Major road resurfacing work starts across Bath & North East Somerset region
A £5 million programme of road improvements across Bath & North East Somerset is rolling out as the council kicks off its 2026 resurfacing schemes. The council is investing in highway maintenance and will also spend £950,000 resurfacing footways, alongside maintaining and making improvements to other assets like street lights, drains, public rights of way […]
Government makes it easier to install a new public charge points
The Government has announced hat it is ‘cutting red tape’ on public charge point installation as it continues to facilitate the switch from internal combustion engine cars to electric vehicles. Under the changes, installation costs for public charge points could be slashed from as much as £1,000 to as little as £45. Moreover, approval waiting […]
National Highways to trial a new way of planting trees alongside roads
National Highways is to trial a new way of planting trees after thousands of them have died beside the A14 since 2020. A further 165,000 trees and shrubs were planted between 2022 and 2023, and people nearby even took to planting their own trees along part of the road’s embankments. According to a BBC News report, […]
North Yorkshire Council takes legal action against York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority over highway maintenance funding loss
North Yorkshire Council has begun legal action against York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (CA) over a decision which council chiefs say will mean a £20 million loss in funding for highway maintenance. Council leaders are seeking a judicial review after the Combined Authority agreed the budget for the Transport Capital Programme 2026 to 2030 […]
Councils face new rules for spending pothole funding
Councils will face new rules on how they spend funding to fix potholes and maintain local roads, under new requirements set out by the government. Under the new measures, local highway authorities that fail to demonstrate they are maintaining roads effectively could lose around a third of their £1.6 billion funding for the next year. […]
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund seeking sustainable infrastructure ideas
Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is interested in exploring how “System of Systems” thinking can scope, and if possible find solutions for, the multi-faceted challenge of sustaining roads infrastructure. To help develop the organisation’s thinking, Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is inviting suggestions about how this idea might be taken forward and welcomes two-page submissions suggesting how […]
Modified Kier highways contract extended for another year
Shropshire Council has extended Kier’s highways contract for an additional year, taking it to April 2027. Under the modified contract, Kier will be supporting Shropshire Council to achieve its mixed economy ambitions. The decision reflects Kier’s ongoing support for the council’s plans to improve highways services and develop a more local, flexible approach to delivery. […]
Overweight vehicle causes Menai Bridge closure
The Menai Suspension Bridge was forced to close temporarily on Friday to allow an inspection to be carried out after an “overweight” vehicle crossed the structure. There is currently a weight restriction in place on the bridge as repair works are ongoing, says North Wales Live. When this is breached the bridge has to shut […]
Staffordshire sets out highways management plan
Staffordshire County Council has set out how it manages traffic and co-ordinates utility and road works across the county, to keep Staffordshire moving and reduce disruption. Next week the county council’s Cabinet will discuss the Traffic and Network Management Plan, which explains how the council will work to manage more than 4,000 miles of highway […]
Vital ‘blood bikes’ damaged by potholes
Severn Freewheelers, a charity that delivers blood and medicine to hospitals, has said its work is being put at risk by potholes. The charity’s nine blood bikes that operate around Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and the charity says that more than half of them have been damaged this year due to poor road surfaces, says […]