£1.6m highways project in Tamworth set to progress to next stage
A £1.6 million scheme to resurface a major road in Tamworth is about to progress to the second of five phases. Staffordshire County Council’s highways crews are completely resurfacing C03070 Coton Lane, from the junction of the A513 Comberford Road and the southern junction of Fontenaye Road. This huge road repair project, which commenced on 16 […]
Staffordshire County Council road crews help communities in heavy weather
Highway and recovery crews were out in force with emergency sandbags in the community after a weekend of torrential rain. On Saturday night Staffordshire County Council’s Highways team moved 300 sandbags to help 10 homes in the Upper Tean area of the Staffordshire Moorlands and returned on Sunday with more for other houses threatened by […]
Major Tamworth road will be improved in £1.6m highways project
Major resurfacing works are taking place on a key Tamworth road from next week, as part of a £1.6 million road repair scheme. The Staffordshire County Council highways improvement project will see crews completely resurface the C0370 Coton Lane, from the junction of the A513 Comberford Road and the southern junction of Fontenaye Road. The […]
Staffordshire: Key Burton junction resurfacing project completed
A key junction in Burton has been completely resurfaced, thanks to a £600,000 highways initiative. The Swan Junction, which sits on the A511 Ashby Road at the south-eastern end of Burton Bridge, has undergone a seven-week overhaul as part of Staffordshire County Council’s programme of road repairs in the area. In addition to completely resurfacing […]
The hole story: Staffordshire’s pothole focus sees more than 11,000 fixed in three months
An £8 million investment into road defect repairs in Staffordshire is seeing positive results. Since May, when the investment into Staffordshire’s roads was announced, more than 11,300 potholes have been repaired across the county. Compared to last year, the work means there has been a 19% increase in the amount of defects repaired. Added to […]
Staffordshire County Council announce new road weight limit information events
Communities near a road west of Burton can find out more about plans to introduce a weight limit on it at two public information events next month. The scheme will see the B5017 from the junction with the A515 up to the junction with Parkway (reclassified as the C5017) to allow for the introduction of […]
Staffordshire transport gateway improvement scheme progresses with new traffic arrangements
A scheme bringing major improvements to a key Staffordshire gateway junction is progressing well, with latest traffic management changes set to take place. The project will ease congestion and increase capacity around the A38 Branston interchange junction near Burton. It includes creating additional lanes around the junction, on the slip roads and on Branston Road […]
Staffordshire: £1.1m highways improvement works starts in Lichfield
Works to completely resurface a major carriageway in Lichfield are set to start next week, thanks to a £1,150,000 county council investment in the area. The scheme, commencing today (Monday 3 June), will take place on the A5127 Birmingham Road between the junctions of St John Street and Green Hill. In addition to resurfacing the full […]
Staffordshire: Biddulph carriageway set to be resurfaced next month
A £860,000 highways improvement scheme to resurface Meadows Way in Biddulph will commence at the start of June. The works will take place on the A527 Meadows Way between the Wharf Road roundabout and the Tunstall Road roundabout. Crews will completely resurface the carriageway, replacing ironwork where necessary and replacing damaged kerbs as part of a […]
Staffordshire: First phase of £1.25m Derby Road project nears completion
Works to reconstruct and resurface the A5121 Derby Road between James Brindley Way and the Pirelli Roundabout are on track to be completed by 28 June. The £1.25 million scheme includes repairs to drainage systems, kerbing, ironwork and footpaths where required. Derby Road closed for a week at the end of April so that drainage […]
