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Irish Post
22-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Post
Sisk awarded £38m contract to bolster flood defences in Derby
SISK has been awarded a major contract to bolster flood defences in Derby city. Derby City Council has awarded the £38m contract to John Sisk & Son (Sisk) to improve the city's flood resilience and provide better protection for homes located along the River Derwent. 'This package of works, known as Derby Riverside, will provide significant flood resilience protection to many properties along the left (east) bank of the Derwent from Causey Bridge to Derwent Bridge,' the council explained. Sisk has been awarded a lucratvie contract to reinforce Derby city's flood defences (Pic: Sisk) Irish-founded and headquartered Sisk will be responsible for delivering a new flood wall and floodgates that will offer enhanced protection for Exeter House and properties on Meadow Road and Meadow Lane in the city centre. They will also carry out demolition of the riverside office blocks on Stuart Street to create a new riverside green area, which will provide more space for flood water to pass through the city in a controlled corridor. Demolition and construction began this month, Sisk have confirmed. 'We're delighted to be working with Derby City Council on this phase of the Our City, Our River programme,' Alan Rodger, Managing Director at Sisk Infrastructure, said. 'We understand how vital this project is for further flood prevention and the regeneration of this area in the centre of the city,' he added. 'Our team of dedicated professionals will leverage the latest innovations and sustainability practices to help deliver this fantastic scheme, alongside social value projects in the local community." Derby Councillor Carmel Swan, who is the Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Transport and Sustainability, said she was 'delighted that the contract is now signed with John Sisk and Sons to deliver the vital second phase of the Our City, Our River flood defence project'. 'These works are crucial as we continue to future proof the city against extreme weather and unlock the potential for regeneration along the river,' she explained. 'We can now look forward to seeing work begin on site in the near future.' David Turnbull, Area Flood and Coastal Risk Manager Derbyshire and Leicestershire for the Environment Agency, said: 'This contract award marks another step forward in making Derby more resilient to the threat of climate change. 'The Environment Agency are proud to be in partnership with Derby City Council for this journey, and we are delighted to see this complex but vital phase of the programme begin very soon.' See More: Construction, Derby, Flood Defences, Irish, Sisk
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Work set to start on new flood defences in Derby
Construction work is set to start on the second phase of a major flood defence scheme for Derby. A new flood wall and floodgates are set to be constructed as part of the Derby Riverside scheme, which aims to protect properties along the east bank of the River Derwent from Causey Bridge to Derwent are also set to demolish riverside office blocks in Stuart Street to create a new riverside green area which Derby City Council says will create more space for flood water to pass through the city in "a controlled corridor".Preparatory work has already started on the site, with contractors set to start demolition and construction in June, the authority said. A number of trees will be chopped down along the route, which the council says is necessary to allow the defences to be built and to make sure there are no obstructions in the riverside park which is designed to let flood water flow Derby Riverside scheme aims to protect Breadsall, Darley Abbey Mills Bridge, the area between North Riverside and Meadow Lane, and sites at Derby Junction Railway Bridge, Pride Park, Ambaston and Shardlow from floods. It is part of the wider three-phase Our City Our River project, which aims to protect an area between Alfreton Road Industrial Estate and Alvaston river burst its banks in 2023 and caused widespread flooding along the eastern bank of the Derwent following Storm Carmel Swan, cabinet member for climate change, transport and sustainability, said: "These works are crucial as we continue to future proof the city against extreme weather and unlock the potential for regeneration along the river. "We can now look forward to seeing work begin on site in the near future."
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Plan to improve bus connections to hospital
Plans have been drawn up to improve bus connections from parts of Derby to the city's main hospital. Derby City Council is working with bus firm Notts & Derby to add more Link 2 services between the city centre and the Royal Derby Hospital via Mickleover and Mackworth. The move will be paid for by government funding through the council's Bus Service Improvement Plan. Carmel Swan, cabinet member for transport, said it was hoped the changes would make it easier for staff to get to and from work. Alterations to the existing Link 2 route will see the service head into the city centre and back to the hospital via the A52 Ashbourne Road. The service will also run every hour and "complement hospital shift times". The council is carrying out an ongoing review of the city's bus network with priority placed on enhancing links to key destinations such as the hospital. Swan said: "As a council, we are committed to creating a greener, better-connected city. "It is enhancements like this that give our communities better, more sustainable options. Notts & Derby manager Stuart Frost said: "We are really looking forward to providing a reliable service to the residents of Mackworth and Mickelover to hopefully make their connections much easier." Follow BBC Derby on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Electric bus route scrapped over costs Bus operator announces changes to city routes
BBC News
26-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Derb city centre bus route scrapped over costs
Plans for an "electric rapid transit" scheme in Derby, announced in 2020, have been quietly scrapped, the BBC has were appointed to develop the £11.5m project, but the council said the Covid pandemic had changed its "economic viability".The plan would have seen 12m-long electric vehicles using some of the city centre's pedestrianised streets to better connect the Cathedral Quarter, Derbion, bus station and railway was due to be completed by 2023, with an extension to Pride Park opening in 2024. A contract notice published in 2022 said the bus route would operate seven days a week, and would form a "key investment in revitalising the public transport offer in the city".The government funding, part of a £161m package to improve transport in Derby and Nottingham, has been reallocated to other projects. The BBC submitted a Freedom of Information request to find out what had happened to the scheme, and how much was spent on under £500,000 was spent on the aborted electric rapid transit (eRT) plan, with £11m reallocated with permission from the Department for for new Park and Ride buses were also scrapped, resulting in a further £6.4m of spare routes in Chaddesden and public realm improvements in the city centre have benefitted from the money instead. Carmel Swan, Derby City Council's cabinet member for transport, said: "It's important to recognise that the original business cases for these schemes, which were supported by government, were developed and submitted before 2020."The Covid-19 pandemic changed the transport landscape and the economic viability of the transport sector."While we got to an advanced stage of commercial work for the eRT scheme, this showed that it was high risk in a post-Covid travel environment."Although the work did highlight some potential benefits – particularly improving connectivity between Pride Park and the Cathedral Quarter – the scheme would have required long-term revenue support which was not available."
