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Government doubles funding for on-street electric car charging

Transport Secretary announces extra £2.5 million for chargepoints on residential streets Extra funding means people who don’t have their own…

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Making tracks in tackling tyre graveyards as new road surface using rubber is trialled

If successful, it is hoped that this new method will take a huge step towards tackling the millions of disused…

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Huge stride forward in upgrade of M6 junction

Contractor John Sisk & Son has been appointed to design and build the new junction at Walsall which will replace…

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Highways England awards groundbreaking contracts to deliver major upgrades

Highways England has signed a £61.4 million contract with supply chain partner Geoffrey Osborne Ltd to deliver a major upgrade…

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Department for Transport to embrace artificial intelligence technology

Department for Transport (DfT) announces a national examination of road markings to help improve road safety Assessment will give an…

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Highways England goes multilingual with roadworks signs!

Highways England has started giving roadworks information in nine foreign languages on several of its portable electronic variable messages signs.…

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Solar, high speed and wifi charging set to revolutionise electric transport

Twelve projects set to receive almost £40 million to revolutionise the experience of owning an electric vehicle in the UK…

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Are British roads getting worse? Councils struggle to fund £10 billion pothole plague

The cost of a one-time catch-up to deal with this huge road maintenance backlog has been valued at a staggering £9.8 billion…

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New requirements for electric chargepoints as country moves towards net zero

from 1 July 2019, all government-funded chargepoints must use innovative ‘smart’ technology which could keep costs down for consumers new…

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