Worcestershire active travel taskforce off to good start
Improvements to the cycling, walking and wheeling in Worcestershire was on the agenda last week at the first meeting of the newly created Active Travel stakeholder group. More than 30 participants from various backgrounds, representing groups and organisations from across the county. The group has been set up to help inform walking, cycling and wheeling […]
A successful, busy winter season comes to an end in Worcestershire
More than 5,000 tonnes of salt has been spread this winter covering almost 70,000 miles of roads in total across Worcestershire. The gritting season has now come to end after starting, as it does each year, in October and with the risk of sub-zero temperatures being unlikely. Worcestershire County Council has carried out 54 gritting […]
Worcestershire County Council focuses on potholes after cold snap and wet weather
Worcestershire County Council is acting promptly on repairing potholes following a mixture of unfavourable weather conditions in the past few months, it has said this week. Between October and December 2022, a total of 1,736 potholes were either reported by residents or identified by highways inspectors and swiftly repaired. It follows the dry summer weather, […]
Pershore Northern Link Road formally opened
The new Pershore Northern Link Road is now formally open, according to Worcestershire County Council. The road, which includes a new bridge over the North Cotswold railway line, opened in September 2022 and provides a link between the A44/B4083 and B4083 Wyre Road roundabouts north of Pershore. Councillors and officers from Worcestershire County Council were […]
Final eight columns being installed as historic bridge lantern refurb completes
A project to refurbish Worcester’s iconic street lantern columns on Worcester Bridge is expected to be completed by the end of next week as the final eight restored columns and lanterns are reinstated The columns, and their lanterns, were removed from the Grade II listed bridge earlier this year, so that the Worcestershire County Council […]
Worcestershire County Council’s Cabinet decides on two new major road improvement schemes
Two new major road improvement schemes have been discussed at Worcestershire Council’s Cabinet meeting this week. On the agenda for discussion was the North West Worcestershire Corridor (NWWC) Kidderminster and Hagley scheme and the A44 / A4538 scheme between Evesham and Worcester. The two schemes could bring significant improvements to the county’s major road network, […]
Worcestershire County Council looking for supplier to provide real-time traffic flow management systems
Worcestershire County Council invite suitable and experienced companies to participate in tendering for the supply of a real time traffic flow management system across Worcestershire Highway Network. The purpose of the tender is to identify a suitable organisation to supply real time traffic flow monitoring and upgrading existing sites, installation and monitoring for new sites […]
A4440 Southern Link Road opens
The final stage of the works enabling the A4440 Southern Link Road to open between the Ketch and Powick roundabouts is now complete, according to Worcestershire County Council. The section of the road is now dualled and the slip roads on to Carrington Bridge from the Kempsey direction and towards Malvern from the Powick roundabout […]
Thousands of new LED lights to shine across Worcestershire
An extra £6million will be spent by Worcestershire County Council on street lighting in a bid to complete the replacement of all non-led units to more energy efficient LEDs. Around 20,000 lights will be replaced with new ones in 2022/23, which will help to significantly cut energy costs. This coming year’s investment will also continue […]
Major investment into Worcestershire’s highways announced
Worcestershire County Council has pledged to make major additional investment to improve and maintain the county’s highways as part of their annual budget setting. In the budget for 2022/23, which was approved on Thursday at February’s Full Council meeting, the County Council made the commitment to invest in further improvements to Worcestershire’s roads. Highways will […]
