By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
An active travel, cycling and walking plan for Nantwich and other towns are to go out to public consultation, says Cheshire East Council.
The draft proposals for the latest “local cycling and walking infrastructure plans” (LCWIPs) were discussed by councillors at a highways committee.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Residents have urged Cheshire East to consider introducing a 20mph speed limit on restricted roads across the borough and asked why it isn’t included in the draft active travel strategy.
The call came at a meeting of the highways and transport committee where councillors were discussing the draft strategy and local cycling, walking and infrastructure plans.
Passengers have placed Cheshire East Council in the top 10 of UK local authorities for how satisfied they are with their bus services.
The survey by the independent public transport watchdog “Transport Focus” found user satisfaction in the borough’s services was 88% – a 5% increase on last year’s results.
Nantwich in Bloom and the Mayor’s charity have received a welcome boost from the Black Lion pub.
Darren Snell, landlord of the Welsh Row venue, has sponsored the floral displays in the large planters outside NatWest Bank for a second year.
A housing developer wants to turn the former B&M store in Nantwich town centre into 20 new apartments.
A planning application has been submitted by Mr Anshul Raja of Apavi Group Holdings for a change of use for the Swine Market building.
A town councillor is urging dog owners to keep dogs on leads around Nantwich Lake and the Riverside following more incidents endangering swans and wildfowl.
Swans and their cygnets frequently nest in these areas but there have been a number of attacks by dogs not on leads.
Health and fitness giant David Lloyd Leisure has unveiled more detailed plans for its new club in Nantwich.
The firm, Europe’s leading health, fitness and wellness group, is proposing a new David Lloyd Club on land off Newcastle Road, between Cheerbrook roundabout and Vagrants social club.
Motorists are being warned of road closures around Leighton Hospital as essential infrastructure work gets underway this month.
The work is part of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s programme to create a health and care neighbourhood around the new hospital.
A garden designer from Nantwich has teamed up with landscapers to make green spaces aimed at improving people’s wellbeing.
Former Brine Leas student Carolyn Hardern has joined forces with landscaper Jon Jarvis and horticulturalist Alan Nugent to form a new not-for-profit group called “Constructing Minds with Nature”.
Farmers’ wives Elizabeth Hickson and Margaret Callwood are saddling up for a marathon ride to raise funds for a charity close to their hearts.
The long-time friends are hard in training ahead of their cycle challenge from London to Bruges in September.
Cheshire East has given the go-ahead for coffins to be buried at an ecological burial ground at Shavington despite concerns raised about flooding and groundwater pollution, writes Belinda Ryan.
Santune Meadows is a natural burial site which already has permission for urn interments.
A cat who was abandoned with his mum and littermates in a bin bag and dumped by the roadside, starred in one of Channel 4’s “Narrow Escapes” episodes about living on a narrowboat near Nantwich.
Hugo, a black and white male cat, was rescued by the RSPCA 15 years ago when he was found tied-up in a bin bag on the roadside in Surrey.
Willaston councillors say they have fought off a challenge to take over fields bordering their allotment site off Crewe Road.
It’s believed the challenge was related to a housing developer’s plan to build 220 houses, although this has not been confirmed.
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