High Street Regeneration Scheme Launch
I was pleased last week to attend the launch of the new £3million regeneration scheme for Bedford High Street. The Bedford High...
16 Sep 2011
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St Mary's Street Works - Update
We're now in week three of the major roadworks to completely reconstruct St Mary's Street in Bedford. As I've written on here before, these emergency works are required after a survey showed the road to be in danger of collapsing. This was despite the fact that the road had been resurfaced just four years ago by the former County Council, which sadly failed to put drainage in place. The road is therefore having to be completely rebuilt, with the eight-week project beginning on October 3rd. The works are inevitably causing disruption to people, and we are all anxious for the project to be completed on time and to a high standard, in order that it doesn't have to be dug up again in the foreseeable future. I am pleased to report that the works are going well and despite the gas leak which caused the road to be closed completely for a few hours and stopped the work for a short while, it is on schedule so far. I must add that, while the works are causing some disruption, traffic is moving and you can get in and ar
17 Oct 2011
Council Submits £15m Bid For ‘Levelling Up Fund’ for Kempston
Bedford Borough Council has bid for £14.9m from the Government's 'Levelling Up Fund' to make major improvements in Kempston town centre; investing in regeneration and transport infrastructure to improve the economic vitality of Kempston.
7 Jul 2021
Bedford Today: Senior Tories predict defeat
Bedford Today are reporting that senior Bedford Conservatives have slammed the party's mayoral election campaign this week and admitted that they are heading to defeat just as the borough goes to the polls.
15 Oct 2009
Village Tour Update: 60 in 30 becomes 19 in 7
I'm back out on the Village Tour trail again tomorrow, with surgeries in Oakley, Stevington, Turvey, Riseley, Swineshead, Melchbourne and Yelden. The '60 in 30' Tour is now down to 19 in 7, with 19 villages left in the schedule in the remaining 7 days of the month. The tour so far has been excellent, with 200 people coming out to talk to me about the issues on their minds in villages from Farndish in the north westof the Borough to Stewartby in the south and another 39 in between. So far 199 people have come out to talk to me about the issues on their minds.
23 Sep 2011
The Quarry Theatre Lockdown Exhibition
The Quarry Theatre is now showing a 'Lockdown' Exhibition featuring over 100 pieces of work from members of the public created during Lockdown in various forms including paintings, paper sculptures and a knitted diary of lockdown life.
1 Nov 2020
