9th July 2019
The second meeting of the group this year saw Brian Kent, National Technical Director at Tarmac and Chairman of the Mineral Products Association’s Asphalt Committee, set out the industry’s concern that take-up of warm mix asphalt – which offers considerable environmental benefits over hot mixed asphalt – has been disappointingly low to date. Warm mix […]
12 March 2019
John Lamb, President of the Local Government Technical Advisers Group, set out the benefits of switching to a holistic approach to highway maintenance budgets. He explained to the group, which is chaired by Sir Christopher Chope MP, that permitting local authorities to allocate road maintenance funding where it is most needed, would lead to improvements […]
27th November 2018
APPG Chairman, Sir Christopher Chope MP, welcomed Oxfordshire County Council representatives Councillor Yvonne Constance, Cabinet Member for the Environment (including Transport) and Paul Fermer, Assistant Director – Infrastructure Operations, to the last meeting of 2018. Cllr Constance set out how the council has implemented a forward-thinking approach to investing in roads maintenance to improve conditions […]
10 July 2018
The Group was delighted to welcome Jesse Norman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport to the meeting.
6 March 2018
Clive Hall, Head of Highways & Community Services at Herefordshire Council, spoke to the meeting on behalf of the Midlands Service Improvement Group (MSIG) about its response to the Department for Transport’s consultation on proposals for a major road network (MRN). Clive’s presentation can be seen in full here, and included the following points: While […]
21 November 2017
Speaker, Dr Emily Andrews of the Institute for Government, provided an overview of the recently published Performance Tracker which brings together more than 100 data series to provide a comprehensive picture of Government s performance in running key public services. She explained that the chapter on local neighbourhood services, which includes data on road maintenance […]
11 July 2017
AGM:Following the General Election, Chairman Christopher Chope welcomed members and guests to the inaugural AGM of the Group in this Parliament. The election of the Officers of the Group en bloc was proposed by Dr Lewis and seconded by Andrew Bridgen and carried unanimously. Full minutes of the AGM available here. Meeting:Malcolm Simms, technical director […]
14 March 2017
Challenges facing our local roads – speakers included the Asphalt Industry Alliance’s (AIA) Chairman, Alan Mackenzie, AIA Technical Director, Malcolm Simms and the Institute of Highways Engineers’ (IHE) Chief Executive, Richard Hayes. Alan set out the key findings from the Annual Local Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey 2017. The report highlights how the cumulative effects of […]
26 October 2016
‘A Major Road network for England’ – a fresh approach to managing roads to better support the economy. Guest speaker, Phil Carey, Road User Policy Advisor to Transport Focus and vice-chair of the Transport Associates’ Network, set out the key findings of the Rees Jeffreys Fund report, ‘A Major Road network for England’ on the […]
20 July 2016
Resilience of network under pressure – Alan Casson, Road and Footway Asset Manager at Kent County Council, highlights how the findings of the 2016 Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) Survey resonate with experiences at a local level. Meeting notes can be downloaded here.