Additional investment for Nottighamshire’s roads agreed

Councillors at Nottinghamshire’ County Council’s Transport and Environment Committee discussed proposals to make a significant investment in patching as part of £15m additional funding in roads and the environment over the next four years. The funding will specifically target a right repair, right first time, approach that delivers permanent repairs whenever possible, and will involve increasing […]

Nottinghamshire County Council to move away from temporary road repairs

Nottinghamshire County Council is to move away from temporary road repairs as much as possible once new recommendations from a recent review are implemented. The council has revealed the outcome of the cross-party panel’s highways assessment last month following several meetings aimed at improving the way it repairs potholes and pavements. The report provided about […]

Nottinghamshire County Council makes progress with case for major road network

Nottinghamshire County Council has provided an update on plans to create a major road network and improve two of the county’s most congested routes. The authority is progressing with its full business case to improve the A614 and A6097, aimed at reducing congestion, supporting drivers, encouraging economic growth and unlocking housing land. Work on the […]

Nottinghamshire County Council stocks up for the winter ahead

Nottinghamshire County Council has already prepared for the winter ahead by stocking its salt barns with 18,000 tonnes of grit. This is nearly 7,000 tonnes more than the nationally-recommended amount and enough to carry out four gritting runs every day, for three weeks. The 2020-21 winter season saw 109 outings for the 30-strong fleet of […]

Members of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Highways Review Panel meets operatives

Members of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Highways Review Panel have met with Via frontline staff at Bilsthorpe Highway Depot to explore, discuss and see first-hand how road repairs are currently made across the county. Councillors saw several types of road repairing machinery in action, explored the difference between surface dressing and micro asphalt, and had an […]

£48 million investment in highways and transport in Nottinghamshire

A total of £48m will be invested into the highways and transport network throughout Notts for 2021/2022, following the approval of the provisional Highways Capital and Revenue Programme at the Transport and Environment Committee. A further funding announcement is expected by the new administration as well, which will build on the extra £24 million invested […]

New Nottinghamshire cross-party highways panel gets to work

The new Nottinghamshire County Council cross-party highways panel will meet for the first time next week Following a motion last month, Nottinghamshire County Council’s newly-formed transport and environment committee is set to establish a cross-party review panel to deliver improvements across the county’s 2,750 miles of roads. Led by committee chairman, Coun Neil Clarke MBE, […]

Motion raised to unite political parties to deliver highway improvement in Nottinghamshire

A motion to set up a cross-party Highways Review Panel will be put forward at Nottinghamshire Full Council next week. If carried, the proposal will see politicians from all parties work together to examine the methods and technologies used to repair and maintain the county’s roads and suggest recommendations for improvement. In proposing the motion, […]

Roadmaster lends a hand in Nottinghamshire

New technology has been credited with helping to maintain and repair Nottinghamshire County Council’s road network. Mechanised patching equipment has helped to maintain more than 35,500sq metres of mainly urban roads, while the Roadmaster patching vehicle has worked on 61 sites, treating surface defects, filling cracks and removing potholes. The equipment supports the council’s strategy […]

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