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…
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…
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 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…
Nottinghamshire got its 45,000th new LED light this week, marking the latest stage of the County Council’s street light replacement project to convert all old-style, low pressure sodium lights to new, efficient LEDs. Mansfield residents, including Lonan Close, Forest Town, where the 45,000th LED light was fitted, are benefitting from a full conversion of all…
A member of Via’s highways maintenance staff came to the rescue of an elderly resident in Edwinstowe this week. Highways Maintenance Officer, Jonathan Boswell, was out to repair a pothole on Boy Lane in the village when he noticed a group of people gathered by the roadside. It was clear there had been an incident…
Via East Midlands’ environmental maintenance team has received thanks from the RSPB for making it easier for enthusiasts to enjoy rare birds who visited a quarry in Nottinghamshire. Thousands of visitors have flocked to the site at East Leake where the rare bee-eaters took up residency and decided to nest. Cemex, who operate the quarry,…