Plummeting temperatures and snowfall threaten to bring the region’s roads to a standstill. Transport Correspondent Patrice John looks at how future cuts in funding could bring traffic to a grinding halt.Read
Eight years after the idea was first proposed, Birmingham City Council is ready to hand over the task of improving and managing 1,500 miles of roads and pavements to the private sector.Read
The conclusion of a £2.7 billion Private Finance Initiative to improve and manage Birmingham’s roads over the next 25 years has proved to be a journey of discovery for the main political groups on the city council.Read
Six years ago, Mike Whitby declared his outright opposition to the Birmingham highways PFI on the grounds that it would remove responsibility for road repairs from direct council control.Read
Birmingham’s battered roads are in line for a £2.7 billion makeover after engineering giants Amey won a contract to manage the city’s highways network.Read
On eve of the announcement of which firm will win Birmingham’s £2.2 billion highways contract, one of the two bidders has unveiled a giant new international design hub in the city.Read
The two companies battling to carry out Birmingham City Council’s £2.2 billion highways private finance initiative are facing yet another agonising wait before discovering which one of them has won the lucrative contract.Read
Support services company Amey – which is one of two firms bidding for Birmingham’s giant highways contract – has landed a contract with Network Rail worth up to £4.5m.Read
Amey has staged a last-minute rally to bounce back into the league of top-performing Birmingham firms all vying with each other to raise money for the Children’s Hospital.Read
