
Council invests additional £1m in road and pavement improvements
Bedford Borough Council have announced that they are investing an addition £1m into the Roads and Pavements capital budget for 2021/22.
Bedford Borough Council have announced that they are investing an addition £1m into the Roads and Pavements capital budget for 2021/22.
Following major works which have seen the entire stretch of road dug up, the drainage system replaced, and the road rebuilt, the A6 past Wilstead is set to reopen on Monday 9 March.
The UK's largest vintage kilo sale returns to Bedford this coming Sunday (8th May) from 10:30am to 4pm at Bedford Corn Exchange.
Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB has 27 fewer GPs than it did in December 2016. This loss of essential primary care comes as the number of registered patients in the area rises by 11% to well over 1 million - the 7th largest increase in the country. Bedford Liberal Democrats are calling for a fair deal for Bedford Borough, so residents can get access to the primary health care they need.
At a meeting of the Climate Change Committee this week, Mayor Dave Hodgson confirmed the new locations for rewilding and relaxed grass cutting to help save the bees and boost biodiversity across Bedford Borough. The new sites include Margetts Road, Aylesbury Road, Clapham Road Roundabout, Moor Lane, Bedford Park and Bowhill Park.
In a stranger than usual public event held in the Changing Places accessible public toilet in River Street Car Park, two further toilets in Bedford were twinned, bringing the total to more than 20 in supporting Bedford Park Rotary Club's Toilet Twinning campaign, highlighting sanitation needs and improving sanitation across the globe. The other Borough Council twinned toilet is in Borough Hall