EV industry leaders respond to Government’s eVED consultation response
Industry figures have responded to HM Treasury’s publication of the government’s response to its consultation on the introduction of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED), the new mileage-based charge on electric and plug-in hybrid cars due to take effect from April 2028. The government confirmed it will not proceed with mandatory mileage checks for cars under […]
Government confirms that EV owners will be taxed for driving abroad
It has been confirmed that electric vehicle (EV) owners will be taxed for driving abroad under Labour’s pay-per-mile plan. In a consultation response published on Monday, the Government said charging drivers for overseas mileage was proportionate because not doing so would require the use of location data to show where they were – raising privacy concerns, […]
Vale of Glamorgan: Questions asked as council spends £7m on external road repair contractors
Questions are being raised over a Welsh council’s reliance on external contractors for road maintenance, with calls for more of the work to be carried out by an in-house highways workforce instead. Nation.Cymru reports that concerns have been aired after figures showed Vale of Glamorgan council spent more than £7 million on external contractors carrying […]
ZEVs increase share but new bus market decline continues
New data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has suggested that the UK’s new bus, coach and minibus market fell by -50.6% to 1,465 units in the second quarter of 2026, as demand continued to normalise after two strong years of fleet renewal. The fourth consecutive quarterly decline was primarily due […]
Abu Dhabi launches MENA’s first AV Integrated Testing, Operations and Management System
Abu Dhabi’s Integrated Transport Centre, part of the Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT), has announced the launch of the Autonomous Vehicles Integrated Testing, Operations, and Management System (AViTOMS) at DRIFTx 2025, held as part of the inaugural Abu Dhabi Autonomous Week (ADAW) organised by the Smart and Autonomous Systems Council (SASC). The advanced, centralised digital platform, […]
Staffordshire: Stone town centre road improvement scheme begins
A scheme to improve main roads in Stone town centre has got under way this week. It will see improvements on roads including Stafford Street, Crown Street, Newcastle Street, Station Road, Granville Square, Christchurch Way and Radford Street. It is scheduled to be completed by 23 October. Improvements will include repairs to kerbs, footways, drains […]
Nottingham to benefit from over £15 million in East Midlands Combined County Authority funding
Nottingham City Council is expected to approve its acceptance of over £15 million of new funding from the East Midlands Combined County Authority to fund projects in its Local Transport Programme. Councillors will consider whether to formally accept the money at an Executive Board meeting on Tuesday 21 July. The funding, from the Mayoral Transport Fund, which is […]
Pennines Tunnel: Could innovative blasting tech from Scandinavia be the answer?
A start-up has argued that it should be possible to add billions to the local economy by reviving a rejected scheme to build a tunnel through the Pennines. The company has also claimed that it can be achieve that for a fraction of the expected cost by copying a Scandinavian method using explosives rather than […]
Europe’s largest tunnelling machine selected for Lower Thames Crossing
National Highways selected the company that will build the massive tunnel boring machine that will dig the UK’s longest road tunnel. The machine will be built in Germany by Herrenknecht, who made the machines used to create the Elizabeth Line, the Silvertown Tunnel, HS2 and the Thames Tideway tunnels. It will be bought and operated […]
M42 bridge closed after concrete defects discovered
National Highways has closed a bridge on the northern section of the M42 roundabout at Junction 6. As part of routine inspections on the bridge, damage to the concrete and some corrosion of the steel reinforcement was discovered. One lane of the bridge was initially closed and a weight limit later introduced restricting vehicles over […]