What the cancellation of HS2 north of Birmingham means for Shropshire
andybodders There was welcome news in Rishi Sunak’s announcements last week. There are many questions too. The welcome news from his announcement is that the £35bn that will be saved from…
Decent highways for Shropshire? Are you kidding?
It’s Wimbledon. Surrounded by screens I am watching a couple of games at once. John McEnroe is commenting. He is famous of course for his comments on court. “You can’t…
Shropshire Council to use council meeting to smooth over highways problems ahead of 6 May local elections
Despite the clear restrictions on what council business can be conducted in the run up to an election, Shropshire Council’s administration has scheduled a meeting on its contractors’ performance on…
Bashed Belisha Beacon is just the latest instance of street furniture wrecking in Ludlow
Ludlow seems to have more than its fair share of street furniture bashing. I have lost track of how often street furniture in the town centre is bashed and broken.…
Shropshire Council’s management of highways challenged by whistleblower – questions about performance and monitoring to be asked tomorrow
Shropshire Council’s highways contract with Kier is not hitting many of its performance targets. The council is making the usual excuses. The weather was bad. Err, welcome to Shropshire. It…