Mayor Dave Hodgson has outlined the depth of the looming crisis facing local services as Government cuts and rising demand for services combine to create an unprecedented funding gap.
In a letter published in the Bedfordshire on Sunday newspaper, Mayor Dave Hodgson has pledged to fight alongside colleagues to save as many services as possible in the face of 'brutal' government cuts, while reiterating his call for fairer funding for crucial services to have a 'fighting chance'.
A recent video made by the Council's contractors Breheny has illustrated the impressive progress that had been made by this summer on the crucial project to construct the final phase of the Bedford Western Bypass.
Mayor Dave Hodgson was in attendance representing the Borough at the Scots Society of St Andrew's 'deeply moving' Service of Remembrance at Bedford Cemetery, Foster Hill Road on Sunday.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has spoken out about the damage which would be done if the Oxford to Bedford section of East West Rail were delayed, as is being considered by Network Rail. In the summer, the government asked the Chairman of Network Rail, Sir Peter Hendy, to review all rail enhancements to be delivered by 2019, and it is understood that a recommendation to delay completion of the Oxford to Bedford link by three years to 2022, and other elements of the western section of the line to as late as 2026.
