Improved road crossings should be installed around Exeter’s new leisure centre and bus station, according to the Green Party.
Andy Ketchin, the party’s campaigner in Newtown and St Leonard’s, has called on the city and county councils to make changes to ensure the safety of people walking and cycling to and from St Sidwell’s Point, the bus station, Vue cinema and the job centre.
In particular, he wants to see improved crossings in Cheeke Street, Paris Street and Western Way and has launched an online survey to gather views about the difficulties people face when walking...
Plans previously agreed to make the one-way layout of Exeter’s Queen Street permanent are being scaled back due to “significant increases” in costs.
In January, councillors agreed to spend £250,000 constructing a layout similar to the current ‘pop-up’ one, which was installed early in 2021 to help with social distancing and to encourage more walking and cycling.
As part of the agreed scheme, approved by the Exeter highways and traffic orders committee (HATOC), the southern pavement opposite the Royal Albert...
Temporary changes have been introduced to the road layout in Queen Street in Exeter.
The Devon County Council scheme is supporting efforts to encourage safe walking and cycling during the coronavirus pandemic as part of the Government’s Active Travel Fund initiative.
The road has been made one-way (eastbound) between Paul Street and Northernhay Street where it has been narrowed to a single lane of traffic.
The revised layout of Queen Street provides more space for pedestrians on the narrowest section, enabling social distancing to take place in one of the...
Work to upgrade Moor Lane roundabout in Exeter, improving journeys and boosting economic growth, has been completed.
The £2.2 million scheme to improve the roundabout, near junction 29 of the M5, has added an extra lane from the direction of Sowton Industrial Estate.
The project has been funded by the Highways England Growth and Housing Designated Fund, the Department for Transport’s National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF), and Devon County Council.
As part of the scheme, the roundabout at Emperor Way / Ambassador Drive has also been improved, widening...
Gas pipeline and emergency service, Wales & West Utilities is working in the Topsham area this coming weekend (5/6 October).
Following gas pipe upgrade work, which completed in the area earlier this year, the company needs to remove the old pipe from along Clyst Bridge. The work is essential tokeep the gas flowing to heat homes and power businesses in the area so that people are safe and warm for generations to come.
For safety reasons it has been agreed with Devon County Council that road closures will be in place while the work takes place.
Archaeologists working on the redevelopment of Exeter’s bus station have uncovered the remains of a Roman fort.
The find has been described by an archaeology expert as “very important and completely unexpected.”
The discovery was made by the Exeter Office of Cotswold Archaeology who are working with Kier Construction to record remains of the city’s Roman history ahead of the construction of a new bus station and leisure complex.
The archaeology work will not impact on the construction timetable.
The finds, which include coins and local pottery made in the...
Exe Bridges will undergo essential repairs and maintenance during overnight work in March and April. Work to reconstruct and resurface the two bridges will start on the evening of Monday 4 March and is expected to take around seven weeks. Most of the work will be carried out from 6:30pm to 7am, although some daytime work will be needed on occasions. The existing road surface is in need of reconstruction. The scheme will also involve re-waterproofing the North and South bridges and repairs will be carried out to defective manhole covers, kerbs and gullies. Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon...
Essential resurfacing will be carried out at Longford Lane in Kingsteignton later this month (February).
Work will be carried out during the half term week, starting on Monday 18 February.
The road will be closed each day from 7am to 6pm between Rydon Road and the A383 Ware Cross Roundabout, with the scheme expected to be completed by the end of Friday 22 February.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management, said: “Resurfacing is being carried out over an extensive section of Longford Lane so every effort has been made to...
An official ceremony has been held to mark the re-opening of the A379 at Slapton.
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP was among the guests at the event, which was well attended by representatives from the local community and local businesses. Devon County Council Chair, Councillor Caroline Chugg, unveiled an interpretation panel detailing the timeline for Slapton, including the repairs which have been delivered. Contractor Alun Griffiths Ltd has realigned two sections of the road which had been washed away in March. These sections of the route, between Slapton and Strete Gate, have been moved...
Large parts of the major road network are passable and improving, but disruption to travel should be expected throughout the day and into tomorrow.
Devon’s main routes are improving, but minor roads especially on high ground will remain impassable today.
Council contractors have all their resources; gritters, ploughs and snow blowers, working hard to clear the highway.
They are continuing to prioritise major routes, the primary and secondary road network, and access to larger communities, as well as to key services such as hospitals.
