High Street Regeneration Scheme Launch

A Year of the Pothole Hit Squad: 5,000 potholes repaired

It was a year ago this month that we introduced a new, 'rapid response' Pothole Hit Squad service in order to repair more potholes, more efficiently, right across the Borough. We invested in new equipment which sees vehicles carrying a mobile 'hot box,' keeping the tar hot and ready to use while the teams are out and about. After years and years of chronic underinvestment in our roads, we have made huge efforts in the fightback to make our roads safe for all road users, and the improved pothole repair work sits alongside the increased resurfacing work as a key part of this drive.

Riverside Regeneration Continues to Gather Pace as Wagamama Commits to Bedford

The overwhelming confidence shown by commercial operators in the Bedford Town Centre riverside regeneration scheme has been further illustrated with news that the high quality restaurant operator Wagamama has signed up for a twenty-year commitment to Bedford. Wagamama joins a host of high quality restaurants in signing up for the exciting scheme.

Mayor Dave: If PM's Words on Austerity Mean Anything, Government Must Halt Punishing Cuts for Local Services

Mayor Dave Hodgson has insisted that if Theresa May's claim that 'austerity is over' means anything at all, the Tory Government must use its forthcoming budget to change course dramatically over its plans to continue with massive, punishing cuts for local services.

Coronavirus Tier Two Restrictions

As you will have seen the Government has placed Bedford Borough in the new Tier Two - High Alert category for the new Coronavirus restrictions.

Mayor Dave visits Kings House following installation of solar panels

Mayor Dave Hodgson visited Kings House yesterday to discuss their carbon reduction plans following the installation of solar panels part funded by the Mayor's Climate Change Fund.