March 23 , 2016
– Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) Survey 2016 The 21st annual ALARM Survey highlights that decades of underfunding continues to take its toll on local roads. Underfunding, severe weather and increased traffic are relentlessly undermining the resilience of the local road network in England and Wales. The Asphalt Industry Alliance’s (AIA) latest ALARM survey […]
8 March 2016
Roads maintenance and the circular economy. Tom Green and Surabhin Chackiat of environmental firm, SLR Consulting outlined the role that existing road materials can play in the maintenance and construction of the road network. Meeting notes can be downloaded here.
March 1, 2016
– Roadfile releases its latest research data – providing an overview of the key issues relating to roads. Roadfile, provides a reliable source of information for all road related statistics, including road traffic figures. Roadfile, now delivered by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA), supports the role the road network plays in our society and economy. […]
March 26, 2015
– Asphalt Industry Alliance The 20th annual ALARM Survey highlights that, while we are moving in the right direction, a big task remains to bring the local road network up to scratch. The Survey found that across England and Wales one in six of our roads is still classed as being in a poor condition […]
April 3, 2014
– Asphalt Industry Alliance The 19th Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) Survey reports that the estimated cost to get the local road network in England and Wales back into reasonable condition has increased to £12 billion (from £10.5 billion in 2013) For the second year in a row, more than two million potholes (2,010,749) […]
14 October 2013
The APPG has launched its report calling for urgent action to counteract the deterioration of local roads. In the report, ‘managing a valuable asset: improving local road condition’ the Group draws on its understanding of how this situation has arisen and what can be done to rectify it. Local roads are vital to everyone’s daily […]