Via has installed 40 interactive speed sign schemes over the past 12 months, aimed at improving safety on Nottinghamshire’s roads. These have been paid for by the Nottinghamshire County Council out of the additional £20m cash pot which it earmarked last year for repairing and improving the county’s local road network. Chairman of the council’s…
Via’s rights of way and operations team delivered a scheme to redevelop a vital link between communities and key transport in Retford.
Over the last 12 months, the innovation of using Ultifoam to recycle tar bound material has proven to be a cost-effective solution in dealing with contaminated waste arisings from highway maintenance activities, whilst also having environmental benefits.
Nottinghamshire County Council Leader, Councillor Kay Cutts MBE joined Via’s gritter driver Paul Davis for the first part of his four-hour gritting run out from Gamston depot to the east of Nottingham last night (Thursday, 24 January). Temperatures have been below seasonal norms this past week, with sustained periods of below zero temperatures which has required…
Early signs are that safety cameras installed in a scheme by Via on Peafield Lane in Mansfield Woodhouse in the summer are already beginning to have a positive affect on accidents. Plans to install average speed cameras on the 50mph stretch of the lane (A6075) between Forest Road mini roundabout and Dennor Drive in Mansfield…
Via’s staff were extremely generous in their donations to our 2018 Christmas Appeal. This year, we collected food and toiletries for some of those families most in need in the East Midlands, donating to the St Ann’s and Sneinton Food Store and Bassetlaw Food Bank. Both projects are doing great work in their communities and…
Via East Midlands staff combined with other groups and volunteers in Newark to spend a day improving the local community. The day of action, organised by Newark and Sherwood District Council, took place on Thursday 30th August and was about helping to make two areas of Newark – Yorke Drive and Winthorpe Road – cleaner,…
Via has delivered a scheme creating a new footbridge over Goosemoor Lane in Ordsall, near Retford to provide pedestrians with a safer way to cross the lane. The steel cantilever walkway, which cost nearly £230,000, has been fixed to the north side of the existing Ordsall Mill Bridge which carries Goosemoor Lane over the River Idle…
Via’s staff have been praised for keeping the county moving by the Bishop of Sherwood, Rt Revd Anthony Porter, better known as Bishop Tony. The Bishop requested a visit to see staff at the Highways depot in Bilsthorpe to give his thanks for their hard work. Via maintains Nottinghamshire’s 2,600 miles of roads in partnership…
Via East Midlands is delighted to announce the extension of a contract with Tarmac that will see the companies continue to collaborate on the delivery of highway services within Nottinghamshire. The new extension of the Term Service Contract builds on an existing successful partnership between the two organisations, stretching back to 2013 when an initial…
