Severn Trent Water fined £56,000 for misuse of road closure powers in Shropshire
Severn Trent Water has been ordered to pay more than £56,000 for unnecessary disruption to the public on Shropshire Council’s highways network. It’s due to misuse of the statutory powers that enable utilities companies to close a road for work classified as “emergency/urgent work” without prior planning or notification. At Telford Magistrates Court on Monday […]
New Street Works Charter from Lincolnshire County Council commits contractors and ten utility companies to make life better for the county’s road users
Ten of the county’s largest companies have come together with Lincolnshire County Council and it’s contractors to sign-up to a new Street Works Charter designed to cut the amount of disruption roadworks cause across Lincolnshire. The Charter is the work of the county council and has been put together in a bid to cut down […]
World’s first roadside deployment of wind turbines to go ahead on Telford & Wrekin’s network
The first public road in the world to host the Alpha 311 wind turbines is be in Telford, according to the company behind the technology. The ‘innovative’ vertical axis wind turbines will be mounted to street lighting on the A442 main carriageway where they will harvest the airflow from passing vehicles. This follows the news […]
Collaborative working with cabling companies avoids further disruption
Cheshire East Council and companies installing fibre-optic cabling are working together to minimise disruption so that homes and businesses can get connected to superfast broadband. The council’s highways service is ensuring that planned works to roads and pavements dovetail with the current roll-out of fibre-optic cabling in parts of the borough. This avoids the need […]
