Councillors to get 50% cash boost for local highways schemes of their choice in Cheshire East
Elected members of Cheshire East Council will have more cash to spend on highways projects in their local wards next year. Ward member budgets, introduced in 2021, will increase by 50% from £4,200 to £6,500. The change will empower elected members to prioritise local highway investment and call upon their own budgets to help finance […]
Cheshire East gives green light to new strategies to boost road safety
Cheshire East Council has given the green light to a number of new road speed and safety strategies to provide a safer road environment for everyone. Cheshire East Council’s highways and transport committee yesterday (22 September) approved three key documents – a speed management strategy, a vehicle restraint system strategy, and a skid resistance strategy. […]
Cheshire East Council approves next steps for walking and cycling scheme
Cheshire East Council has given an update on a scheme to improve walking and cycling links in Crewe and outlined the next steps in its plans. The Southern Gateway Pedestrian and Cycling Connectivity Scheme will transform the southern part of Crewe town centre and is one of the projects being progressed following the council’s successful […]
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 […]