Norfolk County Council starts consultation on bus service improvement plans
Norfolk County Council has launched a consultation asking its residents’ views on bus services in Norfolk. With Norfolk set to be awarded almost £50m from the Department for Transport to make the county’s bus services and facilities better, your views will help to decide what the money should be spent on. In October 2021 the […]
Norfolk County Council working on ‘alternative’ road materials to help cut emissions
Norfolk County Council is working with the company that maintains its road network to produce some ‘environmentally-friendly alternatives to asphalt and similar materials, as part of plans to cut the county’s carbon emissions. Experts are looking to come up with new materials to use in highway maintenance. Norse Highways manage and maintain about 6,000 miles of […]
Transport Secretary seeks answers over A47 upgrade
The Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is asking National Highways and Norfolk County Council to sort out a wrangle over the future maintenance of a stretch of the A47. The road is earmarked to be upgraded to a dual carriageway, meaning a short stretch of single lane road will be de-trunked and handed from National Highways […]
Consultation opens on plan set to shape transport in Norfolk over the next 14 years
Norfolk County Council has started a public consultation on a set of proposed actions that are designed to address key transport challenges over the next 14 years. The Norfolk Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4) is set to drive the county’s transport strategy until 2036 and key challenges that the plan seeks to address include carbon […]
Need for Norwich Western Link reaffirmed by local residents and key supporters
Norfolk needs the Norwich Western Link to tackle congestion, boost the economy and improve road safety – that’s the message from key supporters of the project as a petition in support of the new link road between the A47 and Broadland Northway reached more than 2,750 signatures. The local MP, business and community leaders and […]
Next phase of improvements around major transport hub get underway
A major scheme to improve walking, cycling and public transport around Norwich train station will get underway from next week. The Transport for Norwich scheme will create a new transport hub outside Norwich train station and improve bus journey times to the station and city centre with the installation of a new bus gate on […]
Norfolk’s Norse Highways on the search for road construction materials
Norse Highways, a trading division of Norse Eastern, a company wholly owned by Norfolk County Council has started the tender process for the provision of road construction materials for delivery or collection. The company regularly undertakes programmes of routine highway maintenance including carriageway/footway patching, highway improvement schemes and an element of privately funded work attached […]
County Councillors in Norfolk ask for more money for local highway schemes
A call has been made for county councillors in Norfolk who represent urban areas such as Norwich to be given double the money to pay for improvements to local roads. Since 2017 Norfolk County Council has made money available to each county councillor, which they can choose to spend on highways improvement schemes. Councillors can currently […]
New drive to accelerate use of electric vehicles in Norfolk
A new drive to accelerate the use of electric vehicles in Norfolk is being considered by the county council’s cabinet. A report says more charging points could be provided on Norwich streets, at village halls and community hubs and in parking spaces for every new house. In April there were already 2,631 electric vehicles registered […]
Major Norwich road set for revamp to accommodate cycling and walking
A city centre road in Norwich is poised to get an £800,000 revamp to improve the area for walking and cycling. One-way roads, a new 20mph zone and a segregated cycle lane are just some of the proposals put forward in a shake-up of Norwich’s St Stephens Road and the surrounding areas. St Stephens Road was used […]
