A roundup of transport and highways in April
Transport and Highways | Cheshire West and Chester Council
Transport and Highways News - April
News update
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EV Event
*Understanding how to transition to electric vehicles. Free event Tuesday May 21. *
Understanding how to transition to Electric Vehicles in business and at home is a new free event being held on Tuesday May 21 at the Civic Centre, Ellesmere Port. The event will run from 8am to 2pm, with the first two hours (8am to 10am) reserved for businesses.
The event will provide businesses and residents with essential advice around transitioning to EV. The event will include test drives, both commercial and domestic, new vehicle releases and the opportunity to speak to those leading the transition to EV, such as SP Energy Networks, Energy Savings Trust and Stellantis.
Businesses planning to attend the 8am to 10am session, please register for this free event [
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No registration is needed if attending after 10am.
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Council secures £2 million Electric Vehicle Charging Grant
Cheshire West and Chester Council has secured £2,049,000 Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure funding (LEVI).
The funding will help to support EV charging solutions for people who are unable to charge at home (off street). The Council will now start an Invitation to Tender procurement process, to identify private investment from Charge Point Operators, to invest to deliver a commercial return over time. The public-private partnership will then deliver a comprehensive volume and type of chargers, meeting resident needs.
Read more [
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Chester Racecourse
Anti-terrorism bollards to be installed at Chester Racecourse
The Council is working with Chester Racecourse to enable them to install sockets for anti-terrorism bollards on roads around the venue.
On race and other event days the bollards will be placed into the sockets to support the necessary road closures. The installation of the bollards will result in the reduction of disruption to residents and motorists on event days, as the roads will need to be closed for a much shorter length of time than they are currently.
The work is scheduled to begin in April and will require several road closures while the work takes place.
More details [
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N3 Bus service - Northwich
A new bus service has been introduced in the Northwich area. The N3 restores links between Northwich town centre, the Mount Pleasant area of Davenham and Moulton village. This service which will also serve Kingsmead, starts on 2 April and will operate hourly from 10am to 2pm on Mondays to Fridays. The N3 is a trial service and is part of the
Council’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) grant allocation. The BSIP funding focuses on improving bus services in local areas for the benefit of residents and promoting sustainable services that are more frequent, reliable, affordable, and easier for passengers to understand.
Also from this date, existing service N4 will no longer operate via Kingsmead, an area that will be covered by new service N3. This has enabled an improvement to the current N4 timetable, as the service will return directly to Northwich via London Road after serving the Clifton Road area of Leftwich. This timetable alteration is designed to improve punctuality throughout the N4 route that operates between Leftwich and Barnton.
Passengers can take advantage of capped fares on these services with an adult single journey costing £2 and a young person (up to and including 18 years old) costing just £1.
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itravel
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itravel on-demand rural bus service
The bus service can be booked online, using a mobile phone app, or phone call, which allows a resident, or group of residents, to request a bus for a specific journey.
Booking details [
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Get around for £2 until 31 December 2024
The scheme that encouraged passengers to ‘Get Around for £2’ by bus has been extended to 31 December 2024.
All bus operators participating in the original campaign will continue to do so. Cheshire West and Chester Council has worked with operators to encourage as many as possible to participate, although some services will not be eligible.
Journeys starting in Wales are not eligible for the scheme, however local concessions have been introduced by some operators. If you do need to travel by car for some of the way, the Council’s Park & Ride services offers free parking and a quick and easy service into the city centre for details visit the Park and Ride [
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Check to see if your bus operator is taking part [
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Gully clean
*Grid/gullies work programme*
86,650 grids (gullies) have been cleaned over the past twelve month cleaning programme.
April schedule
* Christleton and Huntington
* Farndon
* Gowy Rural
* Handbridge Park
* Hartford & Greenbank
* Northwich Witton
* Rudheath
* Saughall & Mollington
* Weaver & Cuddington
Gritting in West Cheshire
Winter weather alerts
As the weather remains cold search #cwacgrit for the latest gritting news [
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Planned works
One network
Resurface
Plan your journey
To help plan journeys, the one.network website has live monitoring of road works and traffic congestion across the country. For subscribers, email alerts are also available. The map data is shared with Google and Apple Maps plus major sat-nav operators visit: one.network [
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Sandy Lane
Water supply improvements Sandy Lane, Chester
Severn Trent are installing a new water supply from Huntington Water Treatment Works to Boughton Water Treatment Works, this is important work to maintain the vital utilities for the area.
The A51 Tarvin Road junction with Brassey Street will be closed to through traffic from *Friday 5 April until Friday 12 April*.
Lane closure on Christleton Road from *9.30am Friday 12 April. *There will be a full road closure from *8pm Saturday 13 April until 6.30am Sunday 14 April *when it will revert back to a lane closure until *6.30am Monday 15 April*.
Team two will then continue working down Sandy Lane under a road closure.
Butterbache Road will remain closed at the junction of Chester Road. This road closure will be removed *15 April 2024.*
*13 April to 5 May*
Brassey Street road closure
Unfortunately, these utility works are likely to cause some unavoidable disruption. Progress on the works can be followed on the Severn Trent website [
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Public transport
Using Public Transport can really help to avoid road congestion. A useful journey planning tool to help you plan your journey is Traveline
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Further information can be found on bus operator’s websites or visit:
Cheshire West and Chester Public Transport [
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Traveline
Traveline
Visit Traveline to help find routes and times for your travel anywhere in Great Britain, including live departures and bus timetables.
Find your travel routes [
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