Councils have called for the government to speed up the introduction of new powers that will allow local authorities to charge fees to utility companies who dig up roads.
The government's decision to award a £1.4bn train carriage contract to a German factory rather than a Derby plant is to be investigated by MPs and the National Audit Office.
MPs have called for the rail regulator to be reformed, saying that without more 'teeth' it is unlikely to be able to put effective pressure on the industry to reduce costs.
Edinburgh councillors have decided against pulling the plug on the city’s beleaguered tramline project, but must now raise more than £200m extra to finish it.
Almost £200m could have been cut from the cost of buying new trains in Britain over the past two decades if the orders had been planned better, according to Network Rail.
Dubbed the ‘discredited’ way to deliver public infrastructure by Chancellor George Osborne, the Private Finance Initiative has fallen far from favour. But with £200bn of infrastructure funding needed...
Councils should encourage volunteers to be on standby to help clear roads blocked by snow as part of attempts to boost the UK’s resilience to winter weather, MPs have said.
Councils are being passed a repair bill totalling £70m every year due to utility companies failing to fix roads after they have been dug up, a report has found.
Network Rail’s licence conditions should be changed so that senior management bonuses reflect its regulator’s view of the organisation’s performance, says the National Audit Office.
The Scottish government’s record keeping has come under fire from MSPs after there was found to be little information on how the costs of a new technology system for its flagship concessionary travel...
Councils and transport bodies in Scotland have been warned they are storing up future problems after auditors found that the backlog of spending needed for roads repairs has soared to £2.25bn.
