What really caused the council funding crisis?
Max Mosley, NIESR, explores the origins of the local government funding crisis and warns the next government will have to act quickly to address it.
Council proposes nearly 30 new 20mph zones
02/05/2024 Westmorland and Furness Council has proposed rolling out nearly 30 new 20mph zones to ‘make streets safer’. |
Council chiefs call for powers to fight pavement parking ‘scourge’
12/02/2024 ‘Long-overdue’ powers to ban pavement parking should be extended to all areas across England now, the Local Government Association (LGA) has argued. |
TfL hands boroughs another £80m for streets
31/01/2024 Transport for London (TfL) has announced up to £80.4m for boroughs to improve public transport, make walking and cycling safer and create new school streets. |
First-of-kind tool links road casualties and deprivation
12/01/2024 Transport for London has launched a dashboard which shows how deprivation is linked to higher levels of death and injury on the capital’s roads. |
Road sign rules changed to protect hedgehogs
21/12/2023 Rules around the wildlife warning signs on roads are set to be relaxed to make it easier for local authorities to alert drivers to the presence of hedgehogs. |
Acrospire donate solar-powered luminaires to Bishops Castle Council
05/12/2023 Acrospire has donated three solar-powered lanterns to Bishops Castle Town Council in memory of Dylan Price who was tragically lost in a hit-and-run collision. |
Council's failure to fix pothole blamed for man’s death
17/10/2023 A man died after falling from his bike when it entered a crack in the road that had been identified to Lancashire County Council, a coroner has found. |
Pedestrian crossings lights could stay green longer
25/07/2023 Active Travel England (ATE) is considering introducing new guidance for councils that could increase the amount of time people have to cross the road. |
Charity calls for more 20mph near schools
14/06/2023 A road safety charity has called on local authorities to implement 20mph speed limits around all schools. |
Campaign to discourage speeding on rural roads launched
06/03/2023 Government has launched a road safety campaign to raise awareness of risks when speeding or driving too fast for road conditions, especially on rural roads. |
Building a robust pothole-related injury legal defence
25/01/2023 Ravinder Johal, a partner at law firm Shakespeare Martineau, discusses the importance of a robust legal defence in the face of personal injury claims. |
Cyclists warned to steer clear of pothole-ridden roads
23/01/2023 A bicycle insurance company has called for the crumbling road network to be fixed, citing data showing that 21% of cyclists have hit a pothole. |
Council’s wavy road marking scheme branded ‘bizarre’
17/01/2023 A local authority in Somerset has defended itself against accusations that its new road safety scheme is ‘bizarre’ and could prove to be a risk to drivers. |
Council seeks court order to crack down on ‘street cruising’
22/12/2022 Birmingham City Council is seeking a High Court order to ban street cruising from all city roads. |
Engineering safety into roadworks during the winter months
29/11/2022 Ben Duncker discusses the safety measures local authorities need to consider when planning winter road maintenance and upgrade works. |
Glasgow council first to install cycle-activated signs
11/10/2022 Glasgow City Council has taken the innovative step of installing cycle-activated electronic signage on its road network to improve safety for cyclists. |
Oxfordshire proposes traffic filters for Oxford
31/08/2022 Oxfordshire County Council is to launch a consultation on proposals to introduce six trial traffic filters in Oxford. |
Shapps proposes 20mph speed limits for cyclists
17/08/2022 The Government is considering introducing 20mph speed limits for cyclists in urban areas. |
UK first as Surrey plans speed reduction trials on 60mph roads
09/08/2022 Surrey County Council has announced plans to pilot speed limits of 20mph and 30mph on roads that were previously 60mph, in what is thought to be a UK first. |
Council reduces speed limit on over 700 roads
13/05/2022 Cornwall Council is reducing the speed limit on hundreds of residential roads from 30mph to 20mph. |
Portsmouth crossing lights a ‘national first’
22/11/2021 A Portsmouth crossing is the first in the UK to benefit from an innovative new lighting system aimed at improving safety. |
Index reveals 40,000 unnecessary road deaths
18/11/2021 There have been an estimated 40,000 unnecessary deaths and serious injuries on Britain’s roads over the past decade, new research has revealed. |
Glasgow City Council launches road safety plan
25/08/2021 Glasgow City Council has launched a new road safety plan that they hope will reduce fatalities and serious injuries to zero by 2030. |
Khan launches ‘world-leading’ scheme to get dangerous lorries off the road
30/10/2019 The mayor of London has launched a scheme to remove ‘the most dangerous’ Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) from the capital’s streets. |
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Scotland's 20mph roll-out suffers blow
03/06/2019 A national roll-out of 20mph speed limits in Scotland has suffered a blow after a key committee refused to recommend the bill. |
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Councils take ‘risk-based’ approach to filling in potholes
18/01/2019 Councils are increasingly adopting a ‘risk-based’ approach to filling in potholes, an analysis of council response times to calls about road defects has found. |
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Survey reveals ‘concerns’ over road sign legislation
22/10/2018 The majority of those working in the road signs industry have concerns with the new legislation governing the designs and conditions of use for traffic signs. |
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Gloucestershire appoints Ringway to deliver £245m infrastructure contract
25/09/2018 Gloucestershire County Council has appointed Ringway Infrastructure Services to deliver a new multi-million pound highways maintenance contract for the county. |
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New service to help councils manage roadworks
03/09/2018 Local authorities will be able to accurately record and share data on roadworks, after the Government pledged to invest up to £10m in a new digital system. |
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Whitehall not doing ‘nearly enough’ to tackle pothole epidemic
24/08/2018 The Government is not doing ‘nearly enough’ to improve the state of the roads in the UK, road users say. |
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Council chiefs call for ‘real investment’ to fix local roads
23/04/2018 Local authority leaders have called for ‘real investment’ into local roads as new research reveals drivers spent one million years on the road in 2016. |
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‘Urgent action’ needed to cut accidents, road safety group says
21/11/2017 Car crash deaths and injuries on the 10 most improved roads in Britain fell by 74% saving £17m, according to the Road Safety Foundation. |
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Westminster rolls out 20mph trial
06/09/2017 The City of Westminster is rolling out 20mph speed limits this week in order to promote walking and cycling, and protect vulnerable road users. |
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London must improve road safety for motorcyclists, assembly says
03/03/2016 Transport planners in London must do more to tackle a rising tide of motorcyclist deaths and injuries, the capital's assembly has demanded. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
