Embankment Road

5 months of roadworks for tidal flood defence work

Work to install a new tidal flood defence wall along Embankment Road will begin next week.

The £340,000 scheme, which is funded by the Environment Agency through a Flood Defence Grant in Aid (GiA) allocation, will replace the existing railings along the Plym estuary with a new solid limestone wall.

The scheme, designed for Plymouth City Council by its highways contractor Amey,...

Bus lane enforcement camera to move to more problematic spot

The bus lane enforcement camera on the inbound side of Embankment Road is to move to the outbound side of Exeter Street.

The camera was installed to help monitor and enforce one of the new bus lanes created as part of the East End transport improvement scheme. However, there has been very little abuse of this bus lane so the camera is being moved to a location where local bus companies...