Councils accused of “ripping off” EV owners for home charging
Councils have been accused of ripping off drivers by charging up to £185 a year to maintain electric car charging gullies across pavements. The fees, which are ostensibly to cover any future highway maintenance costs, typically range from £50 to about £100 per year. Redbridge council in London has one of the highest fees, at […]
NY Highways named among North Yorkshire’s top 100 businesses
NY Highways has been included in the York & North Yorkshire Top 100 Businesses 2026, recognising the organisation’s contribution to the regional economy, commitment to excellence, and ongoing investment in local communities. The annual Top 100 Businesses list highlights the region’s most successful and influential organisations that continue to drive economic prosperity, innovation and opportunity […]
LCRIG publishes Innovation & Learning Festival report
The LCRIG Innovation & Learning Festival 2026 brought the highways community together at NAEC Stoneleigh for two days of innovation, collaboration, learning and connection. For local authorities, government, industry and academia alike, the Festival provided a platform to share knowledge, discover new technologies and explore practical solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the […]
New equipment and more inspectors to tackle Monmouthshire’s ‘pothole crisis’
Monmouthshire Council is to invest in a new form of pothole repair equipment to reduce the need for ‘repeat’ visits to the same sites. A new Bobcat Skid Steer is among the new machinery that is on its way in, which will be used alongside a new “more durable” repair material which will be used in […]
Buses for London: TfL unveils branding for capital’s publicly owned bus company
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that ‘Buses for London’ is to be the name of the capital’s new, publicly owned bus company, alongside plans for its first route and operational base at Park Royal Depot in west London. This marks a major milestone in TfL’s transformational plans to establish a publicly owned bus operator for the […]
DfT publishes STATS19 collision data report
The routine linking of collisions to a network would likely allow a more consistent, network-defined basis for classification of which collisions are in scope of STATS19 reporting, according to a new Government publication. The Department for Transport has published report on work to assess the feasibility of matching STATS19 data to a road network, to […]
Bilingual Irish and English road traffic signs to be extended in Belfast
Plans to extend bilingual traffic signage in west Belfast will boost the “energetic revival” of the Irish language in the city, it has been claimed. Stormont’s infrastructure minister Liz Kimmins has confirmed a “scoping exercise” on extending traffic signage featuring Irish and English along the full length of the Falls Road, that has becoming the […]
Salford seeks contractors for £300m highways and bridges framework
Salford City Council has launched procurement for a £300 million framework covering highways, civil engineering, bridges and landscaping works across the city. The Technical and Highways Works Framework comprises five lots and is expected to start on 1 April 2027, with an initial three-year term running until 31 March 2030. The council intends to reopen […]
New consultancy launches to end “tick-box” approach to streetworks compliance
IMPACT Streetworks Solutions has been launched with a mission to change how the industry treats Streetworks compliance, moving it from a tick-box formality to a core part of project planning. Founded in July 2026 by co-directors Lee Clark and Tom Eade, IMPACT Streetworks Solutions was created to give businesses a genuine partner for Streetworks compliance […]
M60 Simister Island roadworks set to cause ‘severe congestion’
Motorists have been warned of widespread disruption as £300 million of improvement work is set to begin across a stretch of Greater Manchester motorway. Road closures, diversions and temporary speed limits will be in place at Simister Island in Bury from Saturday, as work begins on a £255m-£296m project at Junction 18 of the M60, […]