Tameside and Sefton publish vetted framework contractors list
Tameside Council and Sefton Council have created separate lists of vetted contractors to assist with structural repairs, drainage works, and carriageway maintenance. The councils have both listed their frameworks as particularly suitable for SMEs. Sefton Council’s framework, says North West Places, has an estimated value of £54m, excluding VAT. The framework will be active between […]
Wigan launches DfT award-nominated flood reporting system
Wigan Council has launched a new public flood reporting system that allows residents to submit live, geo-located flood reports, giving the council real-time visibility during severe weather and improving how theborough responds to, recovers from and plans for future flood events. The new approach, shortlisted in 2025 for the Department for Transport’s Special Recognition Award […]
Staffordshire County Council agrees highways management plan
Staffordshire County Council has agreed how it will manage traffic and co-ordinates utility and road works across the county over the coming year, to keep Staffordshire moving and reduce disruption. The Traffic and Network Management Plan explains how the council will work to manage more than 4,000 miles of highway and keep traffic flowing. This […]
£2.3m Burton resurfacing scheme to start in May
Work to fully resurface Derby Road, in Burton, will begin next month. The £2.3m scheme, expected to take around three months, will see crews resurface the route between Derby Turn island and the Pirelli roundabout in two phases. The first phase, beginning on Monday 11 May, will see crews carrying out civil works under a one-way system. Then, from Monday […]
Worcester: Three-year, £1.5m Active Travel project delivers major improvements
A transformative three-year project aimed at enhancing walking, wheeling and cycling across Worcester has been delivered, bringing safer routes, improved accessibility, and more sustainable travel choices to thousands of residents, commuters and visitors. Worcester City Council and Worcestershire County Council have joined forces to invest £1.5m in creating important new routes in the city for […]
DfT Lane Rental Conference – as it happened
We’re live at the Department for Transport’s Lane Rental Conference 2026 in Tower Hamlets – it is a one-day event bringing together local authorities, utilities, and industry professionals to discuss how lane rental schemes, where companies are charged for occupying busy roads, can be used to reduce congestion from roadworks. It focuses on sharing policy […]
DfT writes letter to local authorities on local highway maintenance funding
Antonia Williams, Director General, Roads Transport Group, Department for Transport, has issued a letter addressed to the Chief Executives of local highway authorities in England, highlighting highways maintenance incentive funding requirements for 2026 to 2027. The full letter can be read here, but it begins: “Dear chief executive, The Department for Transport (DfT) has previously […]
LGTAG Research Grant applications now open
The Local Government Technical Advisers Group (LGTAG) has launched a new Research Funding opportunity, developed in collaboration with the Institution of Highway Engineers (IHE). This funding provides LGTAG members with the opportunity to bid for a share of a £20,000 research fund, aimed at supporting practical, impactful research that helps move ideas from research into reality. LGTAG is particularly […]
Nottingham to receive £17.6m transport funding boost
More than £17m will be invested into Nottingham’s transport network in 2026/27, thanks to the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA). The City Council is expected to accept the funding at its Executive Board meeting on Tuesday 21 April. EMCCA, which has now taken over the role of directing the allocation of local transport funding, […]
Glasgow bus delays costing passengers 1.2 million hours a year
Glasgow’s traffic congestion is costing local bus users an estimated £24 million a year and wasting 1.2 million hours of passengers’ time annually, according to new research by the University of Glasgow’s Urban Big Data Centre, commissioned by First Bus. First Bus calls for a collaborative partnership approach on bus priority as Pollokshaws Road named […]