Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire highway works result in thriving home for wildlife

A new roundabout in Rugeley has resulted in the creation of habitats for bees and other pollinators. The new eco-friendly refuge, completed in July, was established just off the A51 highway improvements providing access to a new housing development. The space is expected to attract various pollinating species, including bees and moths. Staffordshire County Council’s […]

Staffordshire makes safety improvements for families and cyclists in Burton

Work starts this month to install a new crossing near a primary school in Burton, supporting safe and active travel for cyclists and families on the school run. A new shared footpath and cycleway will be installed by Staffordshire County Council’s highways crews to bridge the gap in the National Cycle Network (NCN) 54 between […]

Resurfacing work to start in Burton town centre

A highways project to improve two Burton town centre junctions is beginning next week. The Staffordshire County Council scheme will see crews resurface the junction of Union Street, Orchard Street and New Street. Works will also include the New Street traffic island, along with the High Street and Manor Drive approaches. Daytime work to repair kerbs, […]

£1.5 million highways improvements to busy Tamworth junction completed

A £1.5 million project to reconstruct a key roundabout junction in Tamworth has now been completed. This scheme, carried out by Staffordshire County Council’s highways crews, involved resurfacing sections of the Coleshill Street Island in Fazeley and its approaches, including Lichfield Street and Atherstone Street on the B5404. The project was initially on track to […]

Figures reveal pothole progress in Staffordshire

Highways crews in Staffordshire filled more potholes last year than each of the previous four years. New figures reveal that more than 37,000 potholes were filled in 2024/25, after the county came out of the wettest winter for more than 100 years. The progress has been made by utilising more crews, and new equipment such as […]

Major Tamworth highways scheme completed ahead of schedule

A major £1.2 million highways improvement scheme in Tamworth has been completed two weeks ahead of schedule. The Staffordshire County Council scheme at Aldergate and Upper Gungate took just over seven weeks to complete all of the planned works. It saw the reconstruction and resurfacing of the road between Lichfield Street and Comberford Road along […]

Major Tamworth highways project nears completion

A £1.2 million project to reconstruct a key route running through Tamworth town centre remains on track to complete next month. The Staffordshire County Council highways scheme, at the B5493 Aldergate and A513 Upper Gungate, is seeing the resurfacing of the road between Lichfield Street and Comberford Road. Work also includes improvements to a section of […]

£45 million boost for Staffordshire Highways over the next three years

An extra £45 million will be invested in maintaining and improving Staffordshire’s highways over the next three years. The County Council says that, on top of this, a further up to £15 million will be ploughed into the county council’s Fixing More Roads scheme, which over the past year has seen more than 36,000 potholes […]

£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 […]