Major road resurfacing work starts across Bath & North East Somerset region
A £5 million programme of road improvements across Bath & North East Somerset is rolling out as the council kicks off its 2026 resurfacing schemes. The council is investing in highway maintenance and will also spend £950,000 resurfacing footways, alongside maintaining and making improvements to other assets like street lights, drains, public rights of way […]
Councils face new rules for spending pothole funding
Councils will face new rules on how they spend funding to fix potholes and maintain local roads, under new requirements set out by the government. Under the new measures, local highway authorities that fail to demonstrate they are maintaining roads effectively could lose around a third of their £1.6 billion funding for the next year. […]
WDM webinar to showcase data-led skid resistance strategies for safer roads
W.D.M. Limited (WDM), together with Dr. Helen Viner, is hosting an expert-led seminar focused on advancing skid resistance strategy to improve road safety outcomes. The webinar will take place on Tuesday 21st April, 14:30–15:30 (UK) / 09:30–10:30 (EST), bringing together leading industry specialists to explore how skid resistance can move beyond compliance-led approaches and become […]
Surface dressing programme starts in Lincolnshire
A major surface dressing programme has now begun across Lincolnshire. The county-wide scheme, one of the biggest ever undertaken and costing £6 million, is running from now until around the middle of June and will see a staggering 271 sites treated to stop potholes forming. That is around 188 miles of road that will get the road equivalent of creosoting a fence to protect the surface […]
Southampton increases funding for highways maintenance
Southampton City Council has announced £6,641,000 of local funding for highways repairs, maintenance and improvements over the coming year, a £4,427,000 increase on last year Together with the Department for Transport allocation of £3,359,000, this produces a total budget of £10,000,000. Like many local authorities, the council faces a substantial highways funding gap. Roads across […]
Barnsley Council cabinet to discuss proposals for £18.289 million investment to improve and maintain the borough’s highway network
Barnsley Council cabinet is set to consider proposals for a major £18.289 million investment in the borough’s highway network for 2026/27. This investment is part of our ongoing work to maintain and improve the highway network, which includes roads, footways, street lights, bridges and traffic signals. The Highways Capital Programme 2026/27 outlines how the council will deliver structural and preventative maintenance to keep Barnsley’s roads safe, resilient and fit for the future. […]
Additional £3 million agreed to support Devon’s road repairs
Devon County Council’s Cabinet has agreed to allocate an additional £3 million for highways reactive maintenance in the current financial year. The council’s decision today, (Wednesday 11 March), reflects the severe winter weather experienced across Devon and the impact this has had on the county’s extensive road network. The additional funding will help address the […]
Pothole reports halve as Telford & Wrekin Council accelerates repairs and targets improvements
New figures released by Telford & Wrekin Council are showing more defects being fixed each week and fewer outstanding issues across the network, signalling that the highways service is getting firmly ahead of winter damage across the borough – and is out when it counts for residents. Latest data shows a marked reduction in reports […]
Major investment to fix more roads, improve Staffordshire’s highways and boost transport connections
A major programme of highways and transport investment designed to fix roads, tackle long-standing issues, improve safety, provide travel choices and keep Staffordshire Moving will be discussed next week. The £138 million Combined Highways and Transport Capital Programme brings road maintenance and improvement schemes into a single programme, supporting both the Local Transport Plan and […]
Re-flow talks safer, more productive roadworks with dedicated line-marking, surfacing, and traffic management software
Because the different disciplines within highways all have different needs and requirements, very few pieces of software truly meet the ‘nuances’ of how works are delivered across the sector. That’s as true for ‘field service’ software as it is for ERPs. These options have their uses when used for what they were designed for, but […]