Wiltshire Council announces £2m boost to road safety schemes, including Black Dog crossroads
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Wiltshire Council is investing an extra £2m into improving road safety for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists at several busy junctions in the county. The money will be spent on installing traffic lights at Black Dog crossroads on the A360, as well as delivering improvements in Devizes, Winsley and at other locations around the county. At […]
Wiltshire Council improves A360 during SSEN and National Highways works
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Following the recent closure of the A360, Wiltshire Council has been working to improve the road before it reopened last week. The A360 from The Avenue to the A303 has been closed since April to enable Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), on behalf of National Highways, to supply electricity for the construction and future […]
Air Quality Action Plan formally adopted by Wiltshire Council
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Wiltshire Council has formally adopted its Air Quality Action Plan, which details how it will continue to progress with improvements to air quality and health protection across the county. Wiltshire Council has formally adopted its Air Quality Action Plan, which details how it will continue to progress with improvements to air quality and health protection […]
Wiltshire Council increases its huge investment into filling potholes, resurfacing roads and tackling highways flooding
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Wiltshire Council is investing millions of pounds into filling potholes, resurfacing roads and tackling the causes of highways flooding throughout the county in 2024/25. The council has allocated an extra £10m over the next two years to spend on filling potholes and a road resurfacing programme that will help to prevent potholes and other highways […]
Council to invest an extra £10m into road resurfacing to improve Wiltshire’s highways
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Wiltshire Council’s Cabinet agreed to invest a further £10m over the next two years into maintaining and resurfacing the county’s roads. The £10m of extra funding, which is on top of the £14m the council will spend this financial year on highways maintenance, is being funded through the council’s capital funding programme. The additional money […]
Milestone Infrastructure wins Wiltshire highways contract
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Milestone Infrastructure has secured a £300m deal to deliver highways maintenance over the next five years for Wiltshire Council. The firm will replace present delivery contractor Ringway in March, which was itself drafted in to maintain the highways network for five years after a bust-up between Balfour Beatty Living and the council in 2016, reports Construction […]
Wiltshire Council commits to more funding for community-based highways projects
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Funding for community-based highways projects in Wiltshire has been increased. Wiltshire Council’s cabinet has also agreed to change community area transport groups (CATGs) into local highway and footway improvement groups (LHFIGs). The 18 new LHFIGs – one for each community area in Wiltshire – will be made up of local Wiltshire Council members, town and […]
Wiltshire starts search for firms for new £300m highways term maintenance contract
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Wiltshire Council has started the search for a contractor for its Term highways maintenance service, with an emphasis of reducing the carbon footprint of the service. The work includes construction, foundation and surface works, routine, reactive and safety maintenance, repairs and cleansing operations, signing and lining, repairs and maintenance to structures, drainage CCTV investigations and […]
Wiltshire Council starts search for contractor for highway maintenance delivery
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Wiltshire Council has started the search for contractors to bid for highway maintenance delivery in the region over the next five to ten years. Presently, Ringway is the current incumbent, who came in after a original contractor Balfour Beatty left the contract. Before the bidding starts officially next April, the council is planning a suppliers […]
Wiltshire Council become the first local authority members of Safer Highways
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Wiltshire Council has become the first local authority to join Safer Highways as part of its new free membership programme and is also backing the organisation’s industry-led Stamp It Out initiative to eradicate road worker abuse. Speaking after becoming members, Diane Ware, Principal Technical Officer (Highways) at Wiltshire Council said: “At Wiltshire Council we have […]