Work on the third and final phase of Brough Relief Road is now complete, connecting Skillings Lane and Saltsground Road with Moor Road. The road, which is developed alongside the £200m Brough South development, will ease congestion in the town by providing an alternative route for commuters and commercial traffic to access the Humber Enterprise Park. Hessle-based civil engineering specialists, C.R. Reynolds Ltd, started work on phase three last year. It is being funded by the HEY LEP, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, and the Brough South Consortium – the organisation behind the wider [...]

Due to the continued restrictions, the next meeting of the Brough South Liaison Committee will take place on Monday 14th December via Zoom at 7.00 p.m. Members of the public are invited to join the meeting and will be allowed to ask questions when invited to do so by the Chair.  If you would like to join the meeting, then please pre-register by emailing al@horncastlegroup.com and you will be issued with a link on the day of the meeting.

The third and final phase of the Brough Relief Road has been granted planning permission, with work forecast to start on the project in June this year. The road will ease town-centre congestion by linking Skillings Lane with Moor Road, meaning traffic from the Humber Enterprise Park on Saltsground Road will no longer be confined to the current town centre route once it is completed in spring 2021. It is being funded by the Humber LEP, East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Brough South Consortium and work is being carried out by a contractor appointed by [...]

Forty water voles – one of the UK’s rarest mammals – have been released into a specially created habitat at Brough South. The release, which was watched by pupils from Hunsley Primary – a brand new school on Brough South – follows the removal of around 20 water voles in 2017 from the development site, to make way for groundworks. The animals were cared for by the Derek Gow consultancy, a specialist water vole ecology business in Devon, until the site was ready to receive them back. They also bred in captivity, meaning twice [...]