The build of one of Via’s largest projects in Nottinghamshire is officially underway as Nottinghamshire County Council and partners officially marked the ground breaking of works on the Gedling Access Road. The event held at the site compound off Lambley Lane launched the beginning of the 18-month construction which will reduce congestion, boost the redevelopment…
Via’s Fleet Services team has opened a new workshop at Queen’s Drive, Nottingham. The new workshop replaces Via’s facility at Abbey Road and has been developed in a unit on Castle Park to deliver services to our fleet customers including Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, as well as members of the…
An innovative new machine is improving the way potholes and roads are being repaired by Via in Nottinghamshire as part of a £1.75m investment in new highways equipment by Nottinghamshire County Council. The Roadmaster has been out on the County’s roads this summer and has already made a big impact, allowing Via, who manages Nottinghamshire’s…
The project was to deliver a new 5th access arm to the Shireoaks Common site from the existing A57 / Gateford Road / Woodsetts Roundabout in Worksop This unlocked a key employment site for development as identified in the Core Strategy for Worksop. The development site is one of the two main allocations in the…
The Hucknall Town Improvement Scheme’s primary objectives were to promote the regeneration of the town centre and to create a more attractive shopping environment. Phase two of the works involved the pedestrianisation of the Hucknall High Street between Baker Street and Watnall Road. The first phase of works which included the construction of a new…
Formerly Church Drive Primary, Arnold Mill Primary located to a new site in Autumn 2008. Working closely with the Architect and the Head Teacher from concept stage to detail design, the main aims of the project were to: to encourage learning both inside and outside create challenging and imaginative children’s play areas provide an interesting…
Via East Midlands successfully bid for Phase 1 of the Section 278 highway works at the Field Farm residential development site in Stapleford. The client for the works is Westerman Homes who are based in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire. The works comprised the construction of a new priority junction to provide the main access to the new…
The Newark Waste and Water Improvement Scheme is a £60m Severn Trent Water project to protect over 1000 residents in Newark from sewer flooding. Delivering a project of this size required multi-organisation collaboration in order to avoid significant disruption to the thriving market town. Via was key to a team of stakeholders, including Severn Trent…
Cyclists joined Nottinghamshire County Council’s leader and chairman today (Tuesday, 9 April) to celebrate the official opening of a new £250,000 greenway which will improve access and boost wildlife at Cotgrave Country Park. The main part of the scheme has seen a new three-kilometre off-road route created linking Cotgrave Country Park with Radcliffe-on-Trent, Holme Pierrepont,…
Nottinghamshire County Council has now finalised the outright purchase of Via East Midlands, which provides the county’s highways and fleet services. Via started operating in July 2016 as a partnership between Nottinghamshire County Council and Corserv, a company owned by Cornwall Council. Nottinghamshire County Council has now bought out Corserv’s shares worth £5m. Nottinghamshire County…
