Essex Highways takes defect reporting in-house with a major update
Residents and road users have more options when reporting road defects following a major update by Essex Highways. The update comes as users will no longer be able to raise issues via third-party sites, such as Fix My Street, from 1 January 2025 due to the lack of detail they provide inspectors. The ‘Report It’ […]
Octavius wins Chelmsford North East Bypass
Octavius has been awarded the £15.5m Section 1A of the Chelmsford North East Bypass byEssex County Council. Octavius will design and construct a single carriageway in each direction linking tworoundabouts at Beaulieu Park enabling essential new housebuilding to commence. Octavius Delivery Director for Highways Jamie Harrison added “We are delighted to have been selected to […]
£25 million to change the face of Essex’s road network
Essex County Council has announced a multi-million funding boost to radically improve its road network. The funding has been called Priority One. This reflects the importance of highways to its residents and businesses, the council said. £25 million will go towards resurfacing key roads and repainting white lines. It will also see more drain cleaning, […]
Essex Highways wraps up winter service
Essex Highways is wrapping up its winter service following the wettest recorded winter in 130 years. High levels of rainfall brought challenges such as frozen conditions and icy roads. This winter crews have: The county’s gritters will return for the 2024/25 winter season later this year. This starts in late October when temperatures begin to […]
Transport Safety Officer pilot launched in Essex
A pilot project that will see traffic officers deployed on public transport around Essex is set to be launched this month. Essex County Council has launched the pilot Transport Safety Officers (TSOs) initiative alongside Thurrock Council and Southend-on-Sea Council. Six officers have now trained and began their roles this month. They aim to make public […]
Essex DigiGo service extended to March 2026
The Essex County Council on-demand public transport service DigiGo will run until at least March 2026. DigiGo first launched in April 2022 as part of a two-year pilot scheme. This was funded by the Department for Transport’s Rural Mobility Fund. The on-demand service currently operates in parts of Essex. Following the extension, the service will […]
Essex’s Sustainable Transport Team recognised at national awards
A new, door-to-door digital, journey-planning tool has won first place at a national awards ceremony. The “All Roads Lead from Home” project has been developed by our Sustainable Transport Team in collaboration with You. Smart. Thing. It bridges the gap for residents of ten housing developments with a postcode that isn’t yet recognised on standard mapping tools. […]
£121m for road maintenance in Essex
Essex County Council has said it to is set to receive £121 million of Government funding for road repairs and resurfacing between now and 2034, following last week’s government announcement of an extra £8.3bn over 11-year’s for highway authorities. The funding has been reallocated to local Authorities across England from the HS2 scheme. The […]
New transport safety officers for Essex
Front-line safety officers will be rolled out in Essex to help stamp out anti-social behaviour on public transport. As part of a partnership including Thurrock Council and Southend-on-Sea City Council, Essex County Council has been awarded £490,000 by the Department for Transport (DfT). This will fund a pilot to recruit, vet, train and deploy six […]
£800,000 to help Essex schoolchildren get on their bikes
Essex County Council has secured a grant of £800,000 to provide cycle training to primary school children. Funding will be used over the next two years. It comes from Bikeability Trust UK, which administers the national Bikeability programme. This is on behalf of Active Travel England. Bikeability is the government’s national cycle training programme. It gives […]
