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 […]
Suffolk County Council start search for contractors for its highways maintenance and professional services contract
Suffolk County Council has begun the search for new contractors for its £1.6bn highways maintenance ad professional services contract. Work will include the delivery both core highways maintenance services and certain professional services, with the provision of street lighting (SLS) and intelligent transport systems (ITS). The contract duration is 10 years, starting from October 2023. […]
Important maintenance work can still be delivered over the next three years despite funding cuts and growing backlog, says RSTA
Local authorities can still get important maintenance work delivered over the next few years despite a reduction in funding and a growing maintenance backlog, according to the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA). Its advice to local authorities is to try and focus on proactive surface treatments maintenance programmes as much as possible backed up by […]
Local roads repair backlog increases by nearly a quarter in a year, reports ALARM survey
The backlog of carriageway repairs to fix local roads in England and Wales has reached £12.64 billion, compounded by increased costs caused by rising inflation, reports this year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey. This is up from £10.24 billion last year and despite an increase in average highway maintenance budgets (up 4% on […]
National Highways starts search for contractors for its next-generation Pavement Delivery Framework
National Highways has started the search for contractors for its next generation Pavement Delivery Framework. Interested parties have until May 12th to submit their bids for a place on the framework via the Bravo Solutions portal. The plan is to replace the current arrangement, which is six geographical areas with two lots per area for […]
RSTA and other industry sources say maintenance programmes could be affected by price rises
Some contractors and suppliers have warned that some highway maintenance schemes could be delayed this season with prices going up as a result of supply challenges and spiralling costs. Prices for most materials used for maintenance projects is an immediate problem with some suppliers further up the supply chain citing ‘Force Majeure’ for increases as […]
Angus Council to invest £11 million in the region’s roads infrastructure
An initial £3 million will be allocated via the 2022-23 budget for road infrastructure repairs in Augus, according to the council. In announcing the move, Finance Convener, Cllr Mark Salmond said it was intended as a first step in a bigger £11 million programme that will allow the roads service to plan future investment in the […]
Calderdale Council merges highways and green spaces teams
A new combined council team is streamlining the process of dealing with issues arising from Calderdale’s highways and green spaces. Duties the new team deals with takes in keeping neighbourhoods and town centres clean, maintaining parks and open spaces, looking after play areas, allotments, and sports pitches, repairing potholes, pavements, walls and drainage, protecting and […]
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 […]
Roads a significant part of Argyll and Bute’s budget
Roads, schools, bins, public toilets and the local economy – all benefit from investment in the budget set today by Argyll and Bute Council for 2022/23. Council Leader, Councillor Robin Currie said: “We listen to our communities. This budget invests in what people tell us matters most to them. “We are increasing investment in our […]