/2016

Essex County Council has committed to a £300 million programme of investment in its road network over the next three years.

29/02/2016

Wirral Council is investing £10.5 million in improving the borough’s highway and transport network.

01/03/2016

Coventry City Council is set to spend £11.2 million on improving roads over the coming year.

23/03/2016

Hertfordshire County Council has approved £34 million worth of highway improvement schemes.

12/05/2016

Improvements to one of the busiest roads in Hertfordshire – the A602 – have moved a step closer.

13/07/2016

Hertfordshire's programme of summer resurfacing works to extend the life of roads in the county is almost complete.

17/08/2016

Hampshire County Council will spend an extra £1.8 million on road improvements this summer.

14/10/2016

Plans for seven road improvement schemes, worth up to £605 million, will go on display in the south east.

18/10/2016

A road in the Abbey Wood area of London is set for a range of street and public space improvements, as part of a wider regeneration scheme for the area.

14/11/2016

An investment of £450,000 in equipment for highway maintenance work will allow Powys County Council to deliver road improvements more quickly and efficiently.

21/11/2016

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).

28/11/2016

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has outlined further details of more than £1.3 billion of road improvements which were announced as part of the Autumn Statement last week.

05/01/2017

Costain, Morgan Sindall and Skanska will deliver £500 million worth of improvements to the capital's road network on behalf of Transport for London (TfL).

02/03/2017

The Scottish Government's A9 Dualling Programme continues to make progress with the start of procurement for the next section of the road to be dualled.

15/03/2017

The transport minister John Hayes has told Worthing's MP that plans to improve the A27 through the town remain on track, despite the scrapping of upgrades to the road through nearby Chichester.