Highways
Councils hold back cash plans on fixing potholes
One in seven eligible English highway authorities have failed to detail their plans for the Government’s £300m of redirected HS2 road resurfacing cash.
Night lights, bright lights
Safety campaigners have criticised hard-up Havering LBC for proposing to dim 4,000 streetlights between midnight and 5am to save cash.
Fine and dandy
Newcastle United may have had their first taste of defeat in this season’s Champions League under manager Eddie Howe, but locals had the last laugh.
Oflog moves to expand remit
The new Office for Local Government (Oflog) watchdog has proposed to widen its scope to five new service areas.
Chicken run
Why did the chicken cross the road?
No dates for pothole cash
The Department for Transport does not have a timescale for the billions of pounds for road resurfacing that it announced on the back of the decision to curtail HS2.
Parking mad
Diary often receives complaints that councils have drawn inappropriate lines in pursuit of suitable parking schemes residents feel have gone too far.
White van man on... speed limits
There I am bowling down the high street at a leisurely 45mph in the gas guzzler and, blow me, I pass a sign saying ‘20mph.’
White Van Man on... roads
I’ll tell you what needs levelling up – the roads.
4 wheel drive woman on... traffic management
Gosh, Tarquin, one can barely drive anywhere in central London now – it’s like a conspiracy against four-wheel-drive owners.
A Surrey state for drivers
Many drivers recall tales of feeling trapped on the same busy street, going round and round a one-way system with no way of escaping.
Shcool’s out
Pity the poor pupils at Langyfelach Primary School in Swansea.
White van man on... cashless parking
Clearly that geezer Gove has got too much time on his hands or else he wouldn’t be getting down among the weeds fretting about stuff which a jobsworth on £20k a year would regard as below their pay grade.
Support county highways to boost productivity
If we are to create a more equal and prosperous country then the chancellor could do a lot worse than provide funding to local authorities to help wipe out their inflationary pressures in vital county highways projects, says Simon Edwards.
Former council leadership blamed for trees scandal
A report into the Sheffield street trees scandal has laid the blame firmly at the door of the former leadership of the council.
Sorting pothole pitfalls
North Lincolnshire Council recently settled on a name for its new pothole filling machine – avoiding several potential pitfalls in the process.
Red, anger, green
Residents of Yeovil, Somerset, are so fed up with what they perceive to be over-zealous traffic officials at Somerset CC that they have released a song.
Taking the zero carbon road
The Government-funded Live Labs 2 programme is a chance for local authorities to show they are truly serious about delivering zero carbon in their places, says Neil Gibson.
Mini-Budget: Chancellor to accelerate infrastructure schemes
Kwasi Kwarteng has pledged to accelerate a long list of infrastructure projects and raised the prospect of planning reform.
Call for inflation support from Truss
Councils have warned of service cuts if new Prime Minister Liz Truss fails to provide further financial support for the sector.
