January's road improvement round up

02 January 2008

More than two million pounds is being invested in road repairs and improvements across the county by Derbyshire County Council this month.

The money is part of a £12m package of Government transport funding to support a range of measures identified in the council’s local transport plan for 2006/2011.

Councillor Brian Lucas, cabinet member for environmental services, said: “Improving the road network is a priority for the council.

“We continue to work hard to improve and maintain the condition and safety of our roads and pavements for local people.”

During January work to improve roads will be carried out by the county council in the following districts:

Amber Valley - £232,109

A6 Derby Road, Whatstandwell - £144,000 – Road resurfacing
B6179 Chapel Street/Butterley Hill - £88,109 – Road resurfacing

Area wide - £20,000

A619 Robin Hood to Baslow - £20,000 – Speed limit review

Bolsover - £310,543

C61 Beaufit Lane, Town Street, West End and Wharf Lane, Pinxton - £77,000 – Dropped kerbs, road markings, signing, parking review, road space allocation, new pavement and priority giveway system to tackle casualties.
Bolsover Road, Glapwell - £37,510 – Road resurfacing
New Road, Barlborough - £21,975 – Road resurfacing
Mill Lane, Bolsover - £41,553 – Road resurfacing
Creswell Model Village, Elmton - £54,695 – Road resurfacing
B6419 Hill Top/Shuttlewood Road, Bolsover - £31,810 – Pavement resurfacing
Hilcote - £46,000 – Blackwell to Hucknall railway reclamation scheme

Chesterfield - £56,700

Cemetery Lane, Staveley - £43,000 – Arkwright to Staveley railway reclamation scheme
Westwood - £7,000 - Arkwright to Staveley railway reclamation scheme
Rother Vale/Storforth Lane, Hasland - £6,700 – Junction improvement

Derbyshire Dales £306,601

A6 Buxton Road, Bakewell - £83,000 – Road resurfacing
A6 Derby road, Cromford - £223,601 – Road reconstruction

High Peak - £396,957

Cottage Lane, Glossop - £70,000 – Pennine Bridleway Link
B5059 Dale Road, Buxton - £96,443 – Road resurfacing
Castleton Crescent area, Glossop - £84,699 – Replace slabbed footpaths
A5004 Market Street/Buxton Road Whaley Bridge - £46,437 – Pavement reconstruction
Scarsdale Place/Market Street/South Street, Buxton - £44,378 – Pavement reconstruction
Market Place area, Buxton - £55,000 – Pavement enhancements

North East Derbyshire - £960,896

A61 Dronfield Railway Bridge, Holmley Common, Dronfield - £80,000 – Repairs, repaint parapet
A61 Gosforth viaduct. Gosforth Valley, Dronfield - £402,500 – Repaint parapets and replace britflex joint
A61 Gosforth footbridge, Gosforth Valley, Dronfield - £47,750 – Repaint parapets
A61 Monkwood Bridleway Bridge, Monkwood, Barlow - £91,500 – Repaint parapets
A632/B5425 Deepsick Lane Junction, Calow - £139,146 – Traffic signal improvements
B6057 Dronfield to Unstone to Sheepbridge - £200,000 – Route enhancement, road markings, crossing facilities and bus access to reduce casualties

North Western Area Wide - £23,000

North Western Area - £23,000 – Safer routes to school

North Eastern Area Wide - £141,000

B6038 North Wingfield to Hasland, Chesterfield - £90,000 – Road markings, signing, anti-skid surfacing, crossing points, road space allocations to tackle child, elderly and vulnerable road user casualties.
A632 Chesterfield to Slack Hill - £51,000 – Speed limit review, gateways and route enhancement to reduce casualties

Details of any work likely to cause disruption to the county’s roads are also available in the roadworks section of our website.

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