Potholes blamed on decades of underinvestment in Essex
The leader of Essex County Council said there had been a “degradation of our roads over the decades” with successive governments not funded them properly. Conservative Kevin Bentley told councillors there would never be a pothole-free road because of underinvestment over a number of years, according to a BBC report. His comments came after the […]
Better Roads: A busy six months maintaining highways in West Sussex
Almost 40,000 safety related defects on highways across West Sussex have been repaired in the last six months as the county council retains its commitment to better roads. This year the council invested an extra £13 million to actively tackle the problem of our deteriorating roads and keep the county moving. This was in addition […]
Transforming travel in and around Hebden Bridge
Calderdale Council is determined to transform travel in and around Hebden Bridge, to ensure that all who travel into the town can do so in a way that is safe, better for people’s health and supports local businesses. In line with these priorities, the Council is in the final stages of delivering a £5 […]
Peterborough Council highly rated in highways survey
Peterborough City Council has been ranked as the third best performing highways authority in the country in a national survey. The authority once again scored highly in this year’s National Highways and Transport (NHT) survey, which asked residents across the country for their views on highway and transport services. The NHT conducts the survey each […]
Cornwall’s A30 road upgrade homes in to provide perfect bat habitat
Bats have been found making themselves at home and settling nicely into a specially built house alongside the new A30 dual carriageway in Cornwall. As part of National Highways’ A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade, and among a number of environmental mitigation measures, the bespoke bat house was constructed close to the new dual carriageway […]
Five more major road projects scrapped as part of Budget
Five more major road projects have been scrapped as part of the overall of schemes across the UK. Having already cancelled the £350m A27 Arundel bypass and the £1.7bn A303 Stonehenge tunnel projects since coming to power in July, the government has now found more road building schemes that it considers to be poor value […]
Using additional highways funding for surface treatments will bring savings and a reduction in carbon, says RSTA
Whilst investing this additional £500million highways funding into addressing the immediate pothole issue, consideration should also be made into investing into preventative maintenance, otherwise further roads will fall into decline in the future, according to the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). Additional funding for highway maintenance announced in the Autumn Budget, presents an opportunity for […]
Chancellor pledges £500 million more for highway maintenance, while fuel duty frozen
The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has pledged an extra £500 million for highway maintenance in a Labour government’s first budget for 14 years. This will bring the total amount for highway maintenance in England this year to approximately, just over £1.625 billion. Funding will be devolved to local authorities next year with exact allocations to be decided. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will […]
FM Conway to be acquired by VINCI Construction
VINCI Construction has signed a share purchase agreement in relation to the acquisition of FM Conway, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure services businesses. Following completion of this transaction, FM Conway and its entities will join the network of VINCI Construction to support the further growth of FM Conway and strengthen VINCI Construction’s position in […]
House of Commons formally appoints Transport Select Committee members
The House of Commons has formally appointed the membership of the Transport Committee. The cross-party select committee is nominated by the House of Commons to scrutinise the Department for Transport and will announce its forward programme in the coming weeks. Individual nominees put forward by political parties were agreed in the House of Commons, following […]