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Asphalt Industry Alliance report: Annual Local Authority Road maintenance survey (ALARM) survey │ March 21 2023

Every year the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) commissions an independent survey of local authority highway departments in England (including London) and Wales. The Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey provides detailed insight into the funding and conditions of the local road network, based on information provided directly by those responsible for its maintenance. Now […]

September 3, 2019 – APPG Highways report on benefits of adopting Warm Mix solutions

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Highways has issued a report highlighting how the use of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) can reduce carbon emissions and improve efficiencies on highways projects. WMAs are manufactured and laid at lower temperatures than traditional asphalts, using less energy and delivering meaningful carbon savings without compromising performance. Their use can reduce […]

March 26, 2019 – Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) Survey 2019

This year’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey reports early signs that an increase in local authority highway maintenance budgets is beginning to stem the decline in the condition of the local road network. Nevertheless, increased investment is still falling short of the amount needed to maintain local roads to target conditions, with years […]

March 20, 2018 – Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) Survey 2018

The Asphalt Industry Alliance’s (AIA) latest ALARM survey reports that that you could drive around the world on the length of local authority roads that could fail in the next 12 months – with cash-strapped local authorities reporting that more than 24,400 miles of road could need maintenance in the next year. Now in its […]

July 5, 2017 – Transport Investment Strategy: Moving Britain Ahead

Department for Transport   The Department for Transport has published a new strategy explaining how local roads will benefit from a multi-billion-pound investment fund and the proposed creation of a major road network. The strategy will be funded by reallocating some funds raised by the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED), with the aim to improve connectivity […]

March 30, 2017

New skills survey calls to make the highways sector fit for the future A survey by Highways UK into UK skills highlights that 71% of people working within the highways sector are concerned that staff shortages within their organisations could impact on the future delivery of client programmes. 61% of respondents to the survey expect […]

March 28, 2017 – Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) Survey 2017

The Asphalt Industry Alliance’s (AIA) latest ALARM survey reports that that within the next five years one in six of our roads will need to be repaired, or even closed. The cumulative effect of an ageing network, decades of underfunding, increased traffic and wetter winters has led to around 17 per cent of all local […]

October 28, 2016

The UK Roads Liaison Group (UKRLG) has published an updated Code of Practice following a two year review. ‘Well-Managed Highways Infrastructure’ was commissioned by the Department for Transport with input from an extensive range of stakeholder organisations including the Institute for Highways Engineers, ADEPT, SCOTS, CIHT, Transport for London and CSS Wales. The non-statutory Code […]

October 12, 2016

The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund publishes its report on A Major Road Network for England. Report authors David Quarmby and Phil Carey set out that the Strategic Road Network (SRN) doesn’t comprise all the roads that matter in supporting England’s regional economies and supporting growth.  They identify a further 3,800 miles of local authority-controlled ‘A’ roads, […]

October 11, 2016

Emission link with road condition European research shows that smoother roads can reduce CO2 emissions from vehicles by around five per cent, highlighting the need for road maintenance to be part of any strategy to reduce road emissions. The research was carried out by members of FEHRL (Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories). It […]