THE trial of active travel lanes in Chester has been paused, the council has confirmed. Cheshire West and Chester Council says the decision has been taken after listening to the recommendations from the independent Sustainable Transport Task Force that has been analysing their use. The trial Emergency Active Travel lanes have been in operation for the past five months, but will now be paused from Monday. The council introduced two new trial Emergency Active Travel lanes in Chester as part of the Government’s ambitions to promote cycling, walking and public transport as healthy alternatives to using cars. The lanes were established in October 2020 for an initial six-month period during which time the authority would listen to the opinions of road users as well as local business and residential communities.
Potholes ROADS in Cheshire West and Chester are set to benefit from £11.9 million of government funding but councillors say this figure is 20 per cent lower than last year. The funding is split into £9,929,000 for highway maintenance and £1,970,000 for transport improvements, with £4,413,000 of the first sum earmarked for pothole repairs. Now, ruling Labour councillors say that both the pothole and total funding are down 21 and 22 per cent respectively compared to the amounts received last year but opposition Conservative members say the money is a ‘welcome boost’ which needs to ‘deployed quickly and effectively’ Cllr Karen Shore, Labour Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways & Strategic Transport told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “This [allocation] represents a 22 percent reduction from last year’s combined maintenance allocation. What is required is guaranteed and sustained increases in funding over the longer-term to ta
Potholes like this one, near the Cock at Budworth pub, can cause damage to vehicles. Image: Jasmine Lightfoot. ROADS in Cheshire West are set to benefit from £11.9 million of government funding but councillors say this figure is 20 per cent lower than last year. The funding is split into £9,929,000 for highway maintenance and £1,970,000 for transport improvements, with £4,413,000 of the first sum earmarked for pothole repairs. Now, ruling Labour councillors say that both the pothole and total funding are down 21 and 22 per cent respectively compared to the amounts received last year but opposition Conservative members say the money is a ‘welcome boost’ which needs to ‘deployed quickly and effectively’
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CHESHIRE West and Chester Council will be taking on responsibility for pothole maintenance, hedge cutting and road sweeping services once more, following a shake-up of its Highways Services. The authority has agreed to end its contract with Ringway Infrastructure Services Limited, which currently carries out maintenance operations on the borough s road network, at the conclusion of the 10-year term in October 2022. It follows a full review and public consultation held last year. Councillor Karen Shore, the council’s deputy leader and Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Strategic Transport, said: “We wanted to find out views on how our service should be delivered when our current highways contract ends in October 2022. All feedback was carefully considered and influenced our preferred service delivery model, which has now been brought to cabinet.