Bedford Town Centre is to be declared an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) following the success of a Liberal Democrat proposal at last night's meeting of the General Purposes Committee of Bedford Borough Council. The decision commits the council to take action to improve air quality across the town centre area.
Days before Bedford Borough Council is set to decide on whether to support the project to build a giant waste incinerator near Stewartby, the Liberal Democrats have re-affirmed their opposition to the plans and set out the four key reasons why they believe the project must not go ahead.
Henry Vann, Bedford and Kempston parliamentary campaigner for the Liberal Democrats, has highlighted statistics released by the Department for Health that reveal that Bedford health trusts have a worryingly high level of bed occupancy.
The Liberal Democrats want to know your views on plans to build a waste incinerator near Stewartby. The project has been driven to date by the Tory-run Bedfordshire County Council. With the County Council being abolished on 1 April 2009 it is down to Bedford Borough, Central Beds and Luton Councils to decide whether to progress with the plans.
Dozens of street lamps are broken across Brickhill streets and Liberal Democrat Parish Councillor Wendy Rider has called for urgent action to be taken to have them fixed. Cllr Rider reported over 50 failed street lights in Brickhill over a week ago and is furious that action has still not been taken to mend lights at dangerous locations.
Following the launch of the "Make It Happen" vision and values paper at Liberal Democrat conference last week, Bedford and Kempston Liberal Democrats have launched a "Make It Happen in Bedford" statement.