Contractors appointed to £150M Lincolnshire highways framework

A total of 13 contractors have secured places on a new £150M Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) highways framework that will deliver road maintenance, improvement and resurfacing schemes across the county until January 2030. The post Contractors appointed to £150M Lincolnshire highways framework appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Lighting tower hits power line on road maintenance job

CCTV captures accident which left worker in hospital for five weeks

‘Plague of potholes’ sees local road maintenance backlog near £19bn despite funding change

Local roads in England and Wales face a record repair bill of £18.62bn, according to the latest Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (Alarm) survey, which warns that it would take more than a decade to clear the backlog even with recently upped funding commitments. The post ‘Plague of potholes’ sees local road maintenance backlog near £19bn despite funding change appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

MPs decry ‘woefully inadequate’ local road maintenance funding despite ‘record’ settlement

MPs have called out the UK Government for “woefully inadequate” sums of road maintenance funding being given to local authorities despite claims from ministers of “record money” for fixing roads. The post MPs decry ‘woefully inadequate’ local road maintenance funding despite ‘record’ settlement appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Newham gives Marlborough another four years

Marlborough Highways has been awarded a new road maintenance contract in Newham worth £150m.