£7.25 million to be spent on the Bracknell Forest highways network
Bracknell Forest council’s decision-making Executive has agreed plans to spend £7.25 million on improving and maintaining the borough’s roads, pavements and cycleways over the next year. The plans include ongoing maintenance, like filling in potholes and resurfacing roads, as well as a number of highways, pedestrian and cycling improvements so people can get around the borough safely and […]
£550,000 road improvement scheme for A22 Belfast / Comber Road
A £550,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme on A22 Belfast / Comber Road, Comber will commence on Monday 27 March 2023. The resurfacing scheme will involve the asphalt resurfacing of a 1.1 kilometre stretch of the Belfast / Comber Road between the Coach Road junction and the Millmount Road junction. This work will greatly improve the strength […]
ALARM Survey shows worsening carriageway conditions and mounting costs
Local authority highway teams in England and Wales only received around two-thirds of what they needed to stop the local roads from further deterioration and that more than £14 billion is now needed to fix the backlog of carriageway repairs. This year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) published today (March 21, 2023) by the […]
More than £14m to be spent on improving Swindon’s roads
More than £14m will be spent on maintaining and improving Swindon’s roads over the next three years. The borough council’s cabinet has approved the funding and set out where it plans to spend the money. However, the report, presented by the cabinet member for highways Kevin Parry, warned that there were risks and the possibility […]
Bridgend Council adopts national standards for highway inspections and repairs
A new schedule and fresh criteria have been agreed for carrying out highway maintenance inspections in Bridgend County Borough. Designed to ensure that all local authorities across Wales use the same criteria and timetable for inspections and repairs, the move follows recommendations made by the UK Roads Liaison Group and a review carried out by […]
Highways team continue footpath improvement work in Telford
A series of footpath improvements are set to be complete by the end of April in Telford & Wrekin on time and within budget. In total .5km of drop kerbs have been reset or replaced, more than 2,000 ironwork requests completed and roughly the distance from Southwater to Cadbury World in Birmingham treated with a […]
Devon to receive largest share of additional funds for roads
Devon is to receive an extra £9.4 million from the Chancellor’s budget, to help fund vital highways maintenance. The county’s share of the additional £200 million capital funding is the largest among County and County Council Network unitary authorities. Councillor Stuart Hughes, Cabinet Member responsible for highway maintenance, said that this winter’s weather has had […]
£200 million for local road maintenance should be used to start the journey on preventing potholes forming in the first place, says RSTA
The £200 million of additional funding announced today for highway maintenance as part of the Budget 2023 should be used to protect and preserve the network as well as fill potholes, says the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). This is the only way to stop potholes forming in the first place, says the association, which […]
Kirklees’ Highways Capital Plan gets Cabinet approval
Kirklees Council Cabinet has approved the council’s Highways Capital Plan for 2023/24 and 2024/25 totalling £24,408,044 and £19,736,576 respectively. The 23/24 funding, made up from around £15million of grant monies (including City Regional Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) and Challenge Fund Grant). Around £9million from the Council’s own borrowing, will go towards a number of programmes […]
Key highways projects to get under way in Peterborough
Work to improve a busy parkway junction and several highway enhancements in the Fengate area of Peterboroug are set to get under way later this year, benefitting motorists, cyclists and pedestrians, Peterborough City Council has said. The projects, at Junction 3 of the Nene Parkway and near the future Red Brick Farm development, will take […]