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Feb 14, 2025 | 
localgov.co.uk | Dominic Browne
The Government has confirmed £291m for active travel over the next two years as well as reforms to Active Travel England's (ATE) local funding model.
The cash covers several different funding pots.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
localgov.co.uk | Dominic Browne
The Scottish Government has committed £14m this financial year to Scotland’s 32 councils to enhance road safety, with £4m dedicated to the rollout of 20mph limits.
Transport Scotland said the cash will fund 'targeted initiatives specifically designed to protect pedestrians and cyclists at key locations across Scotland through the roll-out of 20mph speed limits'.
It has also published a new 20mph Implementation Guide to support these efforts.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
localgov.co.uk | Dominic Browne
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced an extra £500m a year for local roads maintenance from next year and an ‘interim’ settlement for the national network to keep strategic projects moving.
In her first Budget as chancellor, Ms Reeves argued that potholes had become a visible symbol of the ‘national decline’ the Labour party is committed to reversing with plans to ‘invest, invest, invest’.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
themj.co.uk | Dominic Browne |Martin Ford |Heather Jameson |William Eichler
AUTUMN BUDGET Budget: £500m a year for local roads maintenance Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced an extra £500m a year for local roads maintenance from next year. By Dominic Browne | 30 October 2024 SHARE © Kesketh Road Photography / Shutterstock.com Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced an extra £500m a year for local roads maintenance from next year.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
themj.co.uk | Heather Jameson |Dominic Browne |Lee Peart |Martin Ford
Local government reorganisation – and the efficiency savings it will make – have been confirmed in Budget documents. Plans for unitarisation, which will be detailed in an English devolution White Paper, were revealed exclusively by The MJ earlier this week.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
localgov.co.uk | Dominic Browne
The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has launched its first Pothole Prevention Week campaign, running from 16-21 September.
The campaign will talk 'exclusively about the solutions' the RSTA said, 'not only to fix potholes, but more importantly, to the stop them forming in the first place'.
New chief executive Mike Hansford called for a more proactive approach to prevent water ingress using surface treatments, rather than relying on traditional asphalt replacement alone.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
localgov.co.uk | Dominic Browne |Chris Ames
There are five times more defects on British roads than previous estimates, according to data from a dashboard app that uses AI technology.
Campaigner Mark Morrell, also known as Mr Pothole, said data from Stan the App, which detects and classifies potholes, suggests that there are 11.5 million potholes on the UK road network.
Video from the app’s 7,000 users is reported to have shown there are 1.5 million defects across the 13% of UK roads it has mapped so far.
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May 20, 2024 | 
localgov.co.uk | Dominic Browne
Local place directors have issued new guidance on charging developers for future asset maintenance under the commuted sums system, designed to create a transparent and flexible template based on whole-life costings.
The latest guidance from ADEPT sets out the methodology and procedures for agreeing on commuted sum payments – a capital sum paid to the highway authority (or other body) as a contribution to future maintenance of assets to be adopted or transferred.
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May 16, 2024 | 
localgov.co.uk | Dominic Browne
Council bosses have hit back at the Department for Transport (DfT) over plans to restrict their ability to generate surpluses from traffic contraventions, calling the plans misguided and even questioning whether the Government violated pre-election rules.
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May 16, 2024 | 
themj.co.uk | Dominic Browne
In response to a DfT call for evidence, the Local Government Association (LGA) issued a forceful rebuke to the Government and doubled down on its position, calling for higher fines to provide a ‘stronger deterrent’ and special penalties for repeat offenders. Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription. Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government.
