Stop-go funding deals for road repairs have made it difficult for local authorities to maintain roads cost-effectively and has put value for money at risk, the Public Accounts Committee has warned.
A proposal by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to create a new Thames Estuary airport has been ruled out by the government’s Airports Commission which is developing plans for additional aviation...
Plans for the next stage of the Cardiff Capital Region Metro, which aims to create an integrated public transport system for south east Wales by 2030, have been set out by Welsh transport minister...
Deregulation of bus services outside London has failed and new regional transport authorities should be created with powers to introduce franchises similar to those in the capital, the Institute for...
Councils are to be given powers to introduce tighter regulation of streetworks after the government said it would lift restrictions on the use of local permit schemes that are intended to coordinate...
Around one-third of the 1,886 government construction projects currently in the pipeline have no specified completion date, accountants KPMG have revealed today.
Plans to devolve new money and civic powers to the north of England are to be worked up over the next five months in order to form the centrepiece of December’s Autumn Statement, Chancellor George...
Five cities in the north of England have set out a £15bn plan to upgrade transport connections across the region to create an interconnected ‘economic powerhouse’.
Councils across the country are writing off millions of pounds of parking fines each year because they are unable to trace the drivers of foreign vehicles, the Local Government Association has said.
Councils have defended their use of parking charges after a poll of drivers by the motoring organisation the RAC found that four in ten drivers think councils are using this revenue to subsidise...
Policymakers must not neglect passenger transport serving isolated communities in both rural and urban areas, MPs on the transport committee have warned.
An urban regeneration company charged with leading the redevelopment of central Birmingham has been established, capitalising on the city’s status as a High Speed 2 hub.
Auditors have urged the Department for Transport to better coordinate procurement of trains and rail infrastructure upgrades after concluding that plans to electrify the Great Western mainline at the...
The Office of Rail Regulation has ordered government-owned Network Rail to pay back £53m to the Treasury after failing to meet punctuality targets in the five years between 2009 and 2014.
The government today signed growth deals with each of the 39 local enterprise partnerships in England under the £2bn single pot reforms for economic development, but more than £250m...
Councils have called for part of the revenue from fuel duty to be given to local authorities so it can be used to quicken the pace of road repairs and avoid a crisis in the state of local...
Councils have pledged to fill more than 3 million potholes to receive allocations from the government’s £168m Potholes Challenge Fund, the Department for Transport has announced.
Virgin Trains will continue running trains on the West Coast mainline for a further two years and nine months, with the firm agreeing to pay the government more than £430m to run the franchise.
The government has been warned that a lack of consistency in the funding of road maintenance for both the Highways Agency and local authorities is putting public value at risk.
Plans to devolve funding for transport projects to local enterprise partnerships could mean that infrastructure in some parts of the England gets left behind, MPs have warned today.
The Welsh Government has confirmed it intends to make full use of the direct borrowing powers it will be granted following the passage of the Wales Bill later this year.
