Highways Magazine

Our July magazine issue is out! This Highways edition, which went to press just one week before the General Election is focused on what the new government might do and what we might do for it. Top stories include: 🛣️ Industry round-up: Potholes were key in the election manifestos; round-ups of the Birthday Honours and the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE)’s Presidential Dinner 🛣️Viewpoint: After the election: Steve Gooding considers how the world will look to a newly appointed roads minister as the dust settles on the election 🛣️The Road Safety Manifesto: PACTS has co-ordinated a manifesto with the support of 33 organisations to address road fatalities and fatal injuries 🛣️Big Interview: Dominic Browne speaks to the Asphalt Industry Alliance’s incoming chair, David Giles, and the retiring chair, Rick Green 🛣️Adept Voices - Andy Warrington: Provides insight on the creation of the new commuted sums guidance document and how it could be used 🛣️Road user charging: A white paper from the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) maps out the debate If you haven’t yet subscribed to our digital edition, you can subscribe FREE of charge and ensure you keep your finger on the pulse throughout the year with 10 digital issues of Highways delivered direct to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/dZpvhTgp #HighwaysMagazine

Lincolnshire County Council is set to push forward with legal orders and land acquisitions for the North Hykeham Relief Road. https://lnkd.in/e98R-zpm

You might say this is the end of the beginning for the #A9dualling - Transport Scotland said that once awarded, the deal 'will kickstart the Government’s rolling programme for #A9 dualling between Perth and Inverness by 2035'. Good luck to all involved. https://lnkd.in/dQUjZ8HF

Full rundown of Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom ministerial appointments. Transport secretary Louise Haigh MP is already living up to her new motto - 'move fast and fix things'. https://lnkd.in/d4CPxdGs

Highways Magazine is more than happy to support this very well-timed campaign to 'future proof local roads' from the ROAD EMULSION ASSOCIATION LIMITED. The new government should be judged primarily on safety and structural integrity when it comes to our roads. Not, we repeat, NOT, on how many potholes they have filled. While necessary work at times, pothole filling is more a measure of failure than success sadly. Preventative maintenance and proper asset management are the ways forward to protect our local network. https://lnkd.in/eUXCGp2Y Natalie Geraghty PgDiP MCIPR 🟡

The legacy of great highways schemes is more than just asphalt, steel and concrete. National Highways is helping build communities. https://lnkd.in/e6HdiBn7

Job Vacancy Highways Development Control Manager Wirral Borough Council £50,512 - £53,204 plus benefits. A permanent opportunity has arisen within the Highways Development Control Team. We are seeking to appoint an experienced manager with a proven track record of working in a complex Network Management environment. Highways Development Control sits within the Network Management function that is part of the Councils Highways & Infrastructure service, within its Neighbourhoods directorate. https://lnkd.in/eQVhdyYv

The ROAD EMULSION ASSOCIATION LIMITED has launched a 'future-proof local roads' campaign to coincide with the new Labour government and is calling on ministers to support councils in prioritising preventative maintenance. https://lnkd.in/eUXCGp2Y

New chancellor Rachel Reeves has used her first speech to outline plans to build one and a half million homes over the next five years, supported by reforms to the wider planning system. https://lnkd.in/eATmTWpe

Shropshire Council faces new calls to freeze spending on its controversial £170m Shrewsbury North West Relief Road project as it ‘resizes’ to stave off financial collapse. https://lnkd.in/ePcAH3xT