
Bedford Borough Council Executive considers Local Plan for consultation
Next week, Bedford Borough Council's Executive will consider the Local Plan 2040 for its next and final stage of consultation.
Next week, Bedford Borough Council's Executive will consider the Local Plan 2040 for its next and final stage of consultation.
Local Lib Dem Cllr Tim Hill has been working with representatives of the Sir Malcolm Stewart Trust and Borough Council officers to tackle the issue of replacing rotting window frames on the Sir Malcolm Stewart Homes estate.
A project to improve broadband speeds around the Borough took another major step forward today when Bedford Borough Council and two neighbouring councils signed a new contract with BT Openreach which secures £2.6m of extra funding on top of over £6m of Government and local funding.
Utility companies and others who have dug up the borough's roads are being ordered to return after checks by the Council found more than a third of road reinstatements were not up to standard.
Commenting on yesterday's Budget delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mayor Dave Hodgson has noted that the claim that 'austerity is over' has proven to be simply not true, and called on the government to cut out the spin and reverse the ongoing cuts for local services.
Work is expected to start imminently on the gateway Midland Road scheme, one part of the £22.6m Bedford Town Deal secured in June 2021.