By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
The Government has handed borough chiefs another funding boost to tackle potholes – but an opposition councillor warns some roads might never be restored.
Cheshire East Council has been given an extra £533,171 from the Department for Transport to improve the borough’s roads.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Action is being demanded to fill Cheshire East’s potholes after councillors complained that patched up roads are breaking back up.
Cllr Mick Warren, independent member for Macclesfield East, told Thursday’s full council meeting that two potholes in his ward have broken back up just three weeks after they were repaired.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
The Government is set to invest more than £8 million on patching up Cheshire’s roads next year.
Cheshire East Council will receive £4,632,000 from the Department for Transport in 2019-20, while Cheshire West and Chester Council will receive £3,525,000.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Councillors and officers at Cheshire East are hopeful a new code of practice will mean the end of ‘bodge job’ pothole repairs on major roads.
Cheshire East Council is set to adopt a new code of practice for road maintenance – called the Well Managed Highway Infrastructure – in line with Government guidelines introduced two years ago.
Ringway Jacobs has landed a £600 million contract from Cheshire East Council to continue managing its highways service across the borough.
The council approved the award of a new contract to deliver highways services for up to 15 years.
By Stephen Topping
Roads across South Cheshire could get a whole lot worse next winter.
That’s the warning from Cheshire East Council Conservative Cllr George Walton who says not enough work has been done to patch up the borough’s roads after last winter.
By Stephen Topping
The councillor in charge of Cheshire East’s roads insists their approach to repairing potholes is “the right way forward”.
Cllr Don Stockton believes engineers should be sent out to conduct structural repairs in a preventative way, rather than repair potholes as and when they need filling.
Key Nantwich roads are to be closed to allow for highway repairs and improvements, said Cheshire East Council.
Highways teams are targeting busy routes including Station Road, Prachitts Row, and Millstone Lane with work beginning this weekend, March 25 – just five days before the start of Nantwich Jazz Festival.
Police ran Operation Crossbow today to catch criminals crossing Cheshire’s borders.
Officers from four forces took part in the crackdown, designed to disrupt the criminal network using key routes in the county.
Residents and drivers across Cheshire East are being warned to be aware of potential flooding problems this week.
Cheshire East Council highways teams have to close three roads due to floods today (January 4), including Windmill Lane in Buerton near Nantwich, and Maw Lane and Gresty Lane in Crewe.
Villagers and councillors in Willaston have welcomed re-surfacing plans on two key roads.
Wistaston Road and Wybunbury Road, two main routes through the village, will undergo work to repair potholes and uneven surfaces.
More than £10 million of extra funding will help tackle pothole-ridden roads across Nantwich and Crewe.
Cheshire East Council has received it as part of a £54.5 million Government allocation to improve roads over the next six years to 2020/21.
Drivers in Nantwich are being urged to stay off the roads unless journeys are essential as snow grips the region again. Several centimetres fell across Cheshire overnight and continued this morning. Forecasters say it will return later today and tomorrow (March 23).
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