Sign up now to receive it for freehere People who use the road regularly will likely have experienced the flooding that can happen during periods of heavy or prolonged rainfall and these improvements have been designed to tackle the problem.”
Details of the road closure provided by Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Image: Stoke-on-Trent City Council)
The council remains in negotiations over plans to widen the road.
Councillor Daniel Jellyman, cabinet member for infrastructure, said: “We are aware that Milton Road is quite narrow in parts which can cause issues for traffic in both directions and we’re currently developing plans, supported by the local ward councillors, to widen a section of the road near to the bridge over the disused railway line.
As ever, it has been a busy week for planning in BRACKNELL as a number of applications have been decided on and submitted. Meanwhile, Bracknell Forest Council’s planning committee held a virtual meeting on Thursday, May 20 to discuss two plans. Although all council meetings are meant to take place in the borough chambers from now on, the committee was allowed to conduct the meeting virtually, as long as the decisions themselves were delegated to planning officers based on there recommendations. Councillors Tina McKenzie Boyle, Ankhur Bandhari and Michael Skinner, all Conservatives, were absent from the meeting, and therefore could not vote.