Council chiefs probe variation in local transport scheme costs

Lee Baker reports on the hot debates from LTT’s The Future of Local Transport Delivery conference, held this week at the Brit Oval in London

Councils have asked consultants to pinpoint the reasons why the cost of delivering similar capital projects and maintenance schemes varies across the country.

The investigation by Ringway for clients across the UK comes as practitioners and providers agreed at LTT’s Future of local transport delivery conference this week that there was a need for better information on what causes capital unit costs to rise and fall.

George Batten, president of the Association of Directors of Environment,...

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