Road Building & Repairs

Making tracks in tackling tyre graveyards a...

Aug 08, 2019Comments off

A new road surface using recycled tyres is being trialled on the M1 motorway by Highways England. If successful, it is hoped that this new

RAC patrols deal with fewer ‘pothole ...

Jul 29, 2019Comments off

The number of vehicles falling victim to potholes on the UK’s roads decreased dramatically between April and June this year, according to the latest analysis

Councils need to cut back more – and ...

Jul 23, 2019Comments off

Breakdown and road safety organisation GEM Motoring Assist is calling on local authorities to tackle the present menace of road signs obscured by foliage. Obscured

DfT injects £348m into boosting local road...

Jul 20, 2019Comments off

The Department for Transport has today (Saturday 20th July) announced nearly £350 million is being made available for councils to improve local roads up and

Highways England unveils successful air qua...

Jul 18, 2019Comments off

Technology which could improve air quality in local communities by helping the way drivers leave motorways was named today as one of the successful entries in a multi-million-pound competition run by Highways

Highways England clearly on right lines to ...

Jul 17, 2019Comments off

‘Ghost’ road markings and blacked out lines, which can confuse drivers, could become a thing of the past thanks to Highways England’s global search for

Highways England goes multilingual with roa...

Jul 09, 2019Comments off

Electronic message signs have gone all multilingual in a ground-breaking initiative to improve roadworks information for lorry drivers. Highways England has started giving roadworks information

Road funding spending drop could have paid ...

Jul 08, 2019Comments off

Many councils have been forced to cut from road maintenance funding since 2010 could have paid for the repair of nearly 8 million potholes, analysis

Electric roadworks vehicle trial announceme...

Jul 01, 2019Comments off

Two fully electric powered roadworks vehicles are being trialled by Highways England for the first time. One of the vehicles is being used across the

M6toll introduces new toll prices and an ad...

Jun 12, 2019Comments off

Midland Expressway Limited (MEL), operator of the M6toll, has today (Wednesday 12th June) announced new toll prices including an additional off-peak rate, which will come