Cheshire East Council submits its bids to Levelling Up Fund
Cheshire East Council is the latest council to submit three bids to round two of the government’s Levelling Up Fund. The Levelling Up Fund is designed to invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life across the UK and, in March, Government launched the second round of bidding. Cheshire East Council submitted three bids – two relating to […]
Sod cutting celebrates start of work on major roads scheme in Crewe
A sod-cutting ceremony has celebrated the start of construction on the North West Crewe Package – a major improvement scheme that will ease congestion and improve access to Leighton Hospital. The ceremony took place at the construction site off Middlewich Road and saw Councillor Craig Browne, deputy leader of Cheshire East Council and chair of its highways […]
Cheshire East Council seeks feedback on two cycling and pedestrian schemes in Crewe
Cheshire East Council is inviting feedback on two schemes which will create new, attractive, and more direct links for pedestrians and cyclists between Crewe railway station and the town centre. The council has long-term ambitions to improve pedestrian and cycle links across Crewe to encourage an increase in active travel. As part of these ambitions, […]
Cheshire East unveils its highways works programme for 2022-23
Cheshire East Council has outlined its planned works programme for highways in 2022-23. The authority identifies and prioritises what highways maintenance, repairs and improvements to do each year and allocates the available budget for work programmes in accordance with its asset management approach. Each month the full works programme will be updated and re-issued to […]
Works progressing well ahead of bypass construction
Preparation works for the construction of the much-anticipated £74m Middlewich Eastern Bypass are continuing to progress well, according to Cheshire East Council. A programme of preliminary works is being implemented during 2022. This has seen the recent completion of construction of a railway access point to the site, near Booth Lane and the British Salt […]
Cheshire East ‘invests to save’ amid government cuts to highways funding
Cheshire East Council has voted to increase its spending on roads maintenance by £19m over the next three years as part of its ‘invest to save’ strategy. The aim is to help tackle the borough’s crumbling 2,700km network, amid cuts in government funding for highways – and reduce the number of potholes that need repair. In […]
£7 million for Cheshire East roads in 2022-23, but councillors send funding warnings
Cheshire East Council needs to invest as much as it can now to improve its highways to avoid closing unsafe roads in the future, a councillor warned. It comes as the authority has included £7 million in its capital programme in 2022/3 for highways. A further £4m is earmarked for 2023/4 and £4m again in […]
Early works set to begin on major Crewe highways scheme
Works to prepare for the delivery of a major highways scheme in Crewe will begin next week – with the main works set to get underway by summer. The North West Crewe Package (NWCP) will see a series of highways and junction improvements made around the Leighton area to ease congestion and improve access to Leighton Hospital, […]
Cheshire East joins ‘fix our funds to fix our road’ campaign
Cheshire East Council is joining local authorities across the country in calling on the government to ‘fix our funding so we can fix our roads’. The campaign, which is apolitical, has been launched by the leader of Conservative-controlled Lincolnshire County Council in recognition that many local authorities across the country have seen their funding for […]
Cheshire East Council starts consultation on new active travel routes
Cheshire East Council has started a public consultation on its latest proposals to boost cycling and walking in the borough. The council wants to hear residents views on proposals for two new active travel projects – Manchester Road in Wilmslow and Handforth and Manchester Road in Tytherington. These two schemes secured the most support during […]