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1 week ago | 
highways-news.com | Adrian Tatum
Windsor & Maidenhead Council has started the search for new highway maintenance contractors. The contract dates for the successful bidder are estimated to be from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2033, with a possible extension to 31 March 2040. The seven-year maintenance contract covers 392m of roads as well as footways and bridges throughout the London borough.
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1 week ago | 
highways-news.com | Adrian Tatum
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has submitted a planning application for a new Travel Hub in Tyldesley to help more people access the Bee Network and boost the numbers of people using public transport by providing improved park and ride facilities.
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2 weeks ago | 
highways-news.com | Adrian Tatum
One of the traffic technology sector’s most well-known brands, TWM Traffic, is set to close. Highways News understands that its parent company Pilot Group has decided to close the doors of its traffic technology division TWM Traffic in a sudden move that was not expected.
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3 weeks ago | 
highways-news.com | Adrian Tatum
The Chief Executive of the Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA), Mike Hansford, has met face-to-face with MPs and other leading industry figures to debate and discuss how to solve the UK’s pothole crisis. More than 70 parliamentarians were yesterday given unrivalled insight in how best to tackle the UK’s pothole crisis at a first-of-its-kind event organised by the RAC at Westminster.
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1 month ago | 
highways-news.com | Adrian Tatum
More than £16m of external funding will be invested into Nottingham city’s transport network in 2025/26 thanks to the new East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA). Nottingham City Council is expected to officially accept the funding at its Executive Board meeting on Tuesday 22 April. EMCCA, which has now taken over the role of directing the allocation of local transport funding, is providing funding for projects in Nottingham in four streams: This is a new funding stream for the region.
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1 month ago | 
highways-news.com | Adrian Tatum
Southampton City Council welcomed students from six secondary schools in the Southampton area to the first Modeshift Active Travel Ambassador event. The event was opened by the Southampton-born, Team GB paralympic gold medallist, Aaron Phipps MBE who praised the students for being role models. Aaron won Gold at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in Wheelchair Rugby and spoke to students about his awe-inspiring journey, overcoming adversity and showing incredible resilience.
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1 month ago | 
highways-news.com | Adrian Tatum
A new 3D flyover video has been produced by Ceredigion County Council to show how proposals for the Waunfawr to IBERS Active Travel Link scheme will connect the communities of Penrhyn-coch and Bow Street via Comins Coch. The scheme will provide a ‘Campus to Campus’ link for Aberystwyth University staff and students between Penglais Campus and the new AIEC campus at Plas Gogerddan.
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1 month ago | 
highways-news.com | Adrian Tatum
Resilience on the A55 and opportunities for active travel have improved since the £30m Aber Tai’r Meibion scheme was officially opened, almost two years ago, according to the Welsh Government. The scheme, which included £20m of European funding, targeted a section of the A55 which was almost 50 years old and was not up to current design standards. It was prone to flooding and had very little safe provision for walkers and cyclists nearby.
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1 month ago | 
highways-news.com | Adrian Tatum
More than £8 million will be spent on making the streets of Brighton & Hove better, safer and smoother over the next year. Councillors will be presented with a report at Cabinet next week that sets out our plans for improving roads, pavements and other transport infrastructure. They’ll also be asked to agree the planned maintenance programme for the next 12 months. Brighton & Hove has over 390 miles of roads and cycle lanes and 750 miles of pavement.
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1 month ago | 
highways-news.com | Adrian Tatum
Road improvements worth £3.5m are due to be carried out in the East Riding this spring and summer to help protect against potholes and other damage. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is investing the money in its annual surface dressing programme, which is set to begin on 23 April and is expected to take 13 weeks to complete, weather depending.
