€626 million for regional and local roads announced
Ireland’s Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, and Minister of State, Jack Chambers, have announced details of a €626 million investment programme for 2023 for regional and local roads. This represents an increase in funding of €20 million for road pavement and rehabilitation works. The funding package will allow approximately 3,100 kilometres of regional and local […]
Milestone Infrastructure contract with Hampshire County Council extended to 2029
Milestone Infrastructure, a part of M Group Services, will be continuing to support HampshireCounty Council to 2029, with a five-year extension to its highway services contract.Committed to providing high levels of service delivery, continuous improvement andinnovation, Milestone will be continuing its collaborative partnership with the County Council,operating as Hampshire Highways. Since 2017 Milestone has delivered […]
Prioritised roads capital programme for Inverness approved
Members of the City of Inverness and Area Committee have agreed (Monday 13 February 2023) a list of prioritised programmes of works for structural overlay/inlay works and surface dressing schemes which will be funded out of the Capital Budget allocation for 2023/24. Leader of Inverness and Area Cllr Ian Brown said: “Officers have worked hard […]
London Borough of Enfield starts search for highways contractor
The London Borough of Enfield seeks expressions of interest from suitably qualified providers in relation to the delivery of Highways and Civil Engineering works including Programmed Projects and Reactive Maintenance. The Highway Maintenance and Civil Engineering Works Contract is to undertake a variety of Highways and Civil Engineering works including Programmed Projects and Reactive Maintenance. […]
Pupils learn about road safety and name West Northants gritters
Youngsters at St Luke’s Primary School in Northampton received a special assembly on Friday, 27 January to learn all about road safety and how Kier Highways and West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) maintain roads across the area. As part of the Highways contract, WNC and Kier Highways have a fleet of gritters which require names. Following […]
New schemes announced to prioritise road and footpath repairs in Essex
Increased investment in the repair and maintenance of roads and footpaths across Essex has been confirmed for the next year. Speaking at Full Council meeting last week, Cllr Lee Scott, Cabinet Member for Highways Maintenance and Sustainable Transport, announced the budget for 2023/24 for highway and footway repair and maintenance would receive increased investment of […]
Highland Council Committee approves prioritised roads capital programme for Caithness
Members of the Caithness Committee agreed a list of prioritised programme of works for structural overlay/inlay works and surface dressing schemes which will be funded out of the Capital Budget allocation for 2023/24. The actual 2023/24 capital roads budget allocation for Caithness is still to be finalised but based on the previous financial year and […]
Lincolnshire councillors agree extra £7 million for highway repairs
Councillors in Lincolnshire have agreed updated budget proposals that protect frontline services despite significant financial challenges. Final budget proposals for 2023/24 were agreed by the council’s executive at their meeting on Tuesday 7 February. The updated proposals include an additional £7m for highways maintenance, which was identified as a priority area by residents in a […]
Surrey’s leader calls for more money for potholes
Councillors in Surrey have said they will put more pressure on central government for more highways funding. In what the council’s leader called “pothole season”, the problems facing the repair of the county’s roads were set out at a meeting of the authority’s cabinet last week. The meeting heard there had been an increase in […]
Pothole repair machines used to clear flood water from Shropshire’s roads
The Multihog machines normally used to repair Shropshire’s potholes helped to clear the county’s roads of thousands of litres of water during the floods earlier this month. https://youtu.be/CfWIgOoyC2s The Multevo Hydrovo – a Multihog with a water pump fitted that runs on zero emission hydrogen and hydro carbonated vegetable oil – can shift 6000 litres […]