The Henrico County Department of Public Works has announced there will be a closure on sections of Belfast Road and Edinburgh Road beginning this week.
It follows an influx of insurance claims relating to damages caused by potholes and poorly-maintained roads
A troublesome pothole-lined road in Midlothian has further angered locals, with motorists reporting recent damage to their vehicles. The B6372 at Gladhouse has had pothole problems in the past, with local residents and passing motorists previously reporting damage caused by the unfit road. That section of the road was repaired at the end of last year, but now locals are fuming at damage caused by a 25 metre stretch of the same road. They say the section between the Pomathorn Penicuik junction...
The pension fund which owns Edinburgh bus station in St Andrew Square has told the council it is willing to consider renewing the lease after all - or even selling the site to the local authority. It was revealed earlier this week that Coal Pension Properties, which manages property investments for a coal industry workers’ pension scheme, had indicated it did not intend to continue leasing the site when its current agreement with the council runs out in 2027. But in an apparent change of...
Edinburgh residents will be denied the opportunity to voice their opinions on controversial plans for new student flats in a public meeting, after the council failed to determine the application in time. The 138-bed crescent-style block on the corner of Willowbrae Road and Northfield Drive will now be decided directly by a Scottish Government planning reporter. A local councillor called it “outrageous” that locals “won’t get to make their case against this development in a formal public forum”....
Edinburgh council has said a drop in Airbnb listings in the Capital suggests its crackdown on short-term lets is working. Officials noted there were around 3,350 fewer whole properties being offered for short-term letting on the booking site at the end of last year compared to 2019. The local authority has introduced new licensing and planning rules in a bid to “manage the number and location of STLs across the city”. Planning convener James Dalgleish said the “end result” of these would...
Former Attorney General Bill Barr continued to defend his former boss, former President Donald Trump, from allegations that he gave out orders to kill his political rivals. Barr appeared on CNN’s The Source on Friday to respond to former Trump staffer Alyssa Farrah Griffin’s claim that he was in the room when then-President Trump suggested […]
A major active travel project in the centre of Edinburgh, including several permanent road closures, has moved a step closer. The city council’s Meadows to George Street scheme will mean new cycle lanes, more space for pedestrians, bus gates to stop through traffic and a car ban in some streets. The statutory orders to allow the construction stage to begin have are now being advertised in what the council described as a major milestone in the project. The council says there has been...
Rapper, 36, initially detailed accident involving costly vehicle last month. He said that brake pedal broke and safeguards didn't activate. Philadelphia native said Hummer EV broke down four hours after he got it
Continue the series on walking Buffalo, from the intrepid couple who walked every day—no matter the weather—in the first 3 years of covid. They think (without being systematic) they walked []
Climbing stairs is associated with a longer life, according to research presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Circleville – For the past several years the City of Circleville residences have dealt with major closures and road construction to several of its high-traffic areas causing people to completely change how they come and go from the City, 2024 will also be impacted by construction. Over the last several years we have seen several […]