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Roads
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Campaign group calls for greener roads and new way of thinking for engineers
The Campaign for Better Transport is calling for a green retrofit of the road network by highlighting examples of best practice. -
Scottish Government announces extra £10m for road maintenance following cold snap
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay unveiled the extra funding for all 32 councils to fix road surfaces following the bad weather. -
Turner & Townsend wins work on key Highways England programmes
Turner & Townsend has secured work on upgrading the A303 and the M6 smart motorway upgrade for Highways England. -
No magic money tree, but Britain's pothole problem has reached crisis point
As the state of the UK's roads worsens each year, a three-point plan to resolve the issues has been put forward by Wayne Holt. -
Project delays cause £745m Aberdeen bypass to be pushed back six months
Scottish minister Keith Brown has confirmed the Aberdeen bypass will now not be open till autumn following discussions. -
Survey shows 24,000 miles of roads need maintenance and identifies £556m shortfall
A new survey highlights the worrying funding shortfall that councils across the UK face to fix the pothole problem. -
Local roads have become a “death trap” as warnings are sent about pothole increase
More funding is being called for as fears increase about the growing number of potholes on UK roads following recent freezing weather. -
NIC open to ideas on future of UK’s roads
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has launched a competition to encourage new ideas to ensure UK roads are ready for connected and autonomous vehicles. -
Funding pressures lead to Scottish councils cutting road maintenance spending by a fifth
Spending on Scotland’s roads has been slashed by nearly £140m over the past seven years, according to the latest data. -
Road user charges should be tailored to drivers, says ACE
Changing social trends means that a new approach to road funding is needed says a new report from ACE.