On-street parking will return to part of the #CelebrationMile in #Bridgwater town centre "within eight weeks", #Somerset Council has confirmed: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2598833... #LDReporter #activetravel
#Somerset Council has narrowly approved plans for an eight-bed #HMO just outside #Bridgwater bus station - a stone's throw from the #CelebrationMile: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2596353... #LDReporter
Any changes to the #CelebrationMile in #Bridgwater town centre won't be implemented until the summer of 2026 following a debate by #Somerset councillors: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2570848... #LDReporter #townsfund #activetravel @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social
Nearly a year of roadworks on #Bridgwater's #CelebrationMile are almost over - but the future of this #activetravel route is not entirely straightforward: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2559748... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #A38 #A372 @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social @ashley7fox.bsky.social
Here's what I'm covering next week:
MON: #CelebrationMile livestream + #Somerset Council harbour management committee
TUE: SC planning east
WED: SC executive + licensing south
THUR: SC communities scrutiny
FRI: SC licensing north
#LDReporter
#Somerset Council has put forward formal plans for #Bridgwater's new health and social care academy - which could finally begin construction on the former community hospital site next year: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2558105... #LDReporter #levellingupfund #CelebrationMile #NHS
There's a lot of work going on all along the #BridgwaterCarnival procession route - and I've been taking a closer look at it :) www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2557814... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #levellingupfund #CelebrationMile #activetravel #Bridgwater
The one-way system in #Bridgwater town centre (delivered as part of the #CelebrationMile regeneration scheme) will be reviewed by #Somerset Council, leader @billrevans.bsky.social has said: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2557724... #LDReporter #townsfund #activetravel @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social
. @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social has urged #Somerset Council to resist making any changes to the #CelebrationMile in #Bridgwater for "five or ten years": www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2556661... #LDReporter #townsfund #activetravel
A planned street party in #Bridgwater town centre has been postponed for SIX MONTHS to allow the #CelebrationMile roadworks to be completed: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2547808... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #activetravel @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social
ICYMI, here's what comes next for the #CelebrationMile in #Bridgwater town centre: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #activetravel
More than £3.5m from the #Bridgwater town deal has already been spent on the #CelebrationMile in Bridgwater town centre. Here's where #Somerset Council is planning to go from here: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #activetravel
ICYMI, here's why this Indian restaurant in #Bridgwater has been stripped of its licence by #Somerset Council: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #CelebrationMile
The Spice Club Indian restaurant on #Bridgwater's #CelebrationMile has been stripped of its licence following several raids by Home Office immigration officials: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset
ICYMI, here's why the delivery of the #CelebrationMile in #Bridgwater town centre is taking so long: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund
#Bridgwater businesses will have to put up with #roadworks for at least two more months as work to deliver the #CelebrationMile continues: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund
ICYMI, Church Street in #Bridgwater town centre will be shut from two months from Monday (June 2): www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #CelebrationMile #activetravel
Work on the £9m #CelebrationMile in #Bridgwater is continuing at pace with the upcoming closure of Church Street: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #activetravel
The long-awaited £5.2m regeneration of Northgate Docks in #Bridgwater (as part of the Bridgwater town deal) is moving closer as #Somerset Council appoints a design team for the project: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #CelebrationMile #townsfund #activetravel @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social
Over in #Bridgwater, local MP Sir Ashley Fox has been making his displeasure known about the #CelebrationMile roadworks taking place as part of the Bridgwater town deal: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #levellingupfund #A38 #Dunball #M5 #A39
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Here's what I'll be covering next week:
MON: #Somerset Council #CelebrationMile breakfast event + SC corporate & resources scrutiny
TUE: SC planning south
WED: SC executive
THUR: No meetings
FRI: No meetings
#LDReporter
ICYMI, #Bridgwater councillor Diogo Rodrigues has urged #Somerset Council to ensure buses can access the town's railway station: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #A372 #CelebrationMile
#Somerset Council will work with #Bridgwater Town Council, Network Rail & @gwr.com to ensure buses can safely access the town's railway station following criticism from a local councillor: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #A372 #CelebrationMile
Buses currently can't pick up passengers outside #Bridgwater railway station. Here's how the problem will be fixed (hopefully very soon): www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerse... #LDReporter #Somerset #A372 #CelebrationMile
ICYMI, here's why #Bridgwater businesses that have been affected by ongoing #roadworks won't be getting any financial compensation: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #CelebrationMile
#Bridgwater town centre is currently full of #roadworks - and the businesses who are suffering won't be getting a penny in compensation: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #CelebrationMile #townsfund #activetravel
#Bridgwater businesses who've been affected by the #CelebrationMile #roadworks won't be getting any compensation from #Somerset Council: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #townsfund #activetravel
Work on #Bridgwater's #CelebrationMile is due to finish in the summer - but to achieve that, this road near the town centre will be shut for five months: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #activetravel @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social
Five months of #roadworks will begin in #Bridgwater shortly after #ValentinesDay2025 as the final section of the town's #CelebrationMile starts to take shape: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #activetravel #townsfund
ICYMI, here's when work will begin to transform the former community hospital in #Bridgwater town centre into a health and social care academy: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #CelebrationMile #levellingupfund