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For 5 years, 170+ FoIA requests & reviews (according to the Authority), Highways England (HE) have kept their contractors pricing schedules for Damage to Crown Property (DCP) from the public, secret, by: citing ‘commercial sensitivity’: undertaking ‘public interest tests’ seeking contractors opinions then … using the ‘vexatious exemption of the FoIA convincing the ICO how the above exemptions were appropriate engaging […]

21/06/2017, we met Highways England staff, presented documentary evidence and an investigation of Kier Highways Ltd’s charging of Third Parties (drivers, fleets, hauliers and insurers) was to have commenced.  We demonstrated gross exaggeration of claims, failure to comply with the contract and suspected fraud.  The concerns affected 1,000’s of claims and £millions. We were also concerned Highways England were not […]

You have bought a car, it passed its last MoT and is lawfully on the road BUT … if it should unexpectedly catch fire Highways England will check its MoT history and no matter that it has a valid, current, MoT, you will be considered to be partly at fault. And you are now twice as likely to suffer a vehicle […]

Having yet to receive an accurately priced over-threshold (£10,000) contractor bill from Highways England, despite the Public Authority having paid the invoice and demanding payment of same, we sought an explanation of the process. The initial response was that to reconcile charges pre-payment would be too expensive! We obtained some further clarification: Before the final costs come through to HE, […]

Highways England roads in the Midlands and the East of England have missed road maintenance targets, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). 31/01/2019 – benchmarking-highways-england-2018-progress-report Every region has exceeded the target to keep at least 97% of the network available for traffic in each of the first three years of the road period. By contrast, figure 3 […]

Kier Group CEO Haydn Mursell Resigns or, to quote The Times; ‘Kier boss out after botched rights issue’. Kier Group PLC chief executive Haydn Mursell has stepped down from the construction firm with immediate effect following a disappointing rights issues. Chairman Philip Cox has been appointed executive chairman and he, along with finance director Bev Dew and chief operating officer […]

A fuel spill can cause a hazard to motorists and if not treated promptly, result in costly, time consuming resurfacing requiring lanes closures further interfering with traffic flow.  Cleansing is quick, efficient and often all that is required … but being cheaper, it provides little return for a Highways Contractor. May 2012 saw the Forth Bridge subject to almost a […]