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Speed cameras are being placed on the killer road.

The roadworks have been delayed to a later date.

AVERAGE speed cameras are set to be placed on a 50mph stretch of the main A449 between Hartlebury and Ombersley as police clamp down on those flouting the limits. The action – using the latest technology – is the first of its kind in West Mercia and is aimed to improve safety and reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured by changing driver behaviour. The cameras will be in place 24 hours-a-day. The project is a partnership between West Mercia Police, Worcestershire County Coun...

A WALL has collapsed in a Worcester road this morning.

Worcestershire County Council has opened Carrington Bridge, over the River Severn, to traffic for the first time. To allow the switch-over of traffic to take place onto the new carriageway Temeside Way was closed in both directions from Friday night, with some motorists reporting some traffic delays in the city as a result over the weekend. It has been a two year wait for the project to come to fruition, after almost £55 million of government funding was awarded in 2019 with the aim to p...

A MAJOR road on the outskirts of Worcester will be closed this weekend.

Carrington Bridge will welcome motorists on May 17 as Worcestershire County Council opens it to traffic. Vehicles will be using this new part of the bridge over the River Severn and the new carriageway along Temeside Way to enable improvement works to be made to the existing carriageway. The steel for Carrington Bridge was lifted into place late in 2020 and since then, works have taken place on the bridge decking and surfacing to enable the upcoming switchover of traffic. A little-known...

Major Worcester route to be shut all weekend for Carrington Bridge and Temeside Way works Traffic will be able to use the new dual carriageway on the Carrington Bridge which links the M5 to Worcester and Malvern from May 17 Sign up to FREE email alerts from BirminghamLive - Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow ...

THE parents of a former Worcester student who drowned while on a night out have thanked the community for their kindness and compassion after a…

Tom Jones parents Ian and Vicki unveiled the plaque on Sabrina Bridge A PLAQUE has been unveiled on Sabrina Bridge in Worcester in memory of an 18-year-old Bromsgrove student who tragically lost his life in 2018. Tom Jones, 18, disappeared nine days before his body was recovered from the River Severn in Worcester that September. CCTV cameras near where he was last seen picked up a cry for help moments before he apparently slipped and fell down an embankment. Toms parents Ian and Vicki Jon...