Paula Claytonsmith, Director, Government and Strategy at the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG), is the main guest on this week’s Highways Voices podcast and talks about how the organisation is ‘Making the case for local roads’.
“I have been talking about making the case for local roads for a number of years, so the fact that LCRIG sees that as at the heart of what it does is close to my heart,” she says.
Paula talks about the group’s mission to make the case for local roads, and explains: “The reality is that local roads are always going to be at the heart of how our communities operate, and become more successful and economically viable, and how they become more connected on a more societal level.
“So making the case for local roads is as much about the communities that received their day to day services, how to get to the office, how to get young people to colleges, schools, and everything that a network entails. If you think about it, people talk about universal service. But in some respects, a road is a universal service, and that road is evolving all the time.”
Ms Claytonsmith also discusses active travel, procurement, technology at the roadside, political viewpoints and funding in a wide-ranging interview.
You can listen to the full interview below:
Listeners will also hear co-presenters Paul Hutton and Adrian Tatum round up the week’s top stories and find out who gets recognised for excellence in the industry in “Adrian’s Accolade”.