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Numbers 99 and 101 High Street, Bedford During Restoration Work Under the Bedford Townscape Heritage Initiative

Restoration of two More High Street Properties Underway as Heritage-Based Regeneration Continues

Restoration work on two more Bedford High Street properties has started on site under the heritage-based regeneration programme which is delivering £4.5 million of investment into the High Street area. No.'s 99 and 101, towards the northern end of the High Street, are being restored together, and follow a string of succesful restoration and regeneration works on and around the High Street. These include the dramatic transformation of the 'Coffee With Art' building, and the ongoing work to bring the fifteenth century 1-4 St Paul's buildings back into use after forty years standing derelict in one of Bedford town centre's most prominent locations.

30 Mar 2015
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LED Street Light

Council's Money-Saving Eco Street Light Replacement Plan Wins £5.3 million from Government

A Bedford Borough Council project to replace all street lights with low energy, low cost, high quality units by 2018 has won £5.3 million in government funding. The Council's invest-to-save project beat off competition from around the country to become one of only 28 successful bidders to the Department for Transport's Highway's Maintenance Challenge Fund, out of well over 100 applicants.

26 Mar 2015
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Bedford's brand new bus station at night, pre-opening

Mayor Dave Writes: Decades-Long Wait for Bus Station Regeneration Almost Over

In his latest monthly column for the Times and Citizen, Mayor Dave Hodgson has written of how, with just days to go until the opening of the bus station on March 29th, the new facility will bring to an end a period lasting almost as long as he can remember during which Bedford Bus Station was widely recognised as a blot which let the town down. He also remarks on the construction of the final section of the Bedford Western Bypass, another common topic of conversation over the years locally which is now becoming a reality.

25 Mar 2015
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Allhallows car park wins “Best Refurbishment Award 2015”

The Allhallows car park in Bedford has won the 'Best Car Park Refurbishment Award' in the 2015 British Parking Awards after its complete transformation impressed judges. The newly renovated Allhallows car park, which is adjacent to Bedford Bus Station, overcame strong private sector competition which included an £8 million refurbishment of the Merrion centre car park in Leeds, to be named winner of the award.

18 Mar 2015
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