Topics: Public sector

  • £30m makeover transforms 50+ miles of Bury roads

    Bury Council’s £30m highway investment strategy is progressively making roads in the Bury borough better, smoother and safer. Since the start of the extra investment in 2017, more than 50 miles (over 80 kilometres) of roads have been improved.

    Nine stages of highway resurfacing works at a major road junction.

  • Prestwich Regeneration gains momentum as travel hub takes shape

    The ambitious £100 million+ regeneration of Prestwich Village Centre is gathering momentum, with the first major milestone - the construction of a £14 million multi-storey travel hub - now well underway as the project enters its 16th week.

    A compilation image showing a group of people visiting the Prestwich Travel Hub construction site

  • Bury Council Launches School Crossings Safety Campaign for Summer

    Bury Council is urging drivers and families to take extra care around school crossings after several reports of near misses have been reported. The initiative aims to reinforce road safety messages and counteract poor driver behaviour and lack of awareness.

  • Don’t lose your vote – residents urged to check voter registration details

    Residents are being urged to check their electoral registration details or risk losing their chance to vote on decisions that affect them. The annual canvass allows Bury Council to keep the electoral register up to date, to identify who risks losing their voice at elections, and to encourage them to register before it’s too late.

    Picture of someone voting

  • Bury Set to Flourish with Launch of the ‘Right to Grow’ Initiative

    A groundbreaking initiative, ‘Right to Grow’, is launching in Bury, encouraging communities to transform public spaces into vibrant places by growing fresh food. This exciting new community growing initiative, detailed on the Incredible Edible Prestwich website, aims to bring residents together, nurture local environments, and boost health and wellbeing across the borough.

  • Community clean-ups get under way

    More than 40 bags of litter and rubbish were taken off the streets of Bury during the first of our LET’s Community Clean-ups.

  • Carers Week 2025 - Caring About Equality

    It’s Carers Week – the annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face, and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.

  • £3.2m bridge project begins in Radcliffe next week

    A project to restore a long-missing link in Radcliffe’s local infrastructure is about to get underway. The £3.2 million project funded by the government’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) and the Mayor’s Challenge fund, will reinstate Milltown Street Bridge which was destroyed in 2015 by the Boxing Day floods.

  • New centre to nurture business innovation and create more jobs

    A £2.8 million six-month conversion project is about to begin at the current Radcliffe Library building in Stand Lane, to turn the ground floor into Radcliffe’s new enterprise centre.
    Funded by UK Government (£1.9m) and Bury Council (£900k), the enterprise centre will provide much needed flexible working space, along with meeting rooms and business support services. It will also help small bu

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