BCP Council aims to ‘halve’ roadworks disruption under new lane rental scheme

Disruption from roadworks across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) is expected to be halved after a scheme to charge utility companies up to £2500 for delayed works is introduced. According to the Bournemouth Echo, BCP Council wants to submit an application to implement a lane rental scheme on more than 100 roads across BCP. This […]

House of Commons Transport Select Committee commences EV inquiry

The Transport Committee will get its inquiry into supercharging the EV transition under way with a focus on the current state of charging infrastructure.  The first session of the inquiry comes after Department for Transport statistics showed a total of 88,513 publicly available charging devices as of 1 February.  It also follows last week’s announcement that grants for households and businesses installing EV chargepoints will rise to £500.  The Committee […]

Urgent road repairs in Nottingham to cost £2m

Up to £2 million is to be spent on emergency road repairs at 35 sites across Nottinghamshire. The roads have been identified by Nottinghamshire County Council and its highways partner, Via East Midlands, because their condition has rapidly deteriorated due to the recent wet weather. urgent action is needed to maintain the safety of motorists […]

North Northants announces March start for highways work

North Northamptonshire Council’s highways team has announced that its springtime work progamme will begin later this month, together with which roads are being lined up for immediate repairs. As the warmer weather arrives, North Northamptonshire Council is set to start its annual pre-patching work in March, says the Northants Telegraph. The preventative programme of work is an essential […]