Peterborough Council highly rated in highways survey
Peterborough City Council has been ranked as the third best performing highways authority in the country in a national survey. The authority once again scored highly in this year’s National Highways and Transport (NHT) survey, which asked residents across the country for their views on highway and transport services. The NHT conducts the survey each […]
Using additional highways funding for surface treatments will bring savings and a reduction in carbon, says RSTA
Whilst investing this additional £500million highways funding into addressing the immediate pothole issue, consideration should also be made into investing into preventative maintenance, otherwise further roads will fall into decline in the future, according to the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). Additional funding for highway maintenance announced in the Autumn Budget, presents an opportunity for […]
FM Conway to be acquired by VINCI Construction
VINCI Construction has signed a share purchase agreement in relation to the acquisition of FM Conway, one of the UK’s leading infrastructure services businesses. Following completion of this transaction, FM Conway and its entities will join the network of VINCI Construction to support the further growth of FM Conway and strengthen VINCI Construction’s position in […]
Cabinet member in Staffordshire calls for clarity on highways funding
Highways leaders in Staffordshire have called for clarity on highways funding next year, ahead of the Government’s Autumn Budget on Wednesday. County Councillor Mark Deaville, Cabinet Member for Strategic Highways, has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to clarify the state of Network North funding to county councils, and to ensure highways authorities have the right […]
Roughing up the road in Lincolnshire
At the start of November and into late January, Lincolnshire County Council highways is continuing its surface treatments programme, with some more serious bits of work that give old roads a new lease of life. The Carriageway Retexturing, is the latest round of works is a process that sees the top part of the road […]
Extra investment sees 20,000 potholes filled in Staffordshire since May
Nearly 20,000 potholes have been filled since the county council invested a further £8 million to fix more roads across Staffordshire. Staffordshire County Council announced the additional highways funding back in May, which has paid for extra highways teams to tackle potholes and drainage problems across the county. The investment is already seeing a wealth […]
WJ Group employees restore Stoke-on-Trent spitfire memorial
Employees of the highway safety and road marking specialist, WJ Group, have volunteered their time and expertise to help clean and refurbish the Reginald Mitchell Way Spitfire and Walrus Seaplane displays in Stoke-on-Trent. The two planes were designed by artist Magnus Irvin for Reginald Mitchell, the British aircraft designer, to celebrate his contribution in designing […]
Thousands more potholes fixed for Lincolnshire
September saw another massive round of road improvements from our highways department. Figures now in show that the four-week period delivered more than 6,000 pothole repairs, hundreds of streetlight repairs, loads of footpath works and more than 14,500 gullies cleared out. Work across road surfacing and cutting back unruly trees and bushes were also a big […]
Lillian Greenwood suggests long-term funding plan for local and national networks
There will be a long-term plan for both local and the national road networks, according to Lillian Greenwood, Minister for the Future of Roads. Addressing visitors to Highways UK, on day one, Ms Greenwood said that it was vital that the development and improvement of the strategic road network remained a priority for government and […]
Industry-wide adoption of connected and autonomous construction plant equipment would add billions to UK economy
Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has found that the widespread adoption of Connected and Autonomous Plant (CAP) in the construction and infrastructure industry would have enormous economic and productivity benefits for the UK. Costain was commissioned by the Department for Transport to provide market analysis of wider adoption of CAP – construction equipment that uses […]