Cllr Henry Vann - with Alexa Williams Lib Dem Campaigns Organiser - hands in Mayor Dave's Intercity Trains Petition to the Department of Transport on Tuesday 10 October.
Network Rail are commencing works on Ford End Road Bridge in October. This is due to electrification of the railway line between Bedford and Corby. Please visit Network Rails Website for more details : https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/lne-and-em/midland-main-line-improvement-programme/ford-end-road-bridge-bedford/
Mayor Dave Hodgson slammed the Government's treatment of Bedford's rail users at a packed public meeting on its plans to remove peak intercity rail services on Monday night.
Cllr Tim Hill taking pictures keeping residents in Elstow and Bedford Borough informed.
Under government plans to impose new housebuilding targets on local areas, Bedford Borough Council will be required to plan for the building of 25,600 new homes, an increase of more than a third on current plans.
Commenting on today's announcement that A&E, maternity and paediatrics services will stay at Bedford Hospital, under plans for the merger of Bedford with Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Mayor Dave Hodgson said:
