Alex Robertson | Chief Executive
Transport Focus

Appearances:

Highways UK 2026 Day 1 @ 10:25

Keynote panel: Funding and delivering the UK's road network

How will the transition to the next Road Investment Strategy reshape funding models across both the strategic and local road networks? This panel addresses the practicalities of balancing long-term capital projects with critical local maintenance backlog demands amidst tightening fiscal constraints.

Alex Robertson, Chief Executive, Transport Focus

Feras Alshaker, Interim CEO, Office of Rail and Road

Moderator: Paul Hutton, Managing Editor/ Owner, Highway News

Nick Joyce, Interim CEO, National Highways

David Shepherd, VP / Executive Director, ADEPT / Kirklees Council

Kate Carpenter, President, CIHT

Antonia Williams, Director General, Road Transport Group, DfT

Highways UK 2026 Day 1 @ 12:10

Panel: Devolution in practice: Empowering local transport decisions

How will shifting regional powers and funding models alter the delivery of local highway infrastructure? Featuring a panel of local authorities, this session addresses how councils can effectively use new funding models to align local priorities with national strategic goals and accelerate project delivery.

Ben Brittain, Director of Public Affairs, Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)

Katie Randall, Associate Director, City Economics, Arup

Simon Butt, Regional Director, Ringway

Alex Robertson, Chief Executive, Transport Focus

Moderator: JUSTIN WARD, Head of Policy, CIHT

Kathryn Moreton, Director of Environment & Place Operations, Walsall Council

Alice Darley, Head of Strategic Development, National Highways

last published: 08/Oct/26 15:25 GMT

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