Zurich calls for more cash to improve local road safety04/03/2025 A major council insurer has called for increased funding for local authority road maintenance and more flexibility when spending it. |
DfT slammed over local roads 'embarrassment'17/01/2025 MPs have called England’s local roads a ‘national embarrassment’ and slammed the Department for Transport for not taking its responsibility for the issue seriously enough. |
NAO gives damning verdict on DfT's approach to local roads23/07/2024 Parliament’s spending watchdog has slammed the Department for Transport (DfT) for a lack of knowledge on the condition of the English local road network and what local authority funding is achieving. |
UK falls down OECD table as local roads spending halves14/08/2023 Spending on local roads has fallen by half in just under two decades, more than almost all other OECD countries, the Local Government Association (LGA) has found. |
DfT calls for resilience update, after celebrating COVID performance08/04/2021 Local highways resilience in England was robust and adaptable in the face of COVID-19, according to a report commissioned by the Department for Transport. |
Exclusive: Ministers dump VED pledge and strip local roads of billions30/11/2020 The Government appears to have abandoned its commitment to create a National Roads Fund (NRF) through the hypothecation of vehicle excise duty (VED), undoing a long-standing promise without informing MPs or the public. |
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Norman says local RIS is hanging in the Treasury's balance26/11/2018 Attempts to introduce a five-year funding package are in the balance, awaiting Treasury agreement, transport minister Jesse Norman has said. |
Transport bodies criticise 'perverse' local roads funding gap09/10/2018 A coalition of transport bodies has warned that without adequate and stable funding the maintenance backlog on local roads will pass to future generations. |
Local roads innovation group gets thumbs up from DfT17/05/2018 The Department for Transport (DfT) has celebrated the work of the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG), which has provided a 'national support network’ for asset management and just launched a new website providing a portal to share best practice and facilitate benchmarking. |
Councils find out their share of £1.2bn local roads funding13/01/2017 The Department for Transport (DfT) has allocated £1.2 billion of local roads funding to councils across England. |
Major Road Network proposals gaining traction04/01/2017 The co-authors of the Rees Jeffrey’s Report ‘A Major Road Network for England’ are increasingly optimistic that the study’s proposals will be taken forward. |
Chancellor confirms infrastructure investment in Autumn Statement23/11/2016 Major investment in infrastructure and a package of road improvements were just some of the plans revealed by Chancellor Philip Hammond in the Government's Autumn Statement today (23 November). |
Chancellor to unveil £1.3bn roads improvement package21/11/2016 Chancellor Philip Hammond will unveil a £1.3 billion package of local road improvements and congestion busting schemes in the Autumn Statement on Wednesday (23 November). |
AIA: Invest in local roads31/10/2016 The chairman of the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) has called on the government to commit more investment into local roads ahead of the Autumn Statement. |
RSTA welcomes Major Road Network study18/10/2016 The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has welcomed the publication of the Rees Jeffrey’s Report ‘A Major Road Network for England’. |
RSTA calls on Chancellor to focus on local roads04/10/2016 The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has called on the new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, to recognise the value of local roads in his upcoming Autumn Statement. |
Survey shows widespread dissatisfaction with state of roads31/08/2016 A new survey carried out by technology company Yotta has revealed widespread public dissatisfaction with the UK road network. |
RAC analysis shows quality of local roads has deteriorated30/07/2016 Statistical analysis of the RAC’s pothole-related call-outs over the last 10 years shows that the quality of Britain’s roads has deteriorated substantially over time. |
Deliver infrastructure projects now, CECA warns28/07/2016 The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has warned that a flatlining infrastructure sector could spell trouble for the economy. |
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