Exeter Street

Work to start on new crossing in Exeter Street

Drivers coming into the city centre via Exeter Street could face some delays as work starts on a new crossing.

Contractors working on the British Land leisure complex will be digging up the road in order to install ducts beneath the surface to house cabling for the new pedestrian crossing.

A traffic order is being published today for the work which gets underway on 13 August....

Work on next section of city centre walking and cycling route to begin in January

Work to provide an improved walking and cycling route between Plymouth Rail Station and Exeter Street will begin on Monday 6 January.

Part of the Council’s Plymotion scheme, the improvements will deliver the next section of the new west-to-east route from Stonehouse to Plympton and Plymstock via Laira Rail Bridge, which will be opened to pedestrians and cyclists in 2015.

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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...