£47 million programme to improve pavements, cycleways and roads in Hertfordshire
Highways schemes worth £47 million have been given the go ahead by Hertfordshire County Council. Between April 2022 and March 2023 over £47 million will be spent delivering nearly 1,500 maintenance and improvement schemes across Hertfordshire’s 3,000 miles of roads and pavements. Planned works include repairs and maintenance to pavements, roads, bridges and traffic signals, […]
Cheshire East ‘invests to save’ amid government cuts to highways funding
Cheshire East Council has voted to increase its spending on roads maintenance by £19m over the next three years as part of its ‘invest to save’ strategy. The aim is to help tackle the borough’s crumbling 2,700km network, amid cuts in government funding for highways – and reduce the number of potholes that need repair. In […]
West Sussex Council approves additional funding for highways as part of its new budget
An additional investment of £2.6 million of revenue funding has been agreed by West Sussex Council. This includes £2.4m of funding specifically earmarked to address safety critical areas. In addition to this, a further £21 million of capital funding will be invested in the road maintenance programme over five years. Members approved this year’s budget […]
Lincolnshire County Council votes to fill £12m highways funding gap for a second year
Lincolnshire County Council has voted in favour of allocating £12m from a combination of resources toward covering Lincolnshire’s road maintenance funding gap. Cllr Martin Hill, leader of Lincolnshire County Council, said: “Although it’s incredibly disappointing that the Department for Transport and the Transport Secretary never responded to our plea for them to fill the £12m […]
£7 million for Cheshire East roads in 2022-23, but councillors send funding warnings
Cheshire East Council needs to invest as much as it can now to improve its highways to avoid closing unsafe roads in the future, a councillor warned. It comes as the authority has included £7 million in its capital programme in 2022/3 for highways. A further £4m is earmarked for 2023/4 and £4m again in […]
Using council reserves to cover lack of road funding is not sustainable, says Lincolnshire council leader
It is not sustainable to use council reserves to pay for a lack of road funding, according to to Lincolnshire Council’s Leader. Speaking to his residents in the Grantham Journal, Councillor Martin Hill said: “Last year, we allocated £12 million from our reserves to cover the funding slashed from our highways maintenance grant by government. […]
New budget proposes £35m more for Telford and Wrekin’s roads
Telford & Wrekin Council is proposing to spend more than £35 million improving and maintaining the borough’s roads over the next two years. In 2020, the council made a commitment to investing more than £50 million between then and2024 to improve and maintain roads and footpaths. This commitment to the borough’s roads was recognised when […]
Petition launched in Surrey to reform funding for UK highways’ maintenance
A local councillor in Surrey is calling on the government to change how central government calculates funding for the maintenance of local highways. The current method for calculating how much funding local road networks receive for highway maintenance relies almost solely upon road length. Rebecca Paul, Surrey County Council councillor, argues the current formula means […]
Lincolnshire County council draft budget shows highways funding gap for 2022/23
Lincolnshire County Council’s draft budget for 2022/23 shows a £12 million funding gap for 2022/23 following a 25% cut from central government in February 2021. Cllr Martin Hill, leader of Lincolnshire County Council, said: “Unlike last year, we haven’t allocated the £12 million government slashed from our highways maintenance grant in our draft budget. This […]