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Welsh councils face 'challenging' 20mph decisions

20/09/2024

Welsh authorities face ‘challenging decisions’ as they review requests for some roads to be exempt from the 20mph default speed limit, council leaders say.

Stafford declares 'roads emergency'

18/09/2024

Councillors in Stafford have declared a ‘roads emergency’ across the county of Staffordshire.

Council grasps the nettle with ANPR cameras

30/08/2024

Rotherham Council is installing automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras at five ‘key sites’ under new powers to enforce moving traffic offences.

Huge variation in on-street EV charger provision

27/08/2024

A new report has revealed significant disparities between council areas in electric vehicle (EV) charging provision for EV owners without off-street parking.

Safety warning as 75-year-old fills potholes

23/08/2024

A Scottish council has expressed health and safety and insurance concerns after a 75-year-old resident used gardening tools to fill in potholes.

Haigh: Councils should decide on traffic measures

22/08/2024

The transport secretary has pledged to back councils that implement low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) and 20mph limits, with the new government ‘absolutely determined’ to end the Tories’ ‘culture wars’ approach to transport.

Council adapts culvert to help otters cross road

16/08/2024

West Sussex County Council is installing a new ‘mammal shelf’ in a culvert under the A272 to help otters crossing the road.

Croydon splashes £12.5m on highways

15/08/2024

Croydon Council’s executive mayor has approved a £12.5m capital programme for the borough’s highway infrastructure for 2024-25, as well as a new five-year Highway Asset Management Strategy.

ULEZ working even better than expected, Khan says

26/07/2024

City Hall has said the controversial expansion of Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) across the whole of London is ‘working better than expected’.

King's Speech: Labour to boost public control of buses and trains

17/07/2024

The King has confirmed that the new Government will bring forward legislation to bring bus and rail services more closely under public control, including public ownership of train operators.

Brabin seeks public's views on tram plans

16/07/2024

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has launched a public consultation on options for two tram lines in the Leeds-Bradford area.

App data 'suggests 11.5 million potholes in UK'

02/07/2024

There are five times more defects on British roads than previous estimates, according to data from a dashboard app that uses AI technology.

New road marking contract for Notts highways

28/06/2024

Road marking and maintenance firm WJ Group has won a new contract with Via East Midlands to deliver road marking services across Nottinghamshire.

TfL lets the wildflowers bloom

25/06/2024

Transport for London (TfL) says it has delivered its pledge of doubling wildflower verges in roadside areas to encourage biodiversity.

LGTAG guidance on home EV charging

19/06/2024

The Local Government Technical Advisers Group (LGTAG) has published new guidance on charging private electric vehicles (EV) on the public highway.

Council borrows to spend £10m more on roads

11/06/2024

West Northamptonshire Council plans to borrow up to £10m to spend on schemes aimed at improving roads across the district.

RAC issues safety warning over obscured signs

07/06/2024

More than half of motorists say obscured signs are a frequent occurrence on their journeys, according to a survey by the RAC.

Councils given extra time on signals plans

15/05/2024

The Government has given English highway authorities an extra month to set out what they plan to do with their share of £50m for upgrading traffic signals.

Council faces court over busway deaths

10/05/2024

Cambridgeshire County Council has been served a court summons over three fatalities in separate incidents on its troubled guided busway.

Auditors warned over relief road 'iceberg'

19/04/2024

A councillor has asked Shropshire Council’s external auditor to investigate concerns the North West Relief Road will 'completely bankrupt the council'.

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