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14 Aug 19
Local authorities in England are receiving requests to fix potholes every 46 seconds, figures have revealed.
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17 Aug 18
Local authorities spent £2.1m last year on injury claims made by pedestrians, according to research by an insurance company.
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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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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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20 Jan 17
The Scottish Government is to pilot raising a levy on exhaust pollution from heavy vehicles, as part of a renewed drive to meet long-term C02 emissions reduction targets.
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22 Aug 16
Theresa May has pledged to spread devolution to more of England as part of the government’s Northern Powerhouse drive.
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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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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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25 Aug 15
Campaigners have called for a government-backed road scheme in Norfolk to be scrapped after it was confirmed that the cost had increased by one-fifth to £180m.
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20 Aug 15
Local transport infrastructure is in line to take a large proportion of government cuts in the forthcoming Spending Review because funding for national road and rail networks is essentially...
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24 Jul 15
A £1.5bn project to upgrade six motorways in England has been confirmed by ministers.
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4 Jul 14
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...
14 Aug 19Local authorities in England are receiving requests to fix potholes every 46 seconds, figures have revealed.
17 Aug 18Local authorities spent £2.1m last year on injury claims made by pedestrians, according to research by an insurance company.
13 Apr 18Scotland’s 32 councils are to get extra funds for roads maintenance following this winter’s prolonged harsh weather.
20 Jan 17The Scottish Government is to pilot raising a levy on exhaust pollution from heavy vehicles, as part of a renewed drive to meet long-term C02 emissions reduction targets.
22 Aug 16Theresa May has pledged to spread devolution to more of England as part of the government’s Northern Powerhouse drive.
8 Apr 16Highways network assets have to be measured at depreciated replacement cost from April, so CIPFA is offering guidance to help authorities prepare
23 Mar 16The 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.
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
25 Aug 15Campaigners have called for a government-backed road scheme in Norfolk to be scrapped after it was confirmed that the cost had increased by one-fifth to £180m.
24 Jul 15A £1.5bn project to upgrade six motorways in England has been confirmed by ministers.
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