Norfolk County Council issues over £685,000 in fines for non-compliant road works

Norfolk County Council issued more than 44,000 street and roadwork permits last year (2024/25) with utility companies and developers accounting for 75% of all works. The Council’s role is to coordinate and manage street works across the county, however there are 79 different utility companies who have the legal right to undertake work within the […]

Authorities apologise after Colchester roadworks “chaos”

A week of traffic chaos caused by major roadworks across Colchester has forced local authorities into an apology to residents. Drivers were infuriated after a combination of traffic restrictions and closures in Old Heath Road, Wimpole Road, Magdalen Street, Brook Street, Clingoe Hill, Mile End Road and Northern Approach Road left the city gridlocked. Some of […]

CIHT seeking insights into successfully delivering street works

CIHT is developing a report to support the efficient delivery of road maintenance and street works, while minimising disruptions on road users. Street works (works carried out by statutory undertakers (utility companies, contractors etc) using equipment and machinery on or under the road) and road works (carried out to repair or improve the highway including […]

WJ Group launches new control centre

WJ Group has installed a new dedicated control centre to help monitor CCTV across road works sites nationwide. Monitoring security camera systems overlooking road works is a critical task that ensures incidents are dealt with quickly and helps keep the network moving. Although a necessary safety precaution, it is an expensive and time-consuming process to […]