North Lanarkshire Council looking for contractor for new roads contract
North Lanarkshire Council has begun the search for a contractor to deliver roads and infrastructure maintenance and improvement services under a £450M contract. The council has an ambitious vision to re-invent North Lanarkshire as the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. Through the project, an ambitious programme of regeneration and infrastructure investment, it […]
Preferred bidders announced for two improved maintenance contracts on Scottish strategic network
The preferred bidders have been named for two improved road maintenance contracts in the north of Scotland The North West unit will be operated by BEAR Scotland Ltd, while the North East Unit will be run by Amey OW Ltd. The new contracts, worth more than £1.27bn in total, will begin on 16th August 2022. They […]
R3 Ltd adds new testing scanner to its portfolio to help produce more sustainable, durable, smoother road surfaces
Technology that can help accurately predict how much material is needed to be placed or removed from highways, airport or racetrack maintenance schemes, helping produce a more sustainable, durable and smoother surface, has been purchased by material testing specialists R3 Ltd. The Topcon RD-M1 Scanner will help R3 Ltd with its specialist material testing work […]
More than 30 potholes are being fixed in Fife every day, says council data
More than 30 potholes in Fife are being fixed every day – with two thirds of them on roads in the north of the area, according to new data published by the council’s roads department. It shows that the council’s 12 repair teams dispatched across the region have repaired 7,652 potholes since September last year. […]
Fall in road funding this year could pay for 9.5 million pothole repairs, says LGA
Councils could repair more than 9.5 million extra potholes with the funding lost from local road maintenance budgets this year, analysis by the Local Government Association reveals today. Overall capital funding allocated to councils for local road maintenance this year by the Department for Transport is £1.39 billion – down from £1.78 billion in 2020/21. […]
More than £10 million to be invested in South Lanarkshire roads over the next year
More than £10 million is to be invested in South Lanarkshire’s roads overbthe next year, according to the council. Around £7.5m will be spent on resurfacing programmes with a further £2.6m to be spent on patching, preventative maintenance, footways, structures, traffic signals, lighting and investment with North Lanarkshire Council at Horsley Brae, according to Scottish […]
