Bedford Borough Council is set to step in and prevent the loss of several payphones across the borough after Liberal Democrat Councillors raised objections to BT's proposed removals.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have repeated their demands for BT to reveal how and why they chose the 28 payphones that are due to be removed across the borough. The telecommunications giant continues to withhold this information as the closure of a consultation period on the removals approaches on June 25th. The process descended into farce this week with confirmation from BT that its consultation team working on the payphone removals cannot be contacted by telephone.
Liberal Democrat Borough Councillor Charles Royden has reported electricity company EDF to Energywatch for failing to provide a satisfactory service to residents in Brickhill.
T-Mobile are seeking retrospective planning permission for a telephone mast in Kimbolton Road which is bigger than they had permission to erect and which they have put up in the wrong place. The mast was refused planning permission by the Borough Council but allowed on appeal by a government inspector. However T Mobile have put the mast in the wrong place, in spite of being repeatedly warned even when they were erecting the mast that they were about 2 metres out.
LIBERAL Democrats in Bedford & Kempston have announced they will carry on with their local campaigning despite the decision of the Prime Minister not to hold an election this autumn.
Older roads in Bedford Borough are not being repaired because the works are too expensive, despite an urgent need for maintenance work and resurfacing.
