Birmingham Post - Tag - amey

Amey charging council £2,000 for each tree planted in Birmingham

Birmingham Post — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:30:00 GMT

Council highways contractor Amey is charging £2,000 for each sapling planted on roadsides in Birmingham.

Vintage lamps for conservation areas cost city 70 per cent extra

Birmingham Post — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Pretty Victorian lanterns and ornate Edwardian street lamps for Birmingham’s 30 conservation areas are costing the council taxpayer 70 per cent more than standard modern lampposts.

Birmingham Council cabinet member for contracts warned not to tie small business in red tape

Birmingham Post — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Birmingham City Council’s new cabinet member for contracts and commissioning has been warned not to create too much red tape for small and medium enterprises in his new social charter.

Richard McComb: New street lamps in Birmingham are a blinding nuisance

Birmingham Post — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:48:00 GMT

The light given off by the new LED lampposts in our street is akin to the explosive power of a dying star.

Amey to cease lamppost work after blunder in Birmingham conservation area

Birmingham Post — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:31:00 GMT

Birmingham’s roads contractor Amey has been forced to stop the installation of new lampposts on a leafy suburban street because staff did not realise it was in a historic conservation area.

Birmingham not doing enough to cut carbon emissions

Birmingham Post — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Birmingham’s efforts to cut carbon emissions and slash millions from its energy bills need to be increased by 15 to 20 major schemes if the city is to reach its carbon reduction target by 2026, it has emerged.

Metal thieves steal every drain cover from country road in Sutton Coldfield

Birmingham Post — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:48:00 GMT

Metal thieves have moved out to the countryside – to plunder scores of drainage covers from a leafy road on the outskirts of Birmingham.

Birmingham city centre road tunnel to close at nights

Birmingham Post — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:02:00 GMT

One of Birmingham’s busiest city centre tunnels is being shut down at night for more than two months.

Birmingham roads contractor told to keep residents more informed on roadworks

Birmingham Post — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Birmingham’s £2.7 billion roads contractor has been told to make more effort to talk to residents about repairs and works in a report from a council watchdog committee.

Highways Agency brings in extra measures for winter in West Midlands

Birmingham Post — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:58:00 GMT

Extra gritters and more salt have been put in place to prepare for winter weather across the West Midlands.