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Leicestershire awards £220,000 highway maintenance work order
All Roads Asphalt Solutions will provide additional highway maintenance resources after the framework’s top-ranked supplier declined the work.
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All Roads Asphalt Solutions will provide additional highway maintenance resources after the framework’s top-ranked supplier declined the work.
The county council is calling for long-term highways funding and greater local control over how transport money is spent.
The new advisory panel will examine road programmes and network management plans, with residents able to attend meetings and submit questions.
Revised guidance moves authorities away from ‘predict and provide’ and links some central funding to compliance.
Annual charges for pavement cable gullies can reach £185, with campaigners warning they could deter home charging.
The DfT has confirmed around £5.9m in one-year funding, prompting AppyWay to urge councils to prepare for the rollout of D-TROs.
County councillors have unanimously called for a multi-agency response and clearer police powers to tackle illegal vehicles.
Residents, businesses and community groups have until 28 October to help set priorities for the city’s future planning policies.
The new identity will bring together Wales’s two trunk road agents and Traffic Wales, while retaining the existing public sector delivery model.
TfL is seeking views on a proposed Hendon-to-Hounslow service, but construction funding has yet to be secured.