CHESHIRE East Council’s highways team has scooped a national award for the way it keeps the public informed about roadworks.


Use of Elgin’s Traffic Management (TM) app to plan, co-ordinate and publicise roadworks has won the ‘award for the best use of new technology in the highways Industry’ at the Highways Magazine Excellence Awards.


Cheshire East Highways uses the application to ensure that closures, diversion routes and other temporary traffic diversions, approved by the permit team, are instantly displayed on Elgin’s website, roadworks.org.


This information is shown on the Cheshire East Highways’ website to help people plan their journeys throughout the borough’s 2,700km network of roads.


Cllr David Brown, deputy leader for Cheshire East Council and cabinet member in charge of highways, said: “Keeping people informed about roadworks on our busy and extensive network is essential and this tool is making it easier for them to plan their journeys throughout the borough.


“As a ‘residents first’ authority we place a high priority on keeping local people and visitors informed and on working to keep our traffic flowing freely and safely with as little disruption as possible.”


Cheshire East Highways was also shortlisted for the ‘highways maintenance efficiency award’ for its asset management-led approach to maintenance and improvement of east Cheshire’s roads.