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 […]
Major investment in Kirklees highways network
Kirklees Council’s Highways Capital Plan for 2024-26 has been agreed by its Cabinet this week. The plan details £41 million of investment over two years and covers all aspects of highways essential works. It includes road surfacing and potholes; street lighting; structures; road safety; flood management and drainage; traffic signals; car parking and cycling facilities, […]
Extra £2million to be invested in highways projects in Gloucestershire
An extra £2million is being invested in highways projects this year, following an underspend in the county council’s budget. The 2023/24 budget had an underspend of £10million, which has meant an extra £2million funding can be allocated to highways. The underspend was partly made up of £4.41million of additional electricity income generated by the Energy […]
Kent County Council starts search for contractor for 10-year road repairs contract
Kent County Council has started the search for a contractor for its road asset renewal contract (RARC), which is the main delivery method for planned road pavement renewal and reconstruction works across the county. Kent’s Road Asset Renewal Contract (RARC) focuses on asset management and serves as the principal delivery method for planned road pavement […]
Jet Plant Hire drives industry standards with sustainable planing solutions
Jet Plant Hire Ltd, a leading UK road planing contractor, is helping drive industry standards in sustainability and compliance, with regards to used planings and sweepings removed from road surfaces. By repurposing 100% of road planings, Jet Plant is actively reducing waste and aiming to help conserve natural resources, aligning with its strong environmental responsibility […]
Roads across Highland to benefit from the £2.1bn Highland Investment Plan
Highland Council’s £2.1 billion twenty-year investment plan will add significant capital on top of existing and additional new commitments of £50 million for roads and transport infrastructure agreed as part of the 2024 budget setting process. £63.4m will be spent on roads and infrastructure improvements over the next three years. Following this, increases in capital through the […]
Buckinghamshire Council reports increase in threatening behaviour towards road workers
Buckinghamshire Council has said there is ‘no excuse’ for the increase in abuse towards road workers, which is on the rise across the county. The council’s cabinet member for transport, councillor Steve Broadbent reminded members of the public that aggression towards crews patching up the county’s potholes was never acceptable, reports the Bucks Herald. He […]
WJ wins contract with Via East Midlands to deliver road marking services across Notts
WJ Group, the UK’s leading road marking and highway safety business, has been awarded a new contract with Via East Midlands to deliver road marking services across Nottinghamshire. Owned by Nottinghamshire County Council, Via East Midlands organises the delivery of a sustainable highways service for the region. In total, it maintains more than 4,400km of […]
Lib Dem pothole pledge is welcomed, but RAC says money is not the only answer
As a part of their 2024 manifesto, the Liberal Democrats have committed to spending £300m to fill in over 1.2 million potholes a year, should they win the General Election. The party’s leader, Sir Ed Davey said: “The Conservatives have driven us down a motorway of decay – roads are crumbling, and motorists are suffering […]
Winvic moves forward on second Lincolnshire County Council highways framework project
Winvic Construction Ltd, a leading main contractor that specialises in the design and delivery of private and public sector construction and civil engineering projects, has started work on the second project awarded to it under the Lincolnshire County Council highways framework contract. Work has begun on the resurfacing and signal improvement scheme on Newland, between Carholme Road and Mint […]