Category: Highways, transport and environmental maintenance

1469 Highways, transport and environmental maintenance posts found.

New way of repairing potholes to be trialled in Whitchurch and Market Drayton

23/07/2019
A pothole three months after being treated

An innovative new way of repairing Shropshire’s potholes more quickly, quietly and effectively is to be trialled on urban roads in Whitchurch…

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Derrington Bridge near Ditton Priors – daytime road closure from 5 August 2019

19/07/2019

Derrington Bridge will be closed for repair for up to five days from Monday 5 August 2019 between 9.30am and 4pm. The…

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Response to Shrewsbury BID’s concerns about town centre work

19/07/2019
The pocket park in Shoplatch, Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury BID have raised a number of concerns in relation to the current closure of High Street, and the planned ‘wayfinding’ project…

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Road safety campaign addresses community concerns

17/07/2019
A raod with markings ( a road bends)

Over 100 Shropshire residents engaged with a campaign that is aimed at improving the safety of West Mercia’s roads. Last week (8-12…

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Shropshire’s first electric bus arrives in the county

12/07/2019
With the electronic bus are James Willocks and Councillor Simon Harris from Shropshire Council, with Jamie Crowsley from Arriva

Shropshire Council’s first-ever electric bus arrived in the county today (Friday 12 July 2019). The bus will initially be used on  Shrewsbury’s…

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Replacement of kerbs and paving on Shrewsbury’s High Street set to begin

05/07/2019

Shropshire Council is set to begin a major facelift of the kerbs and paving on High Street and at the bottom of…

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Pothole busters ‘Fill.I.Am’ and ‘Harry Pothole’ meet the children who named them

24/06/2019
Children at Footsteps Nursery in Oswestry meet Harry Pothole

The two special vehicles that help tackle potholes on Shropshire’s roads have met the children that chose their new names. In a…

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Frankwell Main car park, Shrewsbury – flooding update (Thursday 13 June)

13/06/2019

River levels will peak at around 2.7 metres at Shrewsbury’s Welsh Bridge Gauge today. This is below the level that impacts Frankwell…

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Closure of Leg Street and Beatrice Street in Oswestry for electricity upgrade

07/06/2019

Leg Street and Beatrice Street in Oswestry will be closed from 17 June to 5 July [2019] while Scottish Power upgrades parts…

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Planned changes to bus services to be reconsidered by Cabinet

04/06/2019

The proposed reduction or removal of a number of subsidised bus services in Shropshire is to be reconsidered by Shropshire Council’s Cabinet…

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