Wiltshire Council increases its huge investment into filling potholes, resurfacing roads and tackling highways flooding
Wiltshire Council is investing millions of pounds into filling potholes, resurfacing roads and tackling the causes of highways flooding throughout the county in 2024/25. The council has allocated an extra £10m over the next two years to spend on filling potholes and a road resurfacing programme that will help to prevent potholes and other highways […]
Jet Plant’s £3 Million investment further boosts sustainability credentials
Jet Plant, a leading player in the highways and construction industry, has announced a new £3million investment in state-of-the-art machinery, including lorries and planing machines, to further boost the company’s already impressive sustainability credentials. Reducing emissions is at the heart of forward-planning for the UK firm and the aim is to continue to set the […]
Heidelberg Materials invests in mobile cold recycling plant
Heidelberg Materials UK has invested in a mobile cold recycling mixing plant,demonstrating its commitment to conserve natural materials, promote the circulareconomy and decarbonise its products. The batching plant can use both reclaimed and primary aggregate to produce coldmix materials, which provide a lower carbon solution for road construction andmaintenance projects. The Wirtgen KMA 240i mobile […]
Additional £8.1m announced to fix the worst roads in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Government has said there will be an additional £8.1 million for highway maintenance in Northern Ireland. Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd said the funding would help “to deliver additional resurfacing schemes and continue to address the poor condition of our road network”. Last week, the Sinn Féin minister announced £1m of additional funding to […]
£12 million funding boost for Essex Highways
Essex County Council is allocating an extra £12 million for priority work on its highway network. Over £8 million of this will go towards new crews who will prioritise repairs raised by local councillors. The money will also be used to increase the council’s enforcement team. This team can challenge landowners where overgrown vegetation is […]
Council’s ongoing £8m road improvement commitments
Reading Borough Council’s £8m investment in the town’s highways will continue with up to 105 more residential roads set to be surfaced in the coming year. In addition to residential roads, up to 90 of Reading’s major roads most in need of repair will also receive surface treatment over the year. The use of advanced […]
Keeping roads safer daily by working tirelessly through the night
As Highway Care announces a major expansion of its operations team, Head of Operations, Mark Greenfield discusses the importance of ensuring barrier is correctly installed, on time and in the right location to enable maintenance projects to go ahead safely on schedule. Do you remember reading the Elves and the Shoemaker as a kid? Every […]
Decade of renewal plan for Wandsworth roads and pavements
A 10-year programme of improvements will tackle the deteriorating condition of Wandsworth’s roads and pavements, under new proposals from the council’s transport cabinet member. Councillor Jenny Yates said: “Wandsworth is a fantastic place to live, but after years of under-investment its roads and pavements are showing too many signs of wear and tear. “I’ve been […]
Nottinghamshire County Council to allocate more money to highway maintenance after a winter of storms
Nottinghamshire County Council is set to allocate extra money for highway maintenance repairs following the unprecedented rainfall during Storm Babet in October and Storm Henk in January. A cabinet meeting on February 8, which proposed the budget for the 2024-25 financial year ahead, heard that the council was in a better position than most authorities, reports the […]
Bracknell Forest Council to spend £5 million on highway maintenance
Bracknell Forest Council is to spend £5 million over the next four years on highways maintenance. The £5m is part of a proposed capital budget for infrastructure spending that will be voted on by the rest of the council at a meeting on 21 February. It comes months after it revealed more than one in […]