A-one+ exceeds landmark seven million hours reportable injury free
National Highways Area 12 Asset Support Contract in Yorkshire and North East, managed by A-one+ Integrated Highway Services has achieved seven million working hours free of a Reportable Injury Disease and Dangerous Occurrence (RIDDOR). During this period the contract has delivered around £360 million value of work for National Highways and is now part way […]
Britain’s biggest road project enters final stage as railway station plans outlined and viaduct demolition beings
National Highways has outlined plans for the area around Huntingdon railway station and the demolition of the viaduct as the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme enters its final stage. The plans will transform Huntingdon station into a transport hub for the town, featuring a new car park for train users, better access for buses, […]
Respecting and protecting Hampshire’s Highway heroes
Hampshire County Council is urging people to respect its frontline highways workforce in an effort to reduce the number of incidents of verbal abuse, threats of physical violence and aggressive behaviour by members of the public Councillor Russell Oppenheimer, the County Council’s Executive Member for Highways Operations said: “I have been profoundly shocked at recent […]
Additional £3 million investment in roads maintenance and repairs programme in Aberdeenshire
Councillors have agreed an additional £3 million spend on roads maintenance across Aberdeenshire. This follows an earlier £2.5 million cash injection agreed during the Budget discussions in March of this year to address delays in repairs as a direct result of the Covid pandemic. During discussion of the General Services Capital Performance at a recent […]
AA joins LGA in call for more money for local roads
The AA has said pothole repairs should focus on rural and residential roads as local councils face road repairs financial blackhole The organisation said a ‘widescale resurfacing of crumbling streets’ is needed. Last week, the Local Government Association said council highways budgets had been reduced by £400 million-which could have fixed nearly 10 million more […]
Birmingham Highways starts search for firms for £1.2bn highways contract
Birmingham Highways is starting its search for contractors to run the existing part of its PFI deal which runs until 2035. The company was set up to finance, rehabilitate, operate and maintain the city’s highways, following Amey’s withdrawal earlier this year and the end of Kier’s interim deal. The new subcontract should be worth up […]
Whatever the outcome of the Spending Review for roads, the investment needs to be focused on preventing potholes from forming in the first place, says RSTA Chief Executive
Whatever the outcome of the upcoming Spending Review for roads, the investment should be focused on preventing potholes forming in the first place and a reduction in reactive repairs to reduce inefficiencies, according to Paul Boss, Chief Executive of the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). He was responding to a Local Government Association (LGA) statement […]
More than 150 Southampton roads to undergo maintenance in multi-million-pound highways programme
Southampton City Council has revealed plans to carry out maintenance works to over 150 roads and pavements across the city, in a programme of works lasting around 18 months As part of a separate initiative, residents may have already seen the council’s new Pothole Patrol teams out and about in the city completing works. These […]
Contractors will have to build our roads of the future in a carbon-neutral way and this needs to be demonstrated in next few years, says Nick Harris
Contractors will have to build our roads of the future in a carbon-neutral way and this needs to be demonstrated over the next few years, according to National Highways’ Chief Executive Nick Harris. Speaking at a recent online event, reports Construction News, Mr Harris said this will be the overwhelming focus of its next Roads […]
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council agrees additional £1.5 million for road repairs
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Cabinet has agreed additional funding of £1.5m to support the maintenance of the road network – including 48 new resurfacing schemes, over and above the funding already earmarked in the Highways Capital Programme. At the Cabinet meeting this week Members considered a report which detailed the proposed new schemes, as part of […]