Barnet Council to tackle potholes as part of £8million additional investment in road maintenance
A further £8million will be spent on road maintenance over the next two years to help deal with potholes and the maintenance of highways, as councillors voted it through at Barnet Council’s Cabinet meeting last week. The new investment is in response to the 2022/23 winter period when the number of potholes reported jumped almost […]
‘Summer of resurfacing’ launches in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Council has launched a ‘summer of resurfacing’ to improve road conditions right across the county. The county council is responsible for maintaining almost 6000km of roads and many have been adversely affected by some of the coldest and wettest winter weather for over 100 years. The county council is focusing heavily on its £100m […]
Specialist testing company R3 Ltd appoints Steve Cobb as Head of Sales and Marketing
Specialist highway testing company R3 Ltd has appointed Steve Cobb as Head of Sales and Marketing. Mr Cobb joins R3 after four and a half years as Head of Business Development at Gaist. He arrives R3 at an exciting time for the company as it enters its next phase of growth. He said: “I an […]
Cambridgeshire County Council says roads top priority as it seeks innovative solutions to potholes
Highway maintenance is set to be high of the agenda for Cambridgeshire County Council, as they look at innovative ways to tackle the area’s road network. At a recent meeting of the council’s highways and transport committee, members were given an update on highways and the delivery of improvements across the county. Councillors were also […]
£200,000 highways improvements for Newcastle in Staffordshire
A £200,000 highways scheme to improve a busy junction in Newcastle, Staffordshire is set to start next week. Staffordshire County Council’s highways teams will be carrying out the work on the A34, Liverpool road at the junction by the entrance to the Sainsbury’s superstore. The scheme will include road and ironwork repairs, resurfacing and new […]
Lincolnshire dresses up its roads in a big way
Lincolnshire County Council is increasing the amount of surface dressing on its road network this year. Now underway, LCC Highways is actioning £5 million worth of surface dressing for Lincolnshire that will run through to the end of July at over 150 sites. In total, there’s 137 miles of Lincs roads getting the treatment– that’s […]
Cheshire West and Chester Council to introduce Highways Board and implement electric charging strategy
Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Cabinet has agreed today to establish a new Highways Board with the first meeting to take place in September. Councillor Karen Shore, Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Transport said: “This new Board will examine the work of the Highways Service, including budgets, programmes, and […]
Keeping our local roads safe, without costing the Earth-the case for surface dressing
As the RSTA joins forces on a new campaign aimed at promoting the benefits of surface dressing as a solution to reducing potholes, the two organisations go into further details as to why all local authority asset managers should be using surface dressing as part of a proactive highways asset management strategy. Local authorities have […]
New National Highways pavement asset management system launches
Three times as many people have logged onto the new National Highways pavement asset management system (P-AMS) in the first fortnight than the total number of users in the last year for its predecessor (HAPMS). National Highways has replaced its longstanding pavement management system (HAPMS) with the new P-AMS system. Bringing together specialists from across […]
Derbyshire Council formally accepts £4.2m of additional funding towards highways maintenance and pothole repairs
Derbyshire County Council accepted an additional £4.2m of Government funding for the roll-out of highways maintenance and pothole repairs across the region.. The Derbyshire cabinet formally approved acceptance of the funding from the DfT this week, for highways maintenance and pothole repairs for 2023 and 2024 in the county. County Councillor Charlotte Cupit, cabinet member for […]