RSTA launches Pothole Prevention Week-bringing awareness to the solutions, not just the problem
The Road Surface Treatments Associations (RSTA)’s very first Pothole Prevention Week campaign takes place this week. The aim isn’t to bring awareness about the problem of potholes, because that is already widely understood, but to instead talk exclusively about the solutions that are available to local authorities and other road operators, not only to fix […]
Jet Plant Hire launches groundbreaking ‘Jet School’ to train future generation of road planer operators
Jet Plant Hire, a leading highways and construction industry company, has announced the launch of a dedicated training school based in Evesham, aimed at finding the road planer operators of the future. With a diverse customer base, Jet Plant is already an industry leader, thanks to expertise gained from its seasoned operatives and enthusiasm from […]
Derbyshire launches new road repair material trial
Derbyshire County Council has started a trial of a new pothole repairing material as a possible additional option to improve its local roads. The council is using Roadmender Asphalt which is produced nearby in Sheffield. The repair material has a high recycled rubber content (from old HGV tyres) and is more elastic than traditional asphalt. […]
Wirral Council to spend £8 million on roads in 2024/5
Wirral is to spend more than £8 million on our public highways, to keep its roads in good condition, and safe for everyone who uses them. The total allocated to Wirral this year is more than £8 million, which means the programme is more extensive than usual, with around 450 locations earmarked for improvement. The […]
Huge summer maintenance programme in full swing across Telford and Wrekin
An intensive programme of highways improvements, street cleaning and grass cutting is being undertaken by Telford & Wekin Council over the summer. So far, 2,500 street signs have been cleaned and road resurfacing, to improve driving conditions and safety, will cover the equivalent of more than 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Upcoming road resurfacing is planned […]
Almost 8000 potholes filled in a month in Lincolnshire
July was a huge month for LCC’s Highways team with nearly 8,000 potholes repaired, hundreds of roads getting a surface treatment, and loads more traffic network improvements completed for the county. Lincolnshire County Council is powering on with a raft of road improvement, and figures now in show a stunning mid-summer of works that happened […]
Croydon agrees over £12 million investment into highways this year
Croydon Council has approved a £12,573m highways capital programme for the borough’s highway infrastructure for 2024/25, as well as a new five-year Highway Asset Management Strategy. The highways capital programme is a set of works to be carried out this year that will maintain and improve the conditions of the borough’s highways, flood and water […]
Brentwood Council sets up taskforce to tackle potholes in town centre
Brentwood Borough Council is setting up a “multi-agency taskforce” to tackle potholes in its town centre. The council will create a panel, made up of taxi drivers, business owners, councillors, and other stakeholders, to work together to improve the state of the town’s High Street. Council leader Barry Aspinell said residents had been complaining to […]
National Highways extends PMB bio-binder trials on the strategic road network
National Highways has extended its trials of bio-binders to include warm mix asphalt(WMA) and recycled content to provide a circular, lower carbon, Clause 942 thinsurface course solution that will help it meet its net zero objectives. Heidelberg Materials has used its CarbonLock asphalt containing polymer modifiedbitumen (PMB) bio-binders, produced as both hot mix and warm […]
£25 million to change the face of Essex’s road network
Essex County Council has announced a multi-million funding boost to radically improve its road network. The funding has been called Priority One. This reflects the importance of highways to its residents and businesses, the council said. £25 million will go towards resurfacing key roads and repainting white lines. It will also see more drain cleaning, […]