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 […]
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. […]
Potholes are ‘pushing up repair bills and insurance claims’ for low‑income drivers
Potholes across the UK are contributing to rising vehicle repair costs and changing the landscape of motor insurance for lower‑income drivers. According to Reveela, briefings from councils and insurers’ own files show a spike in pothole damage claims, lengthening settlement times and tougher underwriting criteria. Here we lay out the newest evidence, profile real drivers’ […]
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. […]
Work to fix Blackpool potholes has opposite effect
A Blackpool resident has claimed that work carried out to fix potholes on his street has left it in a poorer condition. Kristian Perry, of Halton Gardens in Marton, said the road now floods during rain showers, when it didn’t previously, because of debris left behind in the drain gullies and that there are no […]
Glasgow: M8 Kingston Bridge to close for ‘investigations’
Amey, on behalf of Transport Scotland, has announced that it is undertaking essential investigations of one of Scotland’s busiest bridges, the M8 Kingston Bridge Complex in Glasgow, from Monday 18 May until Saturday 13 June 2026. The main body of works requiring 24/7 closure of the M8 Junction 19 Waterloo Street on-slip road will take […]
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 […]