AIA recognises local authority contribution with new ALARM Appreciation Award
The Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) has presented its first ALARM Appreciation Award, recognising an outstanding contribution to the success of its Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey, to Donna Kelly (pictured), Service Manager at London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF). The inaugural award was announced during the AIA’s recent Sharing Best Practice webinar, attended by […]
How to address potholes: Asphalt Industry Alliance comment ahead of the Budget
David Giles, Chair of the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), has issued a statement on the thorny issue of how to address potholes ahead of Rachel Reeves’ 26 November Budget. “The Chancellor is right, in her comments made today, that the stop-go nature of public funding has left our roads full of potholes. It’s all too […]
Asphalt Industry Alliance celebrates 25th anniversary
The Asphalt Industry Alliance, the highways industry trade body that was established in 2000 to increase awareness of the asphalt industry and its activities, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. It works to promote the uses and benefits of asphalt as an essential and sustainable solution for road maintenance and construction to specifiers, policymakers and the […]
AIA comments on DfT highway maintenance funding for local roads
David Giles, chair of the Asphalt Industry Alliance, has issued a response to this week’s announcement of DfT\s highway maintenance funding paclage. “Government commitments to local roads spending is welcome, but short-term cash injections, evenwith greater accountability and strings attached, are not likely to improve conditions,” says Giles. “Decades of underfunding now means that the […]
New study identifies “disconnect” between carbon plans and reality
New research from the Asphalt Industry Alliance and Local Council Roads Innovation Group suggest a disconnect between the net zero ambitions of local authority policy makers and the resources available to deliver on them. AIA Chair David Giles told the LCRIG Strictly Highways conference in Blackpool that its study found that nine out of ten […]
MPs call for ring-fencing for local road maintenance again
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Better Roads has issued a report calling for central government to re-instate effective ring-fencing and multi-year settlements for local road maintenance. The report draws on a review of the Pothole Action Fund (2015/16-2020/21), which says it was a successful policy which contributed to marked improvements in the overall structural conditions […]
AIA says road statistics highlight reliance on local roads
Traffic on local roads is returning to pre-pandemic levels faster than on either the strategic road network or railways. That’s just one of the trends highlighted on RoadFile, the online hub of road-related statistics delivered by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA). The latest collated data forms part of a comprehensive update of publicly available information for the […]
AIA questions safer roads fund investment
The Asphalt Industry Alliance has called last week’s Department for Transport’s announcement that it’s spending £47.5 million in enhancing the safety of some of the most high-risk roads in England as “woefully behind what’s needed. Through the third round of the Safer Roads Fund, 27 new schemes will be delivered, which the government says will […]
This year’s AIA ALARM survey analysed on this week’s Highways Voices
It has been a year of records in the ALARM survey as the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) delivers its 28th edition, according to its Chairman, Rick Green, our guest on this week’s Highways Voices. Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! Local authorities have once again shown their […]
ALARM Survey 2021 – Maintenance budgets up, but inconsistent funding not a long term solution, hears Highways Voices
Average highway maintenance budgets were up by 15% on average in England last year although were below the levels reported in 2019, citing a continued pattern of inconsistent levels of funding, making it difficult for councils to plan longer term, according to this year’s Asphalt Industry Alliance ALARM Survey. Listen to the thoughts of AIA […]