Tag: broad street
Motorists reminded of traffic diversions
Birmingham City Council is advising motorists to plan their journeys around a set of temporary traffic measures due to come into operation in the city centre. From Saturday evening (January 17), a section of Parade/Sand Pits will be closed to all vehicles travelling out of the city with a diversion in place via Cambridge Street. […]
Bring in 2015 with a bang in Birmingham
A spectacular fireworks display will light up the skies over Birmingham on New Year’s Eve as the city bids farewell to 2014 and welcomes 2015. Visible from Centenary Square, the five-minute fireworks display, supplied by Pains, is digitally fired and will feature vibrant colours and memorable, breath-taking sequences. The display will run from midnight to […]
Key advertising sites generate crucial income for council
Birmingham City Council's strategy of using its assets to generate new sources of income reached a major milestone on Friday (May 31) with the erection of an advertising structure over Broad Street. The hoarding attached to the Hyatt/ICC walkway is the fourth in a series to be developed across the city as part of a […]
City stages emergency exercise
The largest emergency planning exercise to take place in Birmingham this year is being led by the city council on Sunday (October 30). Birmingham Shield is the latest in a series of exercises organised by the Birmingham Resilience Team, and will assess how prepared the city would be in the event of a chemical, biological, […]
Bringing in the New Year in Birmingham
Birmingham will be seeing in 2011 with a fabulous five minute firework display over the city centre at midnight on New Year's Eve. People already in the city centre will be able to see the spectacular display of vibrant colours light up the night sky from Centenary Square. Broad Street will be closed between Paradise […]
