Roadworks at a busy Nantwich junction are set to take place over four nights, Cheshire East highways have confirmed.
The resurfacing works will take place at the junction of the A51 London Road, Peter De Stapleigh Way and Elwood Way in Stapeley.
Nantwich Town Councillors are pressing ahead with plans to restrict heavy vehicles accessing pedestrianised areas in the town centre.
A particular focus is on Mill Street, where large delivery vehicles are accessing the town centre.
Cheshire East highways bosses have been slammed after releasing plans for treating major A roads – including two which don’t exist!
The authority unveiled this week a programme of highways and transport improvements set to take place across the borough in 2026-27 as part of a £45 million investment.
Nantwich Lake car park has undergone an upgrade following action by two Nantwich Town councillors.
The improvement works, carried out by Cheshire East Council Highways team, follow lobbying by Nantwich South councillors Geoff Smith and John Priest.
Cheshire East Council’s director of highways is to leave his role for a new position in the East Midlands.
Tom Moody, who was Director of Infrastructure and Highways at Cheshire East since 2022, is joining the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) as Director of Transport
A major A road is being closed between Stapeley and Bridgemere for five days next week to allow for improvement works, says Cheshire East highways.
The A51 London Road between Stapeley and Wybunbury/Bridgemere will be closed between October 6 and 10, from 7.30am to 5pm.
One of the busiest roads in and out of Nantwich is to close for four days, Cheshire East highways have said.
Newcastle Road, between the Elwood Way traffic lights and level crossing, will close from September 16 between the hours of 9.30am and 2.30pm.
Fed-up residents across South Cheshire have been signing up to a new Facebook group to highlight the growing danger of potholes on the borough’s roads.
In just a few days the new Facebook group – called Cheshire East Pot Hole Surveillance – had attracted more than 700 people
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.
Disruption will continue in Wistaston this week after a sink hole opened up on a busy road in the village.
The hole emerged on Laidon Avenue last week between the junctions of Rope Bank Avenue and Rimsdale Close.
Cheshire East Council has appointed Phil Cresswell as executive director for place.
He will oversee key services such as highways, waste and recycling, planning, transport and parking, economic development and other place-based services.
Local councillors and Crewe & Nantwich MP have welcomed the go ahead for a new direct bus service from Nantwich to Leighton Hospital.
Cheshire East Council’s Highways and Transport Committee voted unanimously to approve the service, which will come into service from April 2025.
More than 1,000 people have aired views on the current Cheshire East Council consultation on local bus services.
The consultation, which runs until July 3, seeks views from as many people as possible – whether you are a regular bus user or not.
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