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 […]
First new Bee Network bus route launches in Wigan as franchising hits another milestone
The first new bus service in Greater Manchester to be introduced by the Bee Network launched this week, connecting passengers to a popular shopping destination in the lead-up to Christmas. People living in Wigan can now board the 615, connecting the town and surrounding areas with Middlebrook retail park. The service restores a link that […]
Neath Port Talbot’s Active Travel Delivery Plan gets the go-ahead
Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet has adopted and published a five-year vision for ensuring local people make more journeys on foot, bicycle or using other “wheeled” modes of active travel. At their meeting on Wednesday, October 23rd, Cabinet members approved the council’s Active Travel Development Plan (2024-2029). Its aims are: • Making walking, cycling and […]
Cabinet member in Staffordshire calls for clarity on highways funding
Highways leaders in Staffordshire have called for clarity on highways funding next year, ahead of the Government’s Autumn Budget on Wednesday. County Councillor Mark Deaville, Cabinet Member for Strategic Highways, has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to clarify the state of Network North funding to county councils, and to ensure highways authorities have the right […]