Road reconstruction projects underway across Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Council is to tackle peat soil affected roads as part of the biggest investment in highways maintenance for over a decade. As part of the budget proposals agreed earlier this year, the council will invest £43m over the next two years into highways. This will be to deliver improvements which both repair and […]
Staffordshire Pothole Pro to tour county
Staffordshire’s JCB Pothole Pro is on the move around the county, helping to fix potholes and prepare roads for surface treatments. The machine has been on A519 Newcastle Road in Hanchurch, and will be moving up and down the county over the next few months to help with Staffordshire’s spring push on pothole repairs. It […]
Medway Council seeking government support to tackle the scourge of potholes
Medway Council has written to the government seeking an urgent meeting on the challenges faced in maintaining the extensive road network and tackling the growing number of potholes. In a letter to Guy Opperman, Minister for Roads and Local Transport, Council Leader, Cllr Vince Maple and Portfolio Holder Holder for Climate Change and Strategic Regeneration, […]
Annual road improvement programme gets under way in North Yorkshire
The vast road network across England’s largest county is to receive a multi-million pound boost as its annual surface dressing programme gets under way. North Yorkshire Council’s highways capital programme totals £53 million for this financial year, of which £25.3m has been allocated to road schemes. This includes £5m for the surface dressing programme, running […]
£4m approved of road maintenance works across Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot councillors have given the go ahead for more than £4m of highways engineering, maintenance and other works in all parts of the county borough. It entails bridge strengthening (£300,000), drainage (£300,000), carriageway resurfacing (£1,852,000), footway resurfacing (£143,000), road surface dressing (£260,000), minor works such as traffic signs, barriers, traffic regulation orders (£445,000), […]
Oxfordshire: April start for £7 million road resurfacing programme
Nearly 100 roads across Oxfordshire will be improved as part of a £7 million highway maintenance programme beginning this spring. Oxfordshire County Council and its contractor Milestone Infrastructure Ltd will be visiting more than 50 locations between 8 April and 3 June to carry out surface dressing work. The programme is part-funded by the government, […]
Knowsley Council’s cabinet approves two-year highways maintenance and improvement programme
Knowsley Council’s Cabinet has approved a two-year programme of works and maintenance to deliver improvements to the borough’s highway network for both 2024/25 and 2025/26. Last year, Knowsley Council approved plans to enter into a Grant Funding Agreement with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to secure total funding of £29.19 million over five years. More […]
Norfolk County Council informs contractors of £600m of highways work
Norfolk County Council is looking for contractors to register their interest in highways work worth £600m. The infrastructure and highways work and maintenance contract are forecasted to be worth £500 million for a 12-year period. And the professional services contract will be worth an additional £100 million. The traffic signal deal will have the value […]
Jet Plant shortlisted at National Highways Awards
Jet Plant, a leading UK road planing contractor, celebrated its achievement in shortlisting for the ‘Transforming our industry through innovation’ award, at the National Highways Awards held last week at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham. In the face of fierce industry competition from larger businesses, Jet Plant was honoured to be selected among the finalists chosen to […]
Extra funding for road maintenance in Dorset
As its annual programme gears up for spring, with extra funding Dorset Council is set to bolster its proactive measures to look after its roads. This includes more pothole repairs, resurfacing and preventative treatments to manage road condition and maintain highway safety. £2.068 million each for the years 2023/24 and 2024/25 from the Department for […]