EXTRA investment of £15.7m this year, to help improve the condition of East Sussex’s roads and protect them for years ahead is being proposed by the county council.
The recommendation comes after cabinet members asked at the start of the year for detailed modelling of how extra investment could be most effective and, if agreed, would bring the council’s spending on highways this year to almost £34m.
WALKING, wheeling and cycling schemes in East Sussex have been given a £1.22 million boost thanks to Government funding.
East Sussex County Council successfully applied for Active Travel England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to support schemes that encourage people to become more active and help reduce carbon emissions. Continue reading
INNOVATION and new technology will be key to the success of East Sussex’s new highways contractor.
Balfour Beatty Living Places has officially started its seven-year contract for maintaining the county’s roads, pavements, drainage, streetlights, traffic lights and bridges, providing winter gritting and delivering highway improvement schemes. Continue reading
DRIVERS in East Sussex are being asked to be ‘deer aware’ this spring to avoid colliding with the animals on the county’s roads.
With an estimated 74,000 deer-related traffic collisions in the UK every year, East Sussex County Council is reminding people to take care when driving on rural roads this spring.
