Transparency (lack of)
‘Transparency, in a business or governance context, is honesty and openness. Transparency and accountability are generally considered the two main…
Highways …”we have a problem”
“Okay, Highways, we’ve had a problem here.” “Say again please.” “Highways, we’ve had a problem. We’ve had a response undermine…
Highways England Unable or Unwilling to Stop Inflated Claims?
3 years ago … November 2016, Jim O’Sullivan Highways England’s CEO: ‘Thanks for your note. I also want to ensure…
Kier Highways Sanctioned For Late Payments
Given the regular exaggeration associated with Kier Highway’s invoicing process since they acquired Area 9 in 2014, it is possibly…
A Problem is Not Knowing the Problem
31/10/2019, Highway England, ‘suspending’ NSORC stated: ‘Contracts between Highways England (and in the past the Highways Agency) and maintenance contractors…
NSORC Transparency, Benefit and … Silence
24/06/2019: Introduction of a national schedule of repair costs for network damage (Green Claims). ‘Highways England is giving the insurance…
NSORC back to the drawing board?
Just what is the National Audit office going to review next month? NSORC appears to have have been a naively…
Smart motorways are “too complicated for people to use”
The old story… you make something idiot-proof and … they invent a better idiot? The same day Nottinghamshire Live called…
Lorries Can’t Limbo
It is October – expect more bridge strikes! ‘There are an average of five bridge strikes a day in Britain.…
MoT Check Before You Buy – Lawful is Insufficient for HE
2019 – You have bought a car, it passed its last MoT and is lawfully on the road BUT … if…