Trial scheme to remove vehicles blocking road resurfacing work to begin in Suffolk

Suffolk County Council is to launch a trial scheme to remove vehicles that are blocking highways resurfacing work. The move comes following repeated issues with vehicles across Suffolk that have been left in roads where works are scheduled, despite advance warnings they were due to take place. This has led to the cancellation of entire […]

Potholes backlog soars as Shropshire struggles to keep up

Shropshire Council, which maintains more than 3,100 miles of roads in the county, says it is fullys aware of the unprecedented backlog of pothole repairs and has had extra highways teams out across the area in recent weeks. More than 2,100 road defects were reported to the authority in January, almost triple the 799 logged […]

Triplex Traffic Management suffer equipment theft

Essex-based Triplex Traffic Management have had £6000 worth of equipment stolen last weekend. In a LinkedIn post seen by Highways News, Head of Business Development Dale Chenery said: “We have had a whole setup stolen from Milton Keynes between 1600 Fri 13 February-0900 Mon 16 February .I have not put this on until we had […]