The high-speed rail white paper confirmed that – despite the recession – the massive government investment programme is being given the green light. Christian Wolmar reports
Whitehall departments are under-performing because ministers are not remaining in post long enough to see through their policies, two separate MPs’ reports have found
MPs have attacked the Department for Transport for its ‘inadequate’ contract management, which it said has resulted in losses of up to £410m for the taxpayer
Local authorities in England will be able to collects fines of up to £25,000 a day from utility companies that allow roadworks to overrun, ministers have proposed
Public spending watchdog Audit Scotland is considering carrying out a detailed investigation into Scotland’s largest transport authority following a row over expenses and trips abroad
A long list of essential infrastructure projects is crying out for attention, but traditional funding sources are drying up. Mark Hellowell asks whether the new government agency Infrastructure UK...
Lord Mandelson has published the government’s strategy for economic growth, pledging investment in infrastructure and in sustainable and communications technologies
The Highways Agency lacks basic information on whether it is getting value for money from its contractors, and must improve its commercial practices, MPs have found.
It’s supposed to be lighter touch but it is certainly tougher. The Audit Commission’s first area assessments were revealed this week – and put up on the Oneplace website for everyone to see. David...
The cost of resurfacing roads in England might have increased by as much as 70% in the past six years, according to a National Audit Office report on the work of the Highways Agency
Growing public dissatisfaction with roads and highways can be resolved only by setting up a government-run bank for infrastructure projects, the Institution of Civil Engineers has said
The new Forth Crossing will be built regardless of whether Scotland is given borrowing powers by Westminster, the Scottish Government announced as part of its Legislative Programme today
The government should make economic viability the priority when considering transport reforms even if it means closing lesser used rail routes, according to a think-tank
A row has flared over Edinburgh’s controversial tramway plan after the city council entered into a formal legal dispute with the consortium building the £545m project
