Highways bosses at Cheshire East Council have declined an interview to explain the current situation with the borough’s crumbling road network.
But in a statement, they claim the extra £21 million allocated to CEC by the Government would be no where enough to fix the borough’s potholes.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter.
Cheshire East Council has scrapped plans to consult on proposals to axe or reduce its CCTV service.
But the authority is to ask Cheshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner and other partners to help fund it.
Nantwich’s historic market was beaten by Shrewsbury to the title of Britain’s favourite market.
Nantwich had been shortlisted in the top 10 in the country in the “Great British Market Awards”.
Cheshire East Council is “working hard to make roads safe”, claimed a council leader today.
It comes after many motorists flooded us with complaints about the crumbling state of our busy A roads, in particular the A530 Middlewich Road and A530 Whitchurch Road.
Staff at Reaseheath Zoo in Nantwich are mourning the death of Timmy, a Brazilian Tapir.
Timmy has been a popular attraction at the mini zoo since arriving in Nantwich in 2007
Popular lambing weekends are to take place again at Reaseheath College in Nantwich in March.
The college has confirmed there will be two weekends – March 1-2 and March 8-9 – for visitors to witness the arrival of newborn lambs and learn about farm life.
The pothole-ridden A530 Whitchurch Road is to be closed for four days near Aston and Broomhall for repairs.
Cheshire East Council started works today (January 27) and a closure is in place between the junction of Slaughterhouse Lane to the junction of Shropshire Lane.
Angry drivers fear they are taking their lives in their hands negotiating the pothole-ridden A530 Middlewich Road near Nantwich.
The busy “A” road is now in such a state, motorists are regularly swerving in and out to avoid damage to their vehicles.
The first phase of a three-year programme to re-stock River Weaver in Nantwich has taken place.
It comes 15 months after the river suffered devastating pollution incidents in 2023 which led to the deaths of thousands of fish.
A Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust boss says they are pushing for work on a new Leighton Hospital to start in early 2027.
It comes after Health Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed this week that the rebuild would go ahead for seven hospitals build wholly or mostly from RAAC.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council looks set to consult residents on cost-cutting proposals for its CCTV provision which could see the service reduced or even axed completely.
The council’s service currently operates on a 24/7 basis, 365 days of the year, including numerous cameras in around Nantwich town centre.
Crewe & Nantwich MP Connor Naismith has slammed Royal Mail today for its “unacceptable” postal service in some parts of Nantwich and Willaston.
And he says he is still waiting for a reply from the communications company more than a month after he first contacted them.
More than £21 million is to be given to Cheshire East Council to fix the borough’s pothole-ridden roads.
The money is part of a £1.6 billion package of funding from the Government to local authorities around the country.
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