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29 Jul 19
Nearly 100,000 miles of markings on British roads will be mapped by “cutting-edge” artificial intelligence to make them safer, the government has announced.
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2 Jul 19
MPs have called for a five-year funding deal for roads maintenance to tackle the “plague of potholes”.
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1 Oct 18
York, Barrow and Ollerton are among the places to receive investments from the £100m Major Road Network fund.
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16 Jul 18
Councils and motoring organisations have called for long-term and consistent funding for local road maintenance after a survey highlighted an increasing number of pothole-related incidents.
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13 Apr 18
Scotland’s 32 councils are to get extra funds for roads maintenance following this winter’s prolonged harsh weather.
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16 Oct 17
Councils could have an extra £418m to spend on local roads if government handed over the money it has received in increased fuel and motoring tax over the last 10 years, according to the Local...
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23 Mar 17
Decisive action is needed after plans to upgrade England’s roadways went £841m over budget, a National Audit Office study found.
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9 Jan 17
Councils could face a £14bn pothole repair bill over the next two years, the Local Government Association has warned.
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15 Aug 16
Local authorities are demanding extra powers to charge utility companies for digging up roads in order to tackle the “traffic chaos” caused by these works across the country.
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4 Aug 16
Scottish transport minister Humza Yousaf is to meet council leaders to push for better co-ordination in road maintenance after Audit Scotland found a third of council-maintained roads and an eighth...
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1 Aug 16
A steady increase in pothole-related car damage is evidence of long term underinvestment in the UK’s roads, the RAC has said.
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8 Apr 16
Highways network assets have to be measured at depreciated replacement cost from April, so CIPFA is offering guidance to help authorities prepare
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7 Apr 16
Allocations for 2016/17 from the £50m Pothole Action Fund, intended to repair nearly 1 million potholes across the country over the next 12 months, have been announced.
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23 Mar 16
The total repair backlog on the local road network in England and Wales fell slightly in the last year, but still stands at £11.8bn according to the annual survey of local authorities.
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27 Jan 16
Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced plans to expand the current charging regime for overrunning roadworks to fine councils and utility companies if sites are left in place over the...
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20 Oct 15
Milton Keynes’ ambitious plan for growth is leading to the development of new ways to use data so transport and other key networks can cope with increased demand
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8 Sep 15
The Local Government Association has warned today that the condition of local roads could continue to deteriorate unless the government provides additional resources for maintenance.
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24 Jul 15
A £1.5bn project to upgrade six motorways in England has been confirmed by ministers.
29 Jul 19Nearly 100,000 miles of markings on British roads will be mapped by “cutting-edge” artificial intelligence to make them safer, the government has announced.
2 Jul 19MPs have called for a five-year funding deal for roads maintenance to tackle the “plague of potholes”.
1 Oct 18York, Barrow and Ollerton are among the places to receive investments from the £100m Major Road Network fund.
13 Apr 18Scotland’s 32 councils are to get extra funds for roads maintenance following this winter’s prolonged harsh weather.
1 Aug 16A steady increase in pothole-related car damage is evidence of long term underinvestment in the UK’s roads, the RAC has said.
8 Apr 16Highways network assets have to be measured at depreciated replacement cost from April, so CIPFA is offering guidance to help authorities prepare
20 Oct 15Milton Keynes’ ambitious plan for growth is leading to the development of new ways to use data so transport and other key networks can cope with increased demand
24 Jul 15A £1.5bn project to upgrade six motorways in England has been confirmed by ministers.
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