More than half of the local road network has less than 15 years’ structural life left, says 2024 ALARM survey
More than half of the local road network in England and Wales is reported to have less than 15 years’ structural life left as the amount needed to fix the backlog of carriageway repairs increases to a record high of £16.3 billion. This year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey report, published today (19 […]
Plans to invest up to £60m new capital in Highland roads and infrastructure approved
The decision will see an additional £40m capital investment in roads and transport infrastructure. This, on top of the previous three years of increased levels of funding, will bring the total capital investment in Highland roads over the next three years to £65m. Leader of the council, Raymond Bremner, said: “Roads are a clear priority […]
Foster embarks on journey to meet the UK’s environmental standards
Foster Contracting have started their journey to obtain ISO 14001 certification and PAS 2080 verification, aiming to be one of the first companies in the highways sector to meet these environmental standards. PYE-Management Ltd is working with Foster to help them obtain certification to BS EN ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and to obtain […]
North Somerset Council starts search for contractors for civils and surface treatment works
North Somerset Council is on the look out for contractors to cover civils works and surface treatments as well as structures as part of its Dynamic Procurement System (DPS) A DPS operates in an open market and interested contractors can apply to join at any time during its life span. This allows the council, as […]
£50 million boost for Staffordshire Highways over the next three years
An extra £50 million will be invested in maintaining and improving Staffordshire’s highways over the next three years, alongside a total of £53M being spent on a range of major projects, vital road improvements and general road maintenance in 24/25. The extra investment will see: David Williams, Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways and […]
Swindon Borough Council starts search for new contractor for its Highway Maintenance Term Service Contract 2024 – 2029
Swindon Borough is looking for a contractor for its next Highway Maintenance Term Service contractors which covers the period from 2024-2029. The council has identified areas in the Borough of major and minor work to improve and extend the life of the condition of the assets. Work designs will be issued over the course of […]
£6.9 million of highway improvements to be discussed by Bracknell Forest Council
Bracknell Forest Council’s decision-making executive is due to approve spending £6.9 million of capital funds on improving and maintaining the borough’s roads, pavements and cycleways over the next year. The plan will help people can get around the borough safely and sustainably. It includes: These are in line with what local communities have been telling […]
Highways improvements and major projects to be delivered in Peterborough
Highways improvements and three major projects will be delivered in Peterborough after councillors approved plans which will benefit motorists, pedestrians and residents. At a meeting at Peterborough Town Hall this week, cabinet members approved the authority’s Transport Capital Programme for 2024/2025, which will see Milestone Infrastructure, the council’s highways partner, carry out works over the […]
Liverpool City Council starts search for highways contractors
Liverpool City Council has started its search for highway maintenance providers for a contract that will start in April 2025 and run to 2028. The highways maintenance works will encompass various aspects of maintenance, repair and installation, including but not limited to: • 24/7/365 Emergency response to incidents on the highway• Reactive highway maintenance, including […]
World’s first pothole preventing robot passes first test with flying colours
An autonomous robot, developed by tech company Robotiz3d and academics at the University of Liverpool in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council Highways Engineers, has passed its first test outside of a lab environment, on the roads of Potters Bar, Hertfordshire yesterday (6 March). Using state of the art imaging technology the team working on the […]
