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Express & Star 15 Jan 11
More red routes planned for the Black Country have been shelved indefinitely after funding to develop the controversial jam-busting schemes was axed.
Councils will be able to keep the no-stopping routes they have and the ones that are already under construction. But there will be no more unless more government funding becomes available…
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Express & Star 29 Oct 10
Traffic restrictions were coming into place on a major route in the Black Country today as a £1 million red route scheme was extended.
No-stopping rules were enforced on the A34 along All Saints Way in West Bromwich and Newton Road in Great Barr on October 4. Now the scheme will be rolled out along the major commuter route from the Scott Arms junction all the way to the motorway…
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Walsall Council 22 Oct 10
Drivers are being warned to expect delays along the A454 Wolverhampton Road from this weekend while resurfacing work is carried out to bring the Red Route and Bus scheme towards completion.
The resurfacing will cover the eastbound stretch from the M6 Junction 10 to Bloxwich Lane in Walsall and will take place throughout the whole of Sunday 24 October 2010.
Work will then be carried out every evening from Monday 25 October until Thursday 28 October 2010.
Diversions will be in place and emergency vehicles will still be able to access Walsall’s Manor Hospital…
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Express & Star 18 Oct 10
Homes have gone 11 weeks without bin collections on a busy Walsall road which is being dug up for a new red route, families have claimed.
Brown bins full of garden waste have not been emptied for up to three months, say residents living on the A454 Wolverhampton Road in Birchills…
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Bloxidge Tallygraph 27 Sep 10
Hard-pressed Bloxwich traders are not happy about the still ongoing pavement works in the High Street which local people and traders think have dragged out far too long.
And after the disastrous effect on parking and trade of the Red Route Runaround road works which began on 25th July 2010, during which on-street parking disappeared along much of the south end of Bloxwich High Street in particular, questions are being asked about what, if any, benefit the road works will offer once they are finally finished…
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Bloxidge Tallygraph 17 Jul 10
The most significant section of works to Bloxwich High Street required by the change to a Red Route will begin soon, on Monday 26 July and will continue through the Summer holidays. The works which commence on the 26 will see the creation of a temporary diversion route for northbound traffic.
This section of the works is expected to create some disruption…
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Express & Star 15 Jul 10
Drivers have been warned of weeks of delays on one of Walsall’s busiest routes with the announcement of a £500,000 resurfacing programme along a section of the Broadway North.
The road used by tens of thousands of motorists every day, will be ripped up for its crumbling 20-year-old surface to be replaced between the busy Arboretum junction and The Crescent near to Sutton Road…
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Express & Star 5 Jul 10
Drivers were braced for delays as work on a controversial £1.3 million red route along a major Walsall road got under way today.
Disruption was expected as contractors began sectioning off parts of the A454 Wolverhampton Road in Walsall, although transport chiefs today denied that the eight-month scheme would spark traffic chaos…
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Express & Star 21 Jun 10
Drivers are set for eight months of delays along a major Walsall road when work to create a controversial new red route gets under way in a fortnight.
Work to paint double red lines – alongside a separate project to replace a faulty water pipe – will begin on the A454 Wolverhampton Road between the town’s ring road and junction 10 of the M6 on July 5…
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Bloxidge Tallygraph 30 Apr 10
Fears of traffic chaos and parking problems have been sparked in Bloxwich by the long-awaited start of changes along the High Street as the new Red Route scheme is implemented. But Bloxwich traders and shoppers have been assured they will still be able to park in and around the village’s main thoroughfare once it is modified as part of the £3 million road boost…