There's plenty still to do when it comes to regenerating #Somerset. Here are five big projects which will move forward in 2026: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2574056... #LDReporter #townsfund #levellingupfund #futurehighstreetsfund #Yeovil #Bridgwater #Wellington
It's a less than #MerryChristmas for #Glastonbury resident as the Red Brick Building admits it may have to close following the Life Factory scandal: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2572318... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund
#Glastonbury Tory councillor Susannah Hart hs urged #Somerset Council not to spend any more public money trying to "salvage" the ill-fated Life Factory project: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2571097... #LDReporter #townsfund
#Somerset Council "took too long" to suspend a failing regeneration project in #Glastonbury, according to an official 'lessons learned' report: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2570610... #LDReporter #townsfund
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
A planned food and regenerative farming centre in #Glastonbury has been scrapped by #Somerset Council as the fallout of the Life Factory fiasco continues: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2570170... #LDReporter #townsfund
Liz Leyshon, deputy leader of #Somerset Council, has been cleared of having any conflict of interest regarding the failed Life Factory regeneration project, which forms part of the #Glastonbury town deal: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2569858... #LDReporter #townsfund
"We got it wrong"
#Somerset Council's chief executive Duncan Sharkey has apologised for mistakes made in delivering the Life Factory project as part of the #Glastonbury town deal: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2569334... #LDReporter #townsfund
#Somerset Council continued to make payments to a failing #Glastonbury regeneration project months after it publicly "paused" support, a new audit has concluded: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2567549... #LDReporter #townsfund
#Bridgwater may have faced "another year of roadworks" if the Dunball roundabout upgrade had not been delivered in its now-finished form: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2564209... #LDReporter #Somerset #A38 #M5 #levellingupfund #townsfund ##activetravel #LCWIP @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social
#Somerset Council will try to recover public money spent on this failed #Glastonbury regeneration project as a formal police investigation continues: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2563388... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund
A key section of the former #Somerset and #Dorset Joint Railway line near #Glastonbury has been completely revamped as part of ongoing regeneration work in and around the town: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2560347... #LDReporter #townsfund @walkwheelcyclet.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
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
Check out all the amazing images from my recent tour of the Baily's Buildings in #Glastonbury: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2555929... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund
The historic Baily's Buildings are being lovingly restored through a £6.3m grant as part of the #Glastonbury town deal - and I've been for a look behind the scenes :) www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2555854... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund
Avon and #Somerset Constabulary has launched a fraud investigation into the regeneration of the Red Brick Building as part of the #Glastonbury town deal: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2551521... #LDReporter #townsfund
#Bridgwater is one of 169 towns - and the only one in #Somerset - to receive £20m over the next 10 years for regeneration projects under the government's #PrideinPlace programme: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2550550... #LDReporter #townsfund #levellingupfund
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
More road closures will be needed from Monday (September 15) to complete the £10.7m upgrade of the #Dunball roundabout in #Bridgwater: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2545354... #LDReporter #Somerset #A38 #A39 #M5 #townsfund #levellingupfund
The government-backed regeneration of the Northgate Docks in #Bridgwater won't be completed until March 2027, #Somerset Council has confirmed: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2534853... #LDReporter #townsfund
The government has extended the deadline for spending all remaining #townsfund grants - but the future of this #Glastonbury regeneration project remains in the balance: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2534261... #LDReporter #Somerset
No start date has been set for a £4.9m upgrade of the #BridgwaterCarnival facilities off the #A38 #Bristol Road, backed by the #Bridgwater town deal and the #Somerset Community Foundation: bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2532125... #LDReporter #townsfund
Amended plans have been submitted for a new solar farm on Porchestell Drove in #Glastonbury - land which #Somerset Council originally intended to become a travellers' site: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2528887... #LDReporter #townsfund
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
More #roadworks are planned in #Bridgwater town centre in the coming months as #Somerset Council seeks to wrap up the delivery of the now-infamous #CelebrationMile: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #
#activetravel #townsfund @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social
ICYMI, here's where thing stand with all the projects being delivered under the #Glastonbury town deal: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #Glastonbury #townsfund
