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Extensive footway resurfacing programme gets underway

An extensive footway resurfacing programme is due to get under way in Plymouth on Monday 10 August.

Around 60,000 square metres of ‘slurry seal’ will be laid in 61 locations across the city, on footways that are showing the first signs of deterioration.

Slurry sealing is used as a preventative measure; as well as filling defects, levelling the surface and making it waterproof...

Plymouth's road resurfacing programme continues through November

Another seven Plymouth roads will be resurfaced this month in the final phase of a major five-month programme to repair some of the city’s most severely damaged roads.

The programme, which the Council’s highways contractor Amey began in July, is resurfacing whole roads and large sections of road that suffered the worst damage after the prolonged wet weather last winter.

As well...

Road resurfacing programme continues in October

Eleven Plymouth roads are due to be resurfaced from Sunday 29 September to the end of October, as part of a major five-month programme to repair some of the most severely damaged roads in Plymouth.

The programme, which the Council’s highways contractor Amey began in July, is resurfacing whole roads and large sections of road that suffered the worst damage after the prolonged wet...

Final phase of train station access improvements to begin

The fourth and final phase of access improvements into and around Plymouth train station will begin on Monday 16 September.

Developed by Plymouth City Council and its highways contractor Amey in partnership with First Great Western and Network Rail, the scheme aims to better connect the train station with the city centre and is funded by the Department for Transport and Sustrans, the...

Major road repair programme follows Council's pothole blitz

This week sees the first phase of a major programme to repair some of the most severely damaged roads in Plymouth.

Plymouth City Council is investing in a major programme of resurfacing, ‘patching’ and ‘micro-asphalting’ over the coming months, in addition to its year-round pothole repairs and road maintenance.

The repair programme, being carried out by the Council’s highways...

Plans for new pedestrian and cycle scheme on Laira Rail Bridge

Plans for a new pedestrian and cycle scheme on Plymouth’s iconic Laira Rail Bridge have been submitted to the City Council’s planning service.

The scheme, which is part of the three-year ‘Plymotion’ project, will refurbish and convert the disused Laira Rail Bridge to provide a new alternative shared pedestrian and cycle route across the River Plym, to complement the existing route on...

Council blitz to tackle city’s worst potholes ahead of major repair programme

A two-week blitz to permanently repair some of Plymouth’s worst potholes has just got under way, ahead of a major road patching and resurfacing programme for the city.

Now that the worst of the winter weather appears to be over, extra resources have been brought in by Plymouth City Council and its highways contractor Amey, dedicated to making permanent repairs to potholes causing...