More than £35m is being invested in Telford and Wrekin between 2022 and 2024 to keep neighbourhoods safe, clean and well connected as part of the ‘Pride in Our Community’ investment programme. The programme will deliver improvements to infrastructure including roads, footpaths, parking, sustainable transport, street furniture, drains and structures.

The vision for the highways department is ‘Keep Telford Moving’ and in 2022/2023 £19.67m will be invested as part of the Pride funding, to deliver more than 180 improvement schemes across the borough. The 12-month programme includes road safety schemes, the creation of more residential parking spaces in local neighbourhood oad and footpath improvements, drainage works as well as work on highways structures such as bridges.

What is the Scheme about?

As part of the council’s ongoing investment into its roads and footpaths, we will shortly be carrying out major improvement works to the footways in and around Strichley. Detailed surveys have identified a variety of work that needs to be undertaken, some examples include resetting/replacing kerbs and resetting of ironwork, clearing of fly tipping and the upgrade of street name plates where needed. 

Areas identified:

There is a total of 17 estates around Stirchley identified (see image) and listed below which are being upgraded. 

Hollinswood

Image of the map of strichley.

Stirchley Location

Castlecroft

Catherton

Calcott

Chesterton

Chatford

Churncote

Cornbrook

Owen Close

Chirbury

Carwood 

Cranmere

Sandino Road

Cherrington

Chelmarsh

Crossbank

Eliot Close

Culimngton

Calverhall

Clanbrook

 

Caynton

Churchway

Grange Avenue

 

Sandino Court

Sanderville Close

Havenwood

 

Last updated : 22 May 2025

The full range of work includes:

  • clearing of fly tipping
  • cutting back of overgrown hedges
  •  weed spraying footpaths
  • patching footpath sections, resetting/replacing kerbs and resetting of ironwork
  • resurfacing of footpaths
  • replacement of slabs (where required)
  • surface treatment applied to footpaths.

Micro asphalt treatment is a preventative maintenance treatment, used to seal the existing asphalt surface, improve the texture and help water evaporate. This will be applied to all other footpaths. 

The full range of work will be completed in the phases listed below:

  1. Drainage works
  2. Civils work/ resetting of ironwork
  3. Resurfacing/ micro asphalt surfacing and slabbed area improvements
  4. Flexipave (treatment of footpaths damaged by tree roots)
  5. General street scene improvements, painting/ replacing fences and railings. 

Last updated : 6 September 2024

  • Programme updates – any delays/changes to programme.
  • Update on completion of completion of phases.
  • Update on new work flows.
  • Photos.

Last updated : 6 September 2024