As Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport for Worcestershire County Council, I am delighted to announce that Worcestershire County Council has been allocated an additional £3,331,200 for highways maintenance and pothole repair funding in the 2023-2024 financial year. This funding will enable us to further improve the safety and condition of our roads, as well …
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The 144A service between Bromsgrove and Birmingham is being improved. The service will now run hourly from Bromsgrove via Rubery, Longbridge and Northfield to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, with buses also going to run on a Sunday. The National Express-run service will be enacting the changes from April 16 2023. I’m delighted that the …
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There will be a closure of the Droitwich Road (B4090) near Feckenahm from 20th April until 3rd May 2023 so that Worcestershire County Council can carry out patching works to the highway, which will fill potholes and repair any particularly worn sections of the highway. Useful documents Works are subject to change due to weather …
County Councillors Craig Warhurst and Mike Rouse are delighted to announce that WESTERN HILL CLOSE in Astwood Bank is now scheduled for resurfacing works. The works are due to commence on 17th April until 21st April 2023, and will require closure of the carriageway and for any vehicles to be moved. Signs and notices will …
As the Cabinet Member for Highways & Transport, I am thrilled to announce that Worcestershire County Council has secured £162,519 in capacity funding from Active Travel England. This funding will allow us to develop further planning documents, known as Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs), to facilitate improvements to walking and cycling infrastructure in …
As part of my additional responsibilities as Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, I was pleased to attend a bus forum meeting arranged by Cllr Julie Tucker at Evesham Town Hall on Thursday 2 March 2023. Thank you to everyone who attended. I spoke for around 30 minutes, and took around 45 minutes of questions. …
I was asked by a local resident to consider whether a mini-roundabout would be appropriate to improve the junction of Callow Hill Lane and Windmill Drive. Locals will know this as the junction near the Bramley Cottage. It’s a busy junction, with Windmill Drive being a 40mph road. I have now had a response from …
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I wanted to share with you all why it is necessary to build a new train station in Redditch to replace the existing one. First and foremost, the current train station is outdated and not able to accommodate the increasing number of commuters and travelers in the area. As Redditch continues to grow and develop, …
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As the First Bus operated routes in Droitwich Spa are commercial services the ability to increase fares is solely the gift of the bus operator, there are no standards or legislation that governs this, and, as it stands, there is no retrospective action or any action that can be taken with the operator by Worcestershire …
An update for residents on the work Councillor Craig Warhurst and I have been doing to tackle both road safety and speeding issues along Evesham Road going through Astwood Bank. Councillor Brandon Clayton has also been involved as local Borough Councillor, and Rachel Maclean MP has also been helping us as part of a teamwork …
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