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Mayor Dave Hodgson marks the launch of new bus services in both rural and urban Bedford Borough with Godfrey Willis of BABUS, Andy Campbell  of Stagecoach and Grant Palmer

Rural Bus Service Improvements Win National Recognition as Usage Climbs by 25%

As has been widely reported, rural bus services elsewhere across the country have faced drastic cuts in the face of the unprecedented reduction in funding for local authorities. While we are obviously contending with those same cuts in our funding, we have fought to protect rural bus services and have introduced new and improved routes, so it was pleasing to hear that those new services were singled out for praise at the recent National Transport Awards.

31 Oct 2013
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Dave Hodgson with the historic balustrades on the Embankment in Bedford

Looking After Our Cherished Embankment

Recently I popped along to the Embankment to have a look at the historic balustrades, which we are repairing and renewing as part of a £50,000 investment to preserve this landmark feature of Bedford Town Centre.

28 Oct 2013
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Mayor Dave Hodgson with the car parks sign on Horne Lane, Bedford

Free Parking Deal: Another Reason to be a bit Noisier about Bedford and what it has to Offer!

The topic of my latest monthly article for the Times and Citizen newspaper was the Free Parking Deal, our initiative to follow our three successive years of shoppers' car park freezes with two hours' free parking in Bedford town centre on Saturdays from November 23rd. In it, I suggested that while Bedford has been quietly bucking the trend with our frozen charges for shoppers, rising footfall and falling shop vacancy rate, perhaps it's time to be a bit noisier in promoting our town and all it has to offer. If you didn't see the article, here it is in full:

23 Oct 2013
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