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The regeneration of St Botolph’s Circus is a major project for the city. As an important gateway into the city centre, the works will regenerate the junction area, improving safety, accessibility and connectivity.
Following the appointment of Jackson Civil Engineering as lead contractor, work has now begun on a range of activities to support effective and efficient delivery of the scheme. These initial tasks will continue through ahead of more visible on-site activity at the junction.
Essex Highways completed a series of improvements along the westbound carriageway of the A13 between Pitsea Flyover and Five Bells Roundabout during May 2026.
Works to improve walking and cycling on East Hill in Colchester are set to get underway later this month, following the appointment of Octavius Infrastructure as the main contractor.
Ahead of the start of the main works, Openreach will be undertaking activity to relocate four poles on the southern side of East Hill, between Priory Street and Guildford Road. These works are scheduled to begin on 8 June and are expected to last approximately two weeks.
During this period, there will be short-term parking suspensions and temporary traffic management measures within the working areas.
New administration to launch pothole action plan to tackle residents’ top priority.
The new Leader of Essex County Council has declared a Pothole Emergency, setting out urgent action to improve the county’s roads as a top priority for the new administration.
At the council’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) today (Thursday 28 May), Councillor Peter Harris - speaking as his first act following confirmation as Leader - outlined the new administration’s immediate priorities, with road conditions placed firmly at the top of the agenda in response to resident feedback.
Improvements are being carried out across the county, including Little Pynchons in Harlow.
Machine surfacing works took place this week on Little Pynchons in Harlow, as part of works being carried out during the spring and summer to improve road surfaces.
Working through heatwave conditions, Essex Highways crews removed the existing surface to replace it with a new, improved and safer road surface.
Resurfacing fixes the damage caused by bad weather. It also gives roads a longer life than if individual pothole repairs are made.
Resurfacing works on Ashingdon Road, Rochford, began on 19 May using a new material called Recofoam.
Our supplier recently discovered an issue with seven bus shelters that were installed as part of the Colchester Rapid Transport System. As a precautionary measure, these shelters have been removed while an investigation is undertaken.
Warmer and drier weather means large scale improvements can be made to Essex’s roads.
Essex County Council has launched its 2026/27 resurfacing programme. This will see large scale improvements to many roads across the county.
Resurfacing fixes the damage caused by bad weather. It also gives roads a longer life than if we make individual pothole repairs.
Upcoming resurfacing works include the below.
During 2025/26 325 large-scale resurfacing works took place as a part of the annual surfacing programme.
From 3 May 2026, phase two carriageway and footway works will pause to allow essential utility works to take place within the carriageway.
Following completion of works on the A133 Clingoe Hill section of the new Colchester Rapid Transit System, we have been working to apply a ‘Traffic Regulation Order’ on the new bus lane.
A Traffic Regulation Order is a legal order required to restrict general traffic from using the lane. This is important, as to operate as intended, i.e. to ensure buses can avoid congestion on Clingoe Hill and provide passengers with improved journey times, the lane needs to be restricted to only permit bus services.
This has been completed and the bus lane is now fully operational for use by existing bus services from Monday 27th April 2026. Read full story
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