Engineers from Western Power Distribution (WPD), the electricity distributor for the South West, are removing steel poles in Plymouth that have been in place since before the First World War.
Western Power Distribution (WPD), the electricity distributor for the region, is committed to investing in its network to further improve supply reliability and customer service levels.
Desperately-needed homes for hundreds of families, new jobs, and a 100-acre country park are now on the horizon in the north of the city, thanks to a massive funding promise from the Heart of the South West Local Economic Partnership.
The partnership has this week announced it has earmarked £22.5 million of the Growth Fund for the Forder Valley link road project, which is designed to...
Countdown signals have been installed on five more crossings in Plymouth city centre to improve pedestrian safety.
The signals reduce uncertainty about whether it is still safe to cross, by counting down the exact amount of time pedestrians have left before the lights change.
A green man still appears when it is safe to cross, followed by a countdown letting people know how...
Devon County Council has received almost £7 million to help repair the damage caused to the county’s roads by the severe winter weather.
The additional funding from the Department for Transport is a share of £183.5 million of extra funding made available by the government to help with much needed road repairs following the wettest winter on record.
New 20mph speed limits are being introduced in Ham and West Park to improve road safety and encourage more walking and cycling.
The speed limits form part of two ‘Safer and Sustainable Travel’ schemes, which aim to improve local travel in ways that benefit whole communities and make them safer and healthier places to live.
Ham and West Park are busy areas, with around 4,000...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal single-vehicle collision on the A30 near Launceston today (3 January).
Emergency services were called to the westbound carriageway near to Two Bridges around 8.10am after a white Jaguar XK left the road and collided with trees.
The driver of the car, a 59-year-old man from Teignmouth, sustained serious injuries and was...
Plymouth City Council report that a section of Outland Road will be closed for six weeks from Monday 8 April, while South West Water carries out sewer renewal works.
The scheme involves digging down 15 feet through hard rock to reach and renew old sewers buried beneath the road surface.
To enable this work to be done in the most effective and safest way possible, Outland Road...
A major programme to repair some of the most severely damaged roads in Plymouth is continuing throughout July.
This month more than 32 sites on eight roads are scheduled to be patched. Patching involves resurfacing large areas of road where multiple potholes have developed and the general surface quality is deteriorating. Amey, Plymouth City Council’s highways contractor, is carrying...
