DfT’s 2026-27 highways maintenance transparency reporting and incentive funding rules now score local authorities on the balance of spend across preventative, structural and reactive maintenance, not on pothole numbers. This webinar explains what’s changed and what it means for your RAG rating and incentive funding. It features a first-hand account from a local authority, currently Amber-rated and working to strengthen their spend and best-practice position, based on their own experience. It also covers two practical ways to respond: how asphalt rejuvenation fits into a preventative maintenance strategy, and how to procure it quickly and compliantly under the Procurement Act 2023.
The webinar offers local authority highway engineers’ independent guidance on DfT’s new transparency and incentive rules, featuring a real local authority’s account of its asset management decision-making. Like many audience participants, the local authority who will join us is on its RAG journey and is not presenting a finished result. It also includes examples of best practice under the Procurement Act 2023 to act on. This webinar is not just a supplier talking about their product; it’s an example of collaborative best practice to share with other similar local authorities in England.
Attendees will leave with an understanding of:
- How DfT’s RAG ratings and incentive funding now depend on the balance between preventative and reactive spend
- How our guest local authority, an Amber-rated authority like most of those in the room, is using preventative maintenance to strengthen its spend and improve its best-practice scorecards
- How asphalt rejuvenation fits into a preventative maintenance strategy
- Which route under the Procurement Act 2023 will move a preventative treatment programme forward fastest in readiness for the 2027 season.
Who should attend?
This webinar is suitable for highway asset managers, highway engineers, finance officers responsible for highways budget and procurement officers at local highway authorities in England.
Please note: This is a sponsored webinar and the sponsor reserves the right to approve or decline attendees.