Bedford Borough Council has worked with the Government and BT to bring the national broadband rollout programme to Bedford Borough. The "Spires" houses (Maskell Drive etc) and the houses on the new Orbit estate (Markham Rise etc) have received one of the new cabinets in this scheme. The cabinet is based on Maskell Drive but serves both areas.
The construction of a completed western bypass will go ahead after Mayor Dave Hodgson announced that the Council has successfully overcome the array of obstacles blocking the crucial project. The Council is now issuing tender documents and building work is expected to start as soon as September.
This photo shows mayor Dave at the Clapham/A6 end of the bypass, on which construction will begin this autumn ...
New figures show that Bedford town centre's shop vacancy rate continues to fall, bucking the national trend and outstripping neighbouring towns.
Local Liberal Democrat Borough Councillor Tim Hill has been campaigning against the "boy racers" and "speed merchants" who have been treating Abbey Fields as a race track, especially during the summer months.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has announced that work is underway on a radical Town Centre decongestion plan for Bedford Town Centre, with the construction of the Council's planned new Road Bridge over the river at its heart.