eNews
Issue 5 | Winter 2011
Welcome
Howard Robinson, RSTA Chief Executive
Focus on highway maintenance
The recent Autumn Statement by the Chancellor gave some encouraging news to the highways sector with talk of more funding being invested in new road schemes and maintenance.
The National Infrastructure Plan committed over £10 billion for maintenance and investment in key road and local transport schemes and a further £1.4bn has been committed to fund new strategic road schemes between now and 2015.
It is unfortunate however that the government appear to want to invest mainly in new road infrastructure rather than allocating more funding....
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Chairman's view
Rob Gilespie, RSTA Chairman
A watershed year
Welcome to the Winter edition of the RSTA E-news, I am sure you will find the articles contained within it informative and topical and provide you with new understanding of road surface treatments...
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Advertising feature
RSTA NEWS
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Excessive motorist taxation needs to be addressed
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RSTA calls for good practice for pothole review
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Suite of good practice
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Lack of funds not the only reason for pot holes
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Survey finds substantial cuts in road maintenance
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AA Streetwatch survey bodes ill for this winter
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RSTA training
Industry management and supervisory skills. read more »
National Highway Sector Schemes read more »
RSTA Sector updates
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Surface Dressing Sector
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Slurry Surfacing Sector
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High Friction Surfacing Sector
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Specialist Treatments Sector
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Clients' view
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Highway Maintenance Efficiency Programme (HMEP): An update
Matthew Lugg - Chair of Workstream 1, Seconded to Department for Transport
HMEP is a £6m Government funded programme to deliver efficiencies across the highway maintenance sector. Since the launch in April the last six months of HMEP has been a busy period of mobilising resources... read more » -
Construction Products regulations for Surface Treatments of Road Services
C G Lewis - Technical Director, BSI Product Certification
The Construction Products Directive (CPD) was implemented in 1991 and this required all construction products sold within Europe to comply with harmonised European standards... read more » -
Road Maintenance – The views of the AA
Paul Watters - Head of Roads Policy, Automobile Association
In a dramatic turnaround from three years ago, the condition of the roads now beats the cost of motoring as the top motoring concern of the AA’s 15 million members... read more »
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