Cheshire East Council redesigning delivery of its transport services
Cheshire East Council has announced it is redesigning the way in which it delivers transport services. Over the last three years, the council has been undertaking an extensive review of each of its wholly-owned companies. Following the latest stage of that review, the strategic, planning, commissioning and procurement functions of the services previously provided by […]
Council to change winter gritting routes to match ‘best practice’
Cheshire East Council has confirmed that changes to gritting routes will be implemented next winter following a review. The ‘Well-Managed Highway Infrastructure’ (WMHI) code of practice, which is overseen by the UK Roads Liaison Group on behalf of the Department for Transport (DfT), recommended local highway authorities review gritting routes to prioritise the most critical parts […]
Work progressing well on £53m Poynton Relief Road
Work is ‘progressing well’ on the new £53m Poynton Relief Road scheme – with the first two beams for the new bridge now in place, according to Cheshire East Council. The design and build contract for the 3km road was awarded in autumn 2019 to construction and civil engineering specialist contractor Graham, which carried out […]
Eurovia Contracting trys out all-electric in Cheshire East
Eurovia Contracting, delivering public realm and highways works, is supporting the council and Ringway Jacobs as their integrated highways service provider, by trialling innovative new electric plant to create an ‘all-electric’ site team to deliver one project in Macclesfield. The Castle Street scheme, which Cheshire East Council is funding, is part of a programme of […]
Congleton link road opens to traffic
The £90m Congleton link road has now opened to traffic. The new highway joins the A534 Sandbach Road to the west and the A536 Macclesfield Road to the north, opening up connectivity and improving travel between Macclesfield, Congleton and the M6. It will release 20 hectares of new employment land with the potential to create 3,000 jobs by […]
Congleton Link Road to open to vehicles in April
The opening date of the £90m Congleton Link Road has been revealed – along with its historic new name. The 5.5km route will open for the public to walk and cycle along on Friday 16 April and that weekend, before opening to vehicles on Monday 19 April and will be named Wolstenholme Elmy Way – […]
Cheshire East Council gets £13 million for highways maintenance funding-a 29% reduction
Cheshire East Council has been allocated a total of £13 million from the government’s highways maintenance funding for next financial year, which includes £5.7 million for potholes. This represents a drop of nearly £4 million, which is a 23% reduction compared with the current year. Furthermore, between 2016/17 and 2019/20 the level of funding was […]
Villages in Cheshire East en route to benefit from new transport fund
Cheshire East Council has said it expects to secure nearly £1.3m from the Department for Transport’s Rural Mobility Fund to improve links to the south west of Nantwich, it was announced at a cabinet meeting yesterday. The new services will positively impact the residents of Bunbury, Wrenbury and Audlem, where the public transport service offer […]
Cheshire East goes out to consultation on new local transport and parking plans
Cheshire East Council has launched public consultations on local transport and parking plans across the borough. The consultations will seek to engage with communities, towns, elected members and stakeholders. The results of the exercise will inform the future direction of how to improve transport, walking and cycling in its towns. It will also inform proposals, […]