West Sussex prepares roads for challenging winter after year of extreme weather

West Sussex County Council has stepped up preparations for the coming winter after the county’s highways faced the combined impacts of extreme winter rainfall and prolonged summer heat. While repairing damage caused by the severe weather, the council’s highways teams are also taking proactive action to improve the resilience of the county’s road network ahead […]

Lincolnshire Street Works Charter helps cut disruption

The county council’s Street Works Charter is helping improve how essential roadworks are planned and delivered. Founding partner Anglian Water is now completing 80% of its urgent and emergency works within three days, up from 62% before the Charter was introduced. Led by the council, the Charter brings utility companies, highway contractors and other partners […]

Heidelberg Materials helps deliver lower carbon road improvement scheme in Cumbria

Heidelberg Materials UK has worked collaboratively with Westmorland and Furness  Council to improve a 1.5-mile stretch of the A689 in Cumbria.  The company has resurfaced the road between Harbut Lodge and the Alston War  Memorial as part of its highway framework agreement with the council, which it won in  2024 following a competitive tender process.  […]

Work begins on Active Travel connections in Carlisle

Work is underway to complete a missing link in Carlisle’s walking, wheeling and cycling network, providing a new route for people travelling between Dalston Road and the existing Carlisle to Dalston Cycleway. Cumberland Council is delivering approximately 250 metres of new shared-use path on council-owned land off Dalston Road, to the east of Carlisle Cemetery. […]