By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council chiefs are being urged to make sure Crewe bus station is brought up to scratch ready for the long-awaited Royal Arcade redevelopment.
A new bus station is part of Cheshire East Council’s vision for Royal Arcade – which is also set to include a new cinema, gym, bowling alley, shops and a multi-storey car park.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
A woman with more than 25 years’ experience in local government will be named as Cheshire East Council’s new chief executive next week.
Lorraine O’Donnell is due to be voted into the £151,000-a-year role at next Thursday’s full council meeting in Sandbach Town Hall.
South Cheshire Chamber of Commerce members have welcomed the Government’s green light today for HS2 to go ahead.
They hailed the Government’s backing for HS2 as a victory for key employers who have long supported the campaign.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Town planners insist Crewe’s new-look town centre can work alongside the bustling Grand Junction retail park.
Cheshire East Council wants to transform Royal Arcade in Crewe town centre – with the authority hoping that a new cinema, bowling alley and shops can be built in 2023.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council chiefs are confident they will balance the books this financial year and next – but insist the future is less certain.
Authority staff were asked for cost-cutting ideas by Kath O’Dwyer, acting chief executive, last November as the council faced a £7.5 million overspend for 2019-20.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
More than 200 roads including many rural lanes in and around Nantwich will be taken off Cheshire East Council’s gritting routes after councillors approved the plan.
The controversial policy, which will come into effect from October this year, has been met with fierce criticism with many saying the council is putting lives in danger.
Cheshire East Council has been given £400,000 of Government funding to help the borough’s rough sleepers.
The council will receive £438,329.30 from a £112 million pot as part of the government’s rough sleeping programme.
The former RBS bank in Nantwich town centre could be turned into apartments and shops, new plans show.
Cheshire East Council has received an application to develop the former RBS branch on Pillory Street.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Plans to scrap Cheshire East Council’s cabinet in May and replace it with a series of decision-making committees have been pushed back by 12 months.
Councillors agreed last May that CEC should work towards introducing the new system for 2020-21, but a first proposal for how that could be carried out was turned down last November.
A Cheshire East Council report shows the authority could be about to cut 230km of roads from its winter gritting routes – including a number of rural roads around Nantwich.
The Well-Managed Highway Infrastructure report, to go before councillors next week, highlights potential changes to its winter service.
Work on a perimeter fence around Barony Park in Nantwich to prevent unauthorised traveller camps could start in March, it has emerged.
And campaigners who viewed detailed drawings of the plans this week, hope it will lead to the park gaining “green flag status”.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Councillors in Cheshire East are again calling for action to clear blocked gullies – claiming their regular reports of problems are falling on deaf ears.
Cheshire East Council has stepped up efforts to clear gullies following the major flooding which first hit the borough last summer – with an extra two gully emptying machines being used.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Another review of Cheshire East’s bus network is on the cards – two years after the last one saw evening and weekend services axed.
Cheshire East Council has faced repeated calls to reinvest in bus services since the last review in 2018, which led to the council cutting £1 million from its subsidised bus budget.
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