Road Building & Repairs

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

Rejection of M4 relief road will damage Wel...

Jun 05, 2019Comments off

The First Minister’s decision to reject plans for an M4 relief road will cost the Welsh economy hundreds of millions of pounds in lost investment,

Lawyers warn ministers: Highways England in...

May 28, 2019Comments off

Environmental lawyers have warned that Highways England’s failure to commit to measures to tackle air pollution on its roads is unlawful, and have written to

More than £32 million for transport scheme...

May 22, 2019Comments off

The allocation of local authority grants will help fund schemes which support the Welsh Government’s economic priorities for jobs and growth, promote economic activity through