HS2 grant secured for Digbeth lighting scheme in Birmingham
Birmingham City Council has been awarded more than £210,000 from the HS2 Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF) to improve the lighting and accessibility of walking routes in Digbeth. The funding will be used for a new lighting scheme designed to brighten streets near HS2’s flagship Birmingham Curzon Street Station, currently under construction. It will […]
Birmingham City could succeed on one of six grounds in High Court over maintenance PFI
Birmingham City Council has succeeded on one of six grounds argued in the High Court in a dispute over support from the Secretary of State for Transport for its highways maintenance contract set up under the private finance initiative (PFI). The local authority sought judicial review of a decision not to support the revised PFI, […]
