Essential works to make Baddington Bridge safe for heavy goods vehicles on the A530 near Nantwich look set to go ahead – but could take up to nine months to complete.
It’s believed the cost of planned structural works could set Cheshire East Council back between £300,000 and £400,000.
Local councillors have aired concerns over the impact on rural villages near Nantwich amid a new weight restriction on a bridge on the busy A530.
The 7.5T restriction came into force today on Baddington Old Railway Bridge on the Whitchurch Road just a few hundred yards after leaving Nantwich.
A van driver has been arrested after careering off a country lane near Nantwich and crashing into a house.
The incident happened last night (June 10) on Cock Lane in Broomhall, near Nantwich.
A local transport firm is hoping to step in and provide a rural bus service to Nantwich villages after D&G decided to axe key routes.
Hit The Road Travel are exploring a new two-hourly circular route connecting Nantwich to Barbridge, Bunbury, Ravensmoor, Wrenbury and Aston.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Six candidates have thrown their hats into the general election ring in a bid to become MP for Chester South and Eddisbury.
The seat covers many rural areas near Nantwich, including Audlem, Bunbury, Wrenbury, Sound, Burland, Tarporley, and now Wybunbury after boundary changes.
Youngsters at Sound Primary School near Nantwich have buried a time capsule under a new housing development to show future generations what life was like in 2020s!
Pupils gathered items to be dug in at the 31-home Alderwood Gardens development.
Residents in Broomhall near Nantwich are benefiting from improved digital connectivity following the rollout of gigabit broadband services in the area.
It was delivered as part of a community fibre partnership funded by the government’s Gigabit broadband voucher scheme and the Connecting Cheshire top-up voucher scheme.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A plan to expand a fishery and leisure park at Newhall near Nantwich has been approved by Cheshire East councillors.
Coole Acres Fishery and Leisure Park, off Coole Lane, applied for permission to remodel hatchery ponds to create a new lake and to use land for the siting of 19 holiday lodges and two mobile camping pods.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans to expand a fishery and leisure park near Nantwich to create a new lake and 19 holiday lodges have been recommended for approval despite parish council objections.
Coole Acres Fishery and Leisure Park at Newhall has applied to Cheshire East Council for permission to remodel hatchery ponds to create a new lake and to use land for 19 holiday lodges and two mobile camping pods.
The new on-demand bus service ‘go-too’ is proving just the ticket for people in rural areas around Nantwich after clocking up its 10,000th passenger journey.
The service was launched 12 months ago in a bid to help reduce isolation in villages in a wide area south of Nantwich.
Fed-up road users in Wrenbury have launched a petition to get this busy pothole-ridden rural road re-surfaced.
It comes after residents believe Cheshire East Council had the funds to do the work on Station Road and Wrenbury Road last year – but then diverted the money elsewhere.
Cheshire East Council’s new on-demand bus service is growing in popularity with rising passenger numbers, the authority says.
The “Go-Too” bus service has notched up more than 3,500 passenger journeys since its launch in October.
Coole Lane in Nantwich has seen another crash – the third in three days – after Cheshire East Council removed it from its winter gritting route.
The latest accident involved a skip lorry which crashed off the road into the ditch.
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