TRAVEL NEWS : Newland Avenue Essential Resurfacing Work

TRAVEL NEWS : Newland Avenue Essential Resurfacing Work
September 6, 2017

Essential maintenance works on Newland Avenue will take place from Monday, September 11 for six weeks.

Newland Avenue will be closed to through traffic to allow these essential carriageway maintenance works to be carried out, and 3,800 letters are to be delivered to residents and businesses in the surrounding area.

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Major Improvement Scheme To Start At Beverley Roundabout

Major Improvement Scheme To Start At Beverley Roundabout
September 6, 2017

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has announced that a major highway improvement scheme is planned to start on the A1079 Killingwoldgraves Roundabout on Monday, 11 September, 2017, and is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.

The scheme involves widening the A1079 leg from Hull along with the A1174 and A1035 legs to provide longer two-lane approaches and entries to the junction, and also providing two lanes for circulation on the roundabout itself.

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Bus Company Travel App Achieves 5 Star App Store Rating

Bus Company Travel App Achieves 5 Star App Store Rating
June 20, 2017

After only two months East Yorkshire Motor Services’ new mobile phone app has achieved the coveted 5 star rating on the App Store (and 4.7 stars on Google Play).

Launched on 3 April, by the end of May there had been 6,230 users with over 78,000 sessions and almost 480,000 screen views by local people using the app, and ticket sales have been increasing each week.

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HULL : Space Urchins Invade Hull Libraries

HULL : Space Urchins Invade Hull Libraries
April 1, 2017

An Art and Education project from Hull based Artist Andi Dakin in partnership with Hull Culture and Leisure, Hull City Council and Hull 2017: and supported by Arts Council England has launched.

Hull has twelve public libraries and during the next three months throughout our UK City of Culture’s ‘ Roots and Routes’ season, Space Urchins will be invading these buildings.

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THE HEIGHT OF THE REEDS : Even A Bridge Can Make Music

THE HEIGHT OF THE REEDS : Even A Bridge Can Make Music
March 1, 2017

The Height of the Reeds is a major new sound installation by Opera North for the iconic Humber Bridge, running 1 – 30 April 2017 as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017. Tickets are now available.

The installation is an adventure in sound featuring the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North; an original piece of music heard through headphones during a walk across the bridge, alongside the resonances of the bridge and its weather and traffic.

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Chance Of Snow – Drivers Warned To Take Extra Care On The Roads

Chance Of Snow – Drivers Warned To Take Extra Care On The Roads
January 13, 2017

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is urging motorists to take extra care of potential slippery road conditions over the next few days.

Mike Featherby, the council’s head of streetscene services, said: “Our winter maintenance team will continue to monitor weather conditions and will deploy our gritting lorries to treat where necessary.

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Skills Strategy Brings Excellent Career Opportunities

Skills Strategy Brings Excellent Career Opportunities
January 11, 2017

A ‘clear skills and training investment strategy’ is bearing fruit for Beverley, East Yorkshire-based Local Transport Projects (LTP).

Working closely with regional and northern universities, LTP has brought on board two new trainees as the company progresses its policy of providing genuine career opportunities for transport and traffic engineering professionals.

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Christmas Cheer For Hull And East Yorkshire Bus Passengers

Christmas Cheer For Hull And East Yorkshire Bus Passengers
December 15, 2016

Local bus company East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) has announced its Christmas bus schedules for this year, and has revealed it will be giving the gift of half price travel to its passengers over the festive period.

The company’s Twelve Days of Christmas campaign will offer everyone half price weekly tickets over the festive season, as a Christmas gift to passengers.

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