Nantwich Town councillors have called on the Canal & River Trust to make urgent repairs to Nantwich Aqueduct.
The 200-year-old structure – designed by Thomas Telford – was badly damaged when a heavy farm vehicle crashed into it in 2021.
Highways chiefs have closed a busy road in Nantwich to allow United Utilities to repair an ongoing leak.
The “emergency closure” is in Middlewich Road in Nantwich between the Sainsbury’s and A51 roundabouts.
Miffed off villagers in Wrenbury have created their own roadside sign – to warn motorists of the horrific state of the highway!
The sign, stating “This road may break your vehicle – and your soul”, has been erected by the side of Station Road in Wrenbury.
By Mark Smith, local democracy reporter
Schools across Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester are to receive Government cash to carry out repairs and upgrades.
The condition improvement funding will see a £456 million pot of cash earmarked for 1,000 projects up and down the country.
Modern electronics exist in the awkward position of being easy to use yet almost impossible to fix without the technical know-how.
Unfortunately, this contradiction means that smartphones, laptops, and even clocks tend to wind up in landfill sites once our ability to turn them off and on again has been exhausted.
A property management group says it is looking at “different solutions” for a footbridge in Stapeley which has been closed for safety reasons.
The footbridge is on privately owned land on the Pear Tree development, linking Massey Close with Beechwood Close and the nearby shops.
Nantwich residents are being warned about delays and disruption in the town amid a host of road schemes and utility repair works over next few weeks.
Highways bosses at Cheshire East Council say they are taking steps to “minimise the impact on local events” such as Nantwich Food Festival.
Cheshire East Council has outlined its planned works programme for highways in 2022-23.
The programme includes repairs and renovations on roads, paths and bridges in and around the Nantwich area as well as across the borough.
New “quality assurance officers” are to be used by Cheshire East Council to inspect work carried out on the borough’s roads.
The authority said it aims to improve the quality of highways repairs after mounting criticism about the state of the area’s roads.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Cheshire East Council needs to invest as much as it can now to improve its highways to avoid closing unsafe roads in the future, a councillor warned.
It comes as the authority has included £7 million in its capital programme in 2022/3 for highways.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Repairing Cheshire East’s roads will take a staggering 400 years if the investment from government continues at the same rate.
That’s the claim made by the chair of the highways committee at Cheshire East Council, Cllr Craig Browne.
Motorists in Crewe and Nantwich are being warned of some disruption as Cheshire East Council steps up its road repairs programme in next few weeks.
With major gas pipe works on Welsh Row, bridge repairs on A530 Whitchurch Road, and fibre broadband works across the town, it could be a summer of delays and diversions.
The busy A530 Whitchurch Road near Nantwich is to be closed for up to eight days for major canal bridge repairs.
Drivers are being urged to avoid the route and follow diversions between July 31 and August 8.
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