Across the industry there is a wealth of experience that can be harnessed to achieve demonstrably better outcomes collectively compared to what has been delivered in the past.  Success in collaboration and partnering requires some key elements to be in place.

Attacks on gritting crews and their equipment appear to be happening more often and even more worrying is that it appears to symptomatic of a wider problem - abuse of road workers in general.

HTMA is becoming recognised as the voice of the industry, the organisation to consult and obtain input from for industry reviews and consultations.   

HTMA is pleased to be working with the Department for Transport (DfT) as one of the contributors to its Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme (HMEP).

HTMA is pleased to announce that Phil Atkinson, Mouchel Operations Group Managing Director for Infrastructure Services was elected to the Executive Board on 15^th July.

A new way of working has been launched for the UK highways maintenance and management industry.

HTMA, (Highways Term Maintenance Association), CECA (Civil Engineering Contractors Association) and BCIS (Building Cost Information Services of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) have collaborated to develop a set of new price adjustment indices specifically for term contracts in the highways maintenance industry.  Cheshire West and Shropshire are the first to adopt the mechanism within their new contracts being issued later this month.   

The 4th HTMA Conference "Facing the Future in Hard Times" held on Wednesday 6th April in Westminster, London, attended by many senior people from both the private and public sector all keen to address the challenges and opportunities facing them in the wake of the Comprehensive Spending Review, has been hailed "a huge success".

Members of HTMA Safety Forum have developed a neck restraint for operators of Impact Protection Vehicles (IPV) in an attempt to reduce the number of RIDDORs caused by whiplash injuries.  Safety is integral to all activities in the highway maintenance industry and creating a safer environment for both the people who work within the industry and the traveling public is a priority for HTMA.

As the tax increases on fuel start to hit our wallets, we start to rethink if we need to use our vehicles quite as much. For some, however, there is no alternative and we have to use our own transport. For all drivers though, there are some actions that can be taken to give us the most out of a tank of fuel.

HTMA Executive Director David Hutchinson is hoping to allay fears that the Government Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR 2010) will spark major downsizing in the highways maintenance industry.