Shropshire Council to begin Pontesbury highway improvement works
Shropshire Council will be carrying out two highway improvement schemes in Pontesbury this summer to improve pedestrian facilities, enhance road safety for residents, businesses and visitors, and improve highway drainage. The first scheme will take place on Hall Bank from 24 August to 4 September, involving footway improvement works. The second scheme will take place […]
Almost 1500 simultaneous roadworks projects ‘causing gridlock’ across Liverpool
There are currently 1,457 work projects scheduled in Liverpool over the course of the next week and beyond, including 111 projects which will require full or partial road closures, according to the Liverpool Echo. The current situation has been described as “sheer madness” with local residents insisting that they’re causing “gridlock” to transport routes across […]
Essex: A13 reopens early as roadworks completed
Roadworks on the A13 in Essex that caused long delays for motorists and problems for businesses have finished much sooner than expected. Since 25 July, the A13 at Tarpots Junction in Benfleet has been closed 24 hours a day with work due to last until 15 August, but Cadent Gas said restrictions would now be […]
Cheshire East prepares for busy summer roadworks programme
Cheshire East Council is urging people to plan ahead this summer, as roadworks take place across the borough during the school holidays. Much of this work is scheduled for the summer months, when conditions are more suitable for resurfacing and maintenance. Some schemes are already under way, although a small number have experienced delays due […]
Southampton: New scheme introduced to reduce city roadworks disruption
People travelling around Southampton could soon face less disruption from roadworks after Southampton City Council received Government approval to introduce a lane rental scheme on parts of the city’s highway network. The scheme is designed to reduce congestion and delays for residents, businesses, and visitors caused by roadworks and street works on some of Southampton’s […]
North Ayrshire announces £8.3m roadworks programme
North Ayrshire Council has agreed its road maintenance programme for the next 12 months, and the earmarked £8.3m to be spent on various roadworks projects and infrastructure improvement is £3m greater than that which was spent over the same period last year. It comes after councillors agreed a budget which included the borrowing of £4m […]
Suffolk: Local praise for Felixstowe and Haverhill roadworks plan
A new plan to move cars that block roadworks is ending delays to desperately needed resurfacing projects in Suffolk, and having the added effect of eradicating parking problems for locals. The “lift and shift” trial was launched because resurfacing schemes were cancelled or partially finished because parked vehicles stopped workers’ access, says the Ipswich Star. […]
Councillor urges council to accelerate A39 roadworks
Somerset Council has been urged by one of its own councillors to speed up “embarrassing” roadworks on the A39 in west Somerset ahead of the Easter holidays. The council and its contractor Centregreat began work in early-January to upgrade the traffic signals at the Dunster Steep junction, where the A39 between Minehead and Williton meet the A396 between Dunster […]
Roadworks pause helps football supporters get home
Resurfacing roadworks on the A14 in Suffolk were paused to help football supporters get home after Ipswich Town’s Championship match against Hull City this week. To ensure their journeys to and from Portman Road were straightforward, National Highways lifted its overnight road closure between Newmarket and Stowmarket. The resurfacing project on the westbound carriageway resumed […]
Roadworks relocated to ease Watford General Hospital traffic ‘chaos’
Roadworks have caused “carnage” at Watford General Hospital with visitors reportedly taking an hour to leave the car park. Cadent Gas has been carrying out emergency repairs to a main after the smell of gas was reported near the junction with Thomas Sawyer Way in Wiggenhall Road, according to the Watford Observer. A gas escape […]