Telent retains contract to maintain Oxfordshire County Council’s traffic signals network
Critical infrastructure technology provider Telent has been reappointed to maintain Oxfordshire County Council’s traffic signals and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) estate, after its contract to carry out traffic signal maintenance was renewed. First awarded in 2017, Telent has secured a new contract that will run until 2028, reinforcing Telent’s long-standing partnership with the council to […]
Oxfordshire: £7.4 million road resurfacing programme to begin next month
Nearly 100 roads across Oxfordshire will be improved as part of a £7.4 million highway maintenance programme beginning this spring. Oxfordshire County Council and its contractor will be visiting 73 towns and villages between 22 April-16 June to carry out surface dressing work. Over one million square metres of carriageway will be treated. Councillor Andrew […]
Construction starts to improve A40 access to Witney
Local residents in Witney, Oxfordshire, will soon benefit from works that aim to reduce congestion in the town centre. The Oxfordshire County Council scheme will provide new west-facing slip roads on the A40 at the Shores Green junction, enabling traffic from east and north-east Witney to access the A40 without needing to route through the […]
Work begins on repairing A361 sinkhole near Wardington
Work is due to start to repair a sinkhole on the A361 in north Oxfordshire. The road, north of Wardington, was closed by Oxfordshire County Council on Monday after the sinkhole appeared in the centre of the carriageway. Emergency diversion routes were immediately put into place. Following visits to the site by inspectors, the council’s […]
Oxfordshire gets set for winter with new salt barn and fleet of gritters
With a new fleet of gritting vehicles, a freshly built salt barn, 60 specialist drivers and over 10,000tonnes of road salt, Oxfordshire is ready for winter. Oxfordshire County Council and its highways maintenance contractor, Milestone Infrastructure, have worked hard to ensure that the county’s roads keep moving and stay safe when the colder weather hits […]
Banbury Rail Station access improvements win environmental award
A Banbury construction project designed to improve access to the railway station has won an award for reducing its environmental impact. Milestone Infrastructure Limited, working on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council, was presented with a Green Apple Environment Gold award on Monday 18 November by the Green Organisation. The award recognised industry-leading carbon and cost […]
Milestone completes Oxfordshire’s largest ever surface dressing programme – 1,011,803 m2 of roads treated in 42 days
As part of its highway maintenance contract with Oxfordshire County Council, Milestone Infrastructure has successfully completed an ambitious programme of county-wide surface dressing, treating 1,011,803 m2 of roads over 42 working days. This is equivalent to roughly 300 lane kilometres or the distance from Oxford to York Surface dressing is a cost-effective highways maintenance measure […]