Over 400 Suffolk roads set for upgrade as largest ever surfacing project gets underway
Residents across Suffolk are set to benefit from 421 newly surfaced roads this year – almost doubling the number of roads completed last year, as Suffolk Highways’ largest ever resurfacing programmes get underway, according to Suffolk County Council. Residents across Suffolk are set to benefit from 421 newly surfaced roads this year – almost doubling […]
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 […]
Kent to deliver huge highway maintenance programme with Network North funding
Kent County Council is to deliver a Pothole Blitz Programme across the county. The programme will see many potholes being repaired, including the prevention of potholes and highway defects from forming in the future. Its ‘Pothole Blitz’ work started in March and will continue until autumn 2024. This will help it to complete the repairs […]
Marlborough Highways secures major Highways Term Contract with the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Marlborough Highways has announce that it has secured a comprehensive Highways Term Contract with the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The agreement, which builds upon previous operations delivered by Marlborough in Royal Greenwich, commenced on 1 April 2024, and primarily involves maintenance and improvement works to the roads and footways network. Marlborough already has a presence in nine […]
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, […]
£28 million investment proposed for Ealing’s roads
Plans to invest more than £28 million in streets across the borough are due to be considered by Ealing Council’s cabinet next week (17 April), as part of the council’s commitment to improve roads and pavements and invest in active travel. From re-surfacing roads and footpaths to creating new cycle lanes and introducing rain gardens […]
Cumberland Council award £55 million resurfacing contract to local firm
Cumberland Council has announced a three-year contract with local firm, DSD Construction Limited, valued up to £55 million. After inviting bids through the electronic procurement portal, The Chest the council awarded this substantial project to local company, DSD Construction Limited, a family-owned business rooted in Carlisle since its establishment in 1993. The comprehensive resurfacing program […]
Nottinghamshire County Council agrees a £66.5million investment in highways
Nottinghamshire County Council has allocated £66.5 million for highway works from in the council’s 2024 to 2025 Highways Capital and Revenue Programmes — which were finalised this week — and includes £33million for road and highway asset improvements. Work will include surface dressing, structural patching, pothole repairs and resurfacing. It will also cover a range […]
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), […]