Roads and paths improved in Nottingham thanks to Streets for People programme
Over 250 schemes, including resurfacing more than 100km of roads and paths, have been completed as part of the Streets for People programme. With additional funding secured, the programme can now continue later in the year. In 2021, the council successfully bid as part of a competitive process for £18 million from the Government’s Levelling […]
RAC analysis alongside Channel 4’s Dispatches uncovers major disparities in how road defects are actioned by councils
Local authorities are taking wildly differing approaches to deciding whether or not potholes get fixed, meaning many go unrepaired and continue to pose a risk to road users – especially those on two wheels, analysis conducted by the RAC and Channel 4’s Dispatches programme has found. Three-in-10 of the 206 councils in Great Britain with responsibility […]
Public Accounts Committee opens inquiry on the condition and maintenance of local roads in England
The Public Accounts Committee has opened an inquiry into the condition and maintenance of local roads in England. The Committee’s 2014 report on roads concluded that a piecemeal and stop-go approach to funding from the Government for road maintenance in recent decades was making it difficult for highway authorities to maintain roads cost-effectively. It identified that there […]
Heidelberg Materials grows recycling business line with acquisition of B&A Group
Heidelberg Materials UK has acquired B&A Group, one of the leading construction soil and aggregate recycling companies in south west England. The Bristol-based company employs a team of 70 and specialises in the supply of recycled and primary aggregate as well as site clearance, earthworks, land remediation and sustainable land regeneration. It had its most […]
Transport Secretary visits Hampshire as record funding boost for resurfacing hits the road
Transport Secretary Mark Harper visited Kempshott Lane and St Michael’s Road in Basingstoke this week to see how the government’s record funding increase for pothole repairs is creating smoother, quicker journeys for residents as well as supporting the local economy. The Transport Secretary was joined by local councillors and Basingstoke MP Maria Miller to discuss […]
Brightly column: Synergies between assets
By: Nick Vague, Senior Solutions Consultant, Brightly Software What happens when assets are NOT managed intelligently? It causes knock-on effects and disruption that could otherwise have been avoided.Picture this: A gully along a highway is running slow due to a broken pipe and a weather warning for heavy rain is in place. Overnight, the rainfall […]
Thermal Road Repairs makes history with place on Manchester City Council’s highways maintenance framework
Thermal Road Repairs has become the first specialist low carbon SME to win a place on one of Manchester City Council’s five highways maintenance frameworks, awarded at the end of April. Thermal Road Repairs is one of three contractors appointed to the Lot 1 framework which covers reactive and planned repairs to carriageways, footways and […]
Ringway re-appointed as Highway Infrastructure term service delivery partner for Milton Keynes Council
Ringway has been reappointed as the Highway Infrastructure term service delivery partner for Milton Keynes City Council, for a second term. This appointment builds on the strong partnership built delivering the highway infrastructure service in Milton Keynes since 2014, and the innovative and sustainable way in which Ringway will continue to evolve the service for […]
County Council’s surface dressing programme making Hampshire roads more resilient
Nearly 600 miles of Hampshire roads will be given a new lease of life this summer as Hampshire County Council’s annual programme of road surface strengthening gets underway at 400 locations. Councillor Nick Adams-King, the County Council’s Executive Lead Member for Universal Services, said: “We know that potholes and other road defects are a cause […]
Consultation data published on proposals for future highways and transport services in Hampshire
Results have been published today following Hampshire County Council’s public consultation earlier this year, on key proposals to change and reduce some local services in future to help the Authority address a £132 million budget shortfall faced from April 2025 As part of steps by the County Council to ensure it can continue to support […]