Milton Keynes Council start search for contractors for highways service

Milton Keynes Council has started its search for contractors to deliver its highways term maintenance and capital works. The works covered by the £350M contract are comprehensive and cover all routine, reactive and planned works that need to be delivered by the authority. Milton Keynes is seeking a contractor that will prioritise the use of […]
Aberdeenshire Council begins programme of surface dressing works across the north-east

Aberdeenshire Council’s programme of surface dressing works is now underway across the north-east. Surface dressing is used as an effective and cost-efficient way to extend the lifespan of roads. Although the newly dressed road is mechanically swept a number of times after being treated, it takes several days for chips to embed fully into the […]
Highland Council increases investment in roads by over £14M

Funding to improve Highland roads is being increased by over £14m following a decision made at last week’s Highland Council budget setting meeting. An additional investment of £12.8M to increase the current capital programme will bring the total budget for the coming year up to £20M. On top of this, new investment of £1.26m in […]
York councillors speak out against road fund reductions

Councillors have hit out at new research which shows York’s allocation of national road repair funding has been slashed by almost a third by central government. In 2020/21 York received a total of £4m towards highways maintenance from central government. The council says this was cut by 29.5% (£1.2m) to £2.8m in 2021/22 and this […]
National Highways to extend Project Bank Accounts to protect more suppliers

National Highways is to extend its Project Bank Accounts to protect more smaller subcontrators working on roads projects. All tier 1 contractors and tier 2 subcontractors will become automatic beneficiaries on new contracts. Project Bank Accounts (PBA) were first introduced in 2012 to ensure monies are held in trust in the event of lead contractor […]
New method of treating Kent’s roads to be trialled

A new method of road treatment is to be trialled by Kent County Council (KCC) after initial tests showed it may more than double the life span of the surface. KCC and its contractor, GW Highways, will be testing Gipave – a graphene-enhanced asphalt that involves melting graphene pellets and a small mix of recycled […]
Aggregate Industries launches the industry’s first carbon reporting tool to offer customers accurate carbon data by product or project

Aggregate Industries has launched the construction industry’s first fully customisable carbon reporting tool that provides complete visibility of the carbon footprint of its products used by customers in building and infrastructure projects. The new carbon reporting tool produces a report using data from across Aggregate Industries’ business areas to provide a comprehensive cradle to site assessment. The […]
New resurfacing trialled to reduce carbon emissions under £10million funding pledge to improve Redbridge roads

Redbridge Council has put aside a £10million funding pot to roll out a programme of works to improve the borough’s roads over the next few years. Kick-starting the initiative was a recent road resurfacing programme in South Woodford and Wanstead Village, which saw the council trial the use of a new, more eco-friendly warm mix […]
Innovative carbon negative asphalt wins national award

Rotherham Council and SteelPhalt have won the Innovation Award at the 2022 ALARM Risk Awards for its pioneering use of carbon negative asphalt in the borough. Earlier this year, the new asphalt was on a stretch of Broom Lane, just outside the town centre as part of the £24 Million to 2024 Roads Programme. The […]
Telford & Wrekin Council invests £1.8m in its footpaths

More than £1.8m is being invested into Telford’s footpaths as part of an ongoing programme to maintain standards across the borough. Improvements have already been delivered in Dawley and Aqueduct, and the team is now in the Hollinswood area then moving onto Randlay and Stirchley. In addition, the council has identified an additional 500k of […]