Revamped street design guide prompts councils to quit board

STREET DESIGN

Andrew Forster
27 April 2018
 

Three of the six councils on a board overseeing highways design standards in the East Midlands have quit, with one attributing its decision to dissatisfaction with a new design guide prepared by consultants. 

Since 2009 Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Leicester, Derby and Nottingham councils have sat on the board overseeing a regional highway design guide for new roads. But Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Leicester have all now decided to quit. 

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