Cheshire East wins national award for keeping people informed about roadworks

Cllr David Brown

Cheshire East Council's highways team has scooped a national award for the way it keeps people informed about roadworks.

Use of Elgin's Traffic Management (TM) app to plan, coordinate and publicise roadworks has won the 'award for the best use of new technology in the highways Industry' at the Highways Magazine Excellence Awards.

The need to get up-to-date information to local residents and road users became evident following an increase in the number of permits for roadworks being processed.

Cheshire East Highways uses the application to ensure that closures, diversion routes and other temporary traffic diversions, approved by the permit team, are displayed on Elgin's website.

This information is shown on the Cheshire East Highways' website to help people plan their journeys throughout the Borough's 2,700km network of roads.

Councillor David Brown, Deputy Leader for Cheshire East Council and cabinet member in charge of highways, said: "Keeping people informed about roadworks on our busy and extensive network is essential and this tool is making it easier for them to plan their journeys throughout the Borough.

"As a 'residents first' authority we place a high priority on keeping local people and visitors informed and on working to keep our traffic flowing freely and safely with as little disruption as possible."

This is the second award that the TM app has won this year, following the North West 'best practice project of the year' award received from the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation back in May.

Cheshire East Highways was also shortlisted for the 'highways maintenance efficiency award' at the Highways Magazine Excellence Awards for its asset management-led approach to maintenance and improvement of Cheshire East's roads.

Photo: Councillor David Brown, Deputy Leader of Cheshire East Council

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Jane Middleton
Wednesday 2nd December 2015 at 4:48 pm
We live on Adlington Road near the new Bollin View estate. Since building work began earlier this year there have been at least 5 or 6 occasions when temporary traffic lights have been put in place for up to 2 weeks at a time but we have NEVER been advised in advance. The first notice we receive is to see the traffic queued outside our house.
Terry Roeves
Wednesday 2nd December 2015 at 5:19 pm
Found http://www.elgin.org.uk hoping to see if Adlington Road or anything in and around Wilmslow was displayed. Nothing. CE PR vapourware.
In business our 11th Commandment was 'Never do anything that was a waste of time'. CE are wasting our time.
Sandra Cox
Wednesday 2nd December 2015 at 6:15 pm
As well as Jane's point about lack of traffic light information, the level of mud on Adlington Road is awful and it is now impossible to walk on the pavements, cross the road or drive on it without vehicles and people being covered in the stuff. At most the road is swept once a day (if we are lucky) but between times any vehicles leaving the building site are obviously never hosed down and nothing is done about the pavements. Jones' and David Wilson Homes have ignored our emails about cleaning. They began so well in February, cleaning all day every day so why they have stopped when it is most needed is a mystery!