The Government's recent Budget and Growth Review update contains a number of proposals intended to ensure the planning system supports economic growth and "sustainable" development to help re-build the economy.
Despite strong representations from Wiltshire Council and an expression of concern from the Highways Agency it now seems likely that Bath & NE Somerset council will press ahead with their plans to put an experimental weight limit on Cleveland Bridge on the A36, forcing HGVs to find alternative routes. Despite previous understandings BaNES are also refusing to help with monitoring traffic flows in Wiltshire. However Wiltshire's transport supremo Dick Tonge has agreed to install traffic counters on routes which are vulnerable to increased freight traffic, including the B3105 through Staverton, at Wiltshire Council's expense.
Sarah Teather MP (Minister of State for Children and Families): I am publishing the reformed Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) which will take effect from 1 September 2012.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that the Network Rail have been fined £4 million for breaching the Health & Safety at Work Act over the Cumbrian rail crash at Grayrigg in which one passenger died.
Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, is due to meet with representatives of Ofcom to raise concerns over the upcoming 4G auction, which, under the current proposals for a new mobile broadband spectrum, could potentially leave at leave half a million people without coverage.
South Lakes MP, Tim Farron, this morning met with Highways engineers and local business owners to discuss the impact on businesses of the ongoing road works at Plumgarths roundabout on the A591.