Release from the Environment Agency A £29m project to manage the risk of flooding to people and major industry in north-east Lincolnshire is now underway. The Environment Agency scheme will see improvements made to 4.5 kilometres of coastal defences along…
The next contracting phase for the multi-million redevelopment of Cleethorpes Town Centre, starts next week with a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event. Designed as a fact-finding mission, local contractors in the construction industry are invited to a drop-in session at the…
https://youtu.be/ppTN2QAjm8Y The essential heritage restoration works at Corporation Road Bridge, which will preserve the structure for future generations, is progressing. 50 steel deck plates on Corporation Road Bridge have now been replaced, a further 10 were lifted for a more…
Corporation Bridge will no longer reopen in December 2023 after its condition has been found to be much more severe than originally expected. Multi-disciplinary bridge works specialist Spencer Group was appointed contractor for the works in November 2022, with works…
Representatives from North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC), Equans and Spencer Group welcomed members of the media to Corporation Bridge on Tuesday 10 October. Spencer Group explained the works and the reason for the extension to the programme and delayed reopening…
Work is due to re-start at Alfred Enderbys Smokehouse on the expansion of the historic smokehouse on Grimsby’s historic docks. Over the last year, £150,000 worth of structural repair work, funded by a PSiCA (Partnership Scheme in Conservation Areas) grant,…
Restoration works to Grade II listed structure, Corporation Road Bridge, are progressing. Grit blasting is continuing on both the sub and superstructure of spans three and four of the bridge. Essential scaffolding and encapsulation works are also being undertaken to…
Business Finance Week 2023, November 6-10 Hosted by the British Business Bank, along with several partners from across the UK. With a host of free of charge nationwide and regional in-person events, webinars and more, Business Finance Week helps smaller…
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up Jacob Young met the three Greater Lincolnshire Council Leaders today as they united to sign the greater county’s proposed devolution deal. Mr Young (second left) joined North East Lincolnshire Council Leader Cllr Philip…
PEOPLE across North East Lincolnshire are set to be asked for their views on Greater Lincolnshire devolution from Monday, following a Full Council meeting this evening, (Thursday 30 November). Members of North East Lincolnshire Council voted to accept the Greater…
In one of the largest land deals done in recent years, North East Lincolnshire Council’s Cabinet agreed last week to release land to Associated British Ports (ABP). The land includes 28 acres of allocated development land at…
Public consultation begins with 1.1-million people, who are encouraged to give their views on the deal Proposal PEOPLE living and working in North East Lincolnshire are being asked to have their say on an historic Greater Lincolnshire Devolution Proposal. A…
THE former House of Fraser building on Grimsby’s Victoria Street West has been bought by North East Lincolnshire Council as it continues its drive towards town centre transformation. Contracts have been exchanged today and the sale, which has been advised…
Pier Gardens is a Victorian, traffic-free, linear park raised above the Central Promenade which runs along the length of Cleethorpes town centre. Opened in 1885, its location is at the heart of the resort and the scope for re-development is vast.…
Market Square acts as a link between St Peter’s Avenue, and the pier and promenade. It has the bones of a traditional market square, but this has been lost, with its primary use currently being a car park. The Square…
From Wednesday this week, contractors from Premier Surveys will start carrying out topographical and utilities surveys ahead of the design of the Cleethorpes’ Market Place scheme. This will help establish the levels of the road, paving and other features in…
Vital structural repairs are being planned to ensure the main road into Grimsby and Cleethorpes can safely carry traffic in the decades ahead. The project, one of the most important of its kind along the A180, is being supported by…
Flyover plans were reported as boasting the capacity for 300 vehicles every five hours! A VITAL artery between the outskirts of Grimsby and the golden beaches of Cleethorpes, the stretch of A180 between the Pyewipe and Riby Square has a…
Alexandra Dock Bridge spans a section of the A180 between Lockhill and Boulevard Avenue roundabout. A fairly unassuming bridge, this is the link between the upper River Freshney and the town centre, and Alexandra Dock, the Royal Dock, and the…
Work has finished on the latest project to receive Townscape Heritage Funding on Cleethorpes’ historic Alexandra Road. The Townscape Heritage Project for Cleethorpes, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, co-funded the works to No. 24 Alexandra Road, …