The following highways improvements are planned for first quarter  2013-14 (April 2013 onwards) Tudor Avenue to be resurfaced Lea road to be resurfaced from Blackpool Road to Ainsdale Drive Later in the year, depending on various parties, the Lea Road corridor between Blackpool Road and Westleigh House should be improved with white lining and new signs […]

I drove over the new Darkinson Lane/Sidgreaves Lane railway bridge last night.  They’ve made a good job of it although some finishing work around it still needs to be done. It is a bit of surprise to drive over it the first time as it is  higher than the old bridge to allow the electrification of […]

Development of the grandly titled Fishergate Central Gateway will be carried out with the aid of funding from European Regional Development Fund and will be done in three phases as follows: Phase 1 – 1st March to approx Mid July 2013 (approx 20 weeks) – Work will begin on the junction of Corporation Street and Ringway. The […]

Today sees the Growth and Infrastructure Bill enter its Report Stage in the House of Lords. It is off concern that the Bill is still tinkering around with the planning system and not focusing on the big barriers that our economy faces, like access to housing finance to build and to buy. The Local Government Association LGA is […]

The  West Coast Main Line franchise fiasco is likely to cost taxpayers at least  £50m , the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has warned (BBC News today).   “It will also have effects in Preston” says County Cllr Bill Winlow, “because all plans to refurbish Preston station and to improve links with bus services […]

A new £59m fund is to be unveiled to boost areas of depressed economic growth in the English regions. The fund will invite the country’s 24 Enterprise Zones to bid for the money to turn “shovel ready” infrastructure projects into “job ready sites”. The money is intended to be spent on local infrastructure – including […]

Nick Clegg, the Deputy PM, has announced that another twenty areas will win “city deals” in an effort to help them boost economic growth. The new areas – on top of eight larger cities given deals last year – will enter negotiations with the government over the next year to take on extra powers and […]

It is hoped that the Lancashire County Council Transport Master Plan  will allow Preston to take rational planning decisions against a background of knowing where and when the essential roads and services will be in place. County Councillor Bill Winlow says “I welcome this Plan, and hope it will mean no new building will take place […]

No objections for the revised proposals for double yellow lines at the Nelson Drive/Lea Road junction were received  by the closing date of 25th January 2013.   The order for the installation of the new road markings which will be made  in the next few weeks. It is intended that the work will be carried out early in the next financial […]

There wiil be a temporary 30mph limit from A583/A584 (Blackpool Road/Freckleton Road) junction to the beginning of the Preston residential area at house 1002 on Blackpool Road from 11th March to 22nd April – this will faciltate site access during works to the canal adjacent to the A583.