Nottinghamshire invests £4.8m in highway maintenance and winter readiness
Highways in Nottinghamshire are to benefit from £4.8 million of extra investment to enhance highway maintenance and improve readiness for winter. The decision follows the exceptional winter conditions of 2023 which caused extensive damage to the county’s road network. The money will go to highway maintenance, focusing on permanent in-lay repairs and large-scale structural patching […]
Council invests an additional £9.1 million to deliver improvements to Cornwall’s road network
Cornwall Council has announced an additional £9.1 million of capital investment into maintaining and repairing Cornwall’s roads. The council already invests around £40 million a year in maintaining and improving the 7,250 kilometres (4,530 miles) road network, which ranges from busy A roads to narrow rural roads. This £9.1 million of capital funding means that an additional […]
Luton Council starts extensive road improvement programme
A large, multi-million pound programme of works is underway to repair, protect and preserve Luton’s roads. The council’s contractor VolkerHighways, who maintain over 480km of Luton’s roads, supported by specialist companies, will work on over 221,000 m2 of roads in this financial year. These roads will either be completely resurfaced or be treated with surface […]
More than £50m a year is needed to keep all the roads in Suffolk at optimal condition, says council report
A Suffolk County Council report has showed that its £17.78m average investment into road surfacing over the last six years was only 35% of the £50.4m needed. However, it suggested that the number of roads in the worst condition had reduced in the last 10 years. Councillor Paul West, cabinet member for highways, said he […]
Additional investment to improve roads across West Northants
An additional £10 million will be invested into improving roads across West Northamptonshire. The extra funding will allow WNC and its highways partner Kier to extend the surface dressing programme for roads and paths across the area as well as carrying out bridge maintenance schemes and work to resolve drainage issues across the area. This […]
Road maintenance backlog hinders councils from undertaking preventative work, says NAO report
The increasing backlog in road maintenance work is hindering local authorities in undertaking preventative work that could deliver better value for money, according to a National Audit Office report. The report, The condition and maintenance of local roads in England*, said that: “Despite their importance, the condition of local roads is declining and the backlog to […]
WDM and WJ Group to sponsor the RSTA’s ‘The Facts & The Friction’ conference 2024
The RSTA has announced the next The Facts and The Friction event, which will be held at Bolton Football Stadium on Tuesday 10th September. Following successful events in Reading and Perth in 2022 and 2023, W.D.M Limited and WJ Group will again be sponsoring the friction-focused seminar, targeting participants from the North of England and […]
Employing innovative techniques to ensure Road Safety in West Berkshire
Building on successful programmes in previous years for West Berkshire Council, VolkerHighways, in collaboration with WJ Group, looked once again to employ road surface retexturing at suitable sites over 2023 and 2024 to restore or improve skid resistance to over 14,755m² of the local authority’s road network. As vehicles travel over the surface, the skid resistance […]
Leaders in East Sussex double investment in East Sussex’s road patching
Investment in East Sussex Council’s road patching programme will be doubled after a £1 million boost was agreed by council leaders. The extra money is on top of the £1 million already committed for patching this year to repair sections of damaged road across East Sussex and annual spending of £2.5 million for pothole repairs. […]
Marlborough Highways awarded Social Value Quality Mark
Marlborough Highways has announced that it has been awarded the Social Value Quality Mark (SVQM), achieving Bronze Certification. The accreditation reflects the company’s wide-ranging community efforts and dedication to effecting positive change across London and the South East. This significant achievement follows a comprehensive application process undertaken by Marlborough’s growing Social Value team, with Nick […]
