Buckinghamshire Council awards 8-year Highways Consultancy Contract to Atkins 
Buckinghamshire Council has awarded an 8-year contract to Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group – to provide design and professional services for the county’s highways. The contract will run from 1 April 2023, when the current Transport for Buckinghamshire arrangements come to an end. Atkins will work in close collaboration with Buckinghamshire Council […]
London Borough of Barnet starts search for contractors for highway maintenance works
The London Borough of Barnet Council has started the procurement for its highway maintenance works contracts worth up to a potential £74.4m. The services required cover traffic safety and management, highway steel and fabrication works, drainage maintenance, drainage installation and replacement, carriageway construction, road condition surveys, kerbs, footways, cycleways, paved areas, traffic signs, road studs […]
Investment in Luton’s roads delivers results
Luton Council has completed its annual programme of road improvements across the town, which were conducted over the summer months. When asked for feedback about highways and transportation, recent survey results showed that Luton’s residents considered the condition of the town’s roads to be a top priority. Luton Council therefore invested £5.2 million in a programme […]
Fife Council say extra £6.2m spending on fixing roads is worth the investment
More than 3,600 road defects and potholes have been fixed in Fife since the start of April. Fife Council said that spending an extra £6.2 million and bringing in more staff to tackle the backlog of repairs was beginning to pay off. The council is also hopeful a new IT system for reporting problems will […]
Welsh local authorities start search for contractors for new Southwest Regional Civil Engineering Contractors Framework
A group of Welsh local authorities are searching for contractors for their new South West Wales Regional Civil Engineering Contractors Framework. Carmarthenshire County Council has joined forces with Ceredigion County Council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and Swansea Council to appoint contractors for the delivery of civil engineering-related construction projects across […]
Opinion: What does collaboration look like, and does it make a difference to highways service delivery?
By the Multevo team New ways of working are required to face the ever-increasing demand of managing and maintaining highways assets efficiently and safely; but how is this achieved with limited resource and changing budgets? More local authorities and principal contractors are introducing an ‘alliance’ approach to highway maintenance, which can involve supply chain integration, […]
Revamp paves the way for even more people to use popular path in East
A scenic route for walkers, cyclists, runners and wheelers has been put through its paces following extensive resurfacing works in East Dunbartonshire. Some 4,500m of the Strathkelvin Railway Path – between Kilsyth Road in Kirkintilloch and Campsie Road in Lennoxtown – has been transformed to provide a smooth surface for local residents and visitors. The […]
Drivers in Staffordshire reminded to be respectful towards highways workers
Drivers in Staffordshire are being reminded to be respectful to highways workers carrying out maintenance on the roads. The reminder from Staffordshire County Council and Amey follows an increase in the number of incidents where drivers actions have put crews safety at risk. Over 500 incidents have been recorded over the last 12 months. These included […]
Shropshire cabinet to consider closure of Bridgnorth and Hodnet highways depots
Shropshire Council’s Cabinet will next week [19 October 2022] be asked to approve the permanent closure of the council’s highways depots in Bridgnorth and Hodnet. Operational activity was temporarily stopped at the two depots in May 2021, to review health and safety and environmental concerns, with some areas requiring urgent and substantial repair to bring them back into use. In particular the […]
Work to start to rebuild road damaged by storm in North Yorkshire
Work is scheduled to begin on Monday (17 October) to reconstruct a road near Pateley Bridge that was damaged by storms. The section of the B6265 at Red Brae Bank, Bewerley, suffered a landslip when severe storms in February 2020 caused the land below the roads to subside. Since then, the road has been kept […]