Manchester City Council starts consultation on active travel routes in north and east of city
Manchester City Council has started s second stage of consultation for a new walking and cycling route through neighbourhoods north and east of the city centre. Plans are to include a new continuous route between Ancoats, New Islington, New Cross, New Town, Red Bank, the Green Quarter and city centre. Work will include creating new […]
Three firms win contracts for Manchester highways works
Manchester City Council has appointed Manchester-based civil engineers Rosgal and J Hopkins Contractors alongside Liverpool-based Dowhigh to a £6m framework to maintain and construct roads. The firms will support Manchester City Council’s in-house highways team and will be called upon to supplement the council’s resources as required. There are several high-profile highways projects in the […]
Brake and Road Safety GB award Manchester’s CYCLOPS junction Local Roads Innovation award
Brake and Road Safety GB have awarded Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester City Council the Local Roads Innovation Award for the CYCLOPS (cycle optimised protected signals) junction, in Hulme. The junction forms part of Greater Manchester’s Bee Network and is innovative in placing the cycle route on the outside of the pedestrian crossings, fully […]