roadworks

Leeds Lane Rental Scheme for peak-time roadworks

Leeds Lane Rental Scheme for peak-time road...

Sep 19, 2025No Comments

Leeds City Council has sent proposals to the Department for Transport to charge companies for carrying out works on the city’s busiest roads during the

DfT rejects Transport Committee street works reforms

DfT rejects Transport Committee street work...

Sep 15, 2025No Comments

The Department for Transport (DfT) has dismissed the majority of recommendations put forward by the Transport Committee on street works. This decision has sparked debate

RAC and RSTA call on Government to mandate preventative road maintenance training

RAC and RSTA call on Government to mandate ...

Sep 08, 2025Comments off

The RAC and the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) have today written to the Government calling on it to introduce mandatory training for councils who

Misery continues from ‘pot hole-plagued’ local roads

Misery continues from ‘pothole-plague...

Mar 20, 2025Comments off

A pothole has been filled every 18 seconds, every day, for 10 years* in England and Wales, but still the backlog of carriageway repairs has

Road repair

New technology trial reduces delays for dri...

Sep 26, 2024Comments off

New technology developed to help ease the pain of roadworks for road users and businesses saw 2,100 fewer journeys being delayed on the M6 in

Carriage Repairs

ALARM bells still ringing for local roads

Mar 20, 2024Comments off

More than half of the local road network in England and Wales is reported to have less than 15 years’ structural life left as the

Motorway at night

Easter motorway shutdown: it’ll pay t...

Mar 29, 2023Comments off

Motorists who choose evening travel to avoid heavy traffic risk hitting Easter holiday traffic hell, experts have warned.    The big Easter getaway begins in

Campaigners win court fight to block Stoneh...

Aug 02, 2021Comments off

Campaigners have won a court battle to block the £1.7bn construction of a road tunnel near Stonehenge. Mr Justice Holgate has ruled that a decision

Roadworks projects could be delivered faste...

May 11, 2021Comments off

Completing roadworks faster and making sites safer for staff are among the improvements identified using a trailblazing form of artificial intelligence (AI) on Britain’s biggest

Anti-ageing cream for roads!

Apr 19, 2021Comments off

Highways England is trialing a new type of material for resurfacing roads which aims to help them last ‘significantly’ longer and reduce the need for