East Park resident Miss Donna Wright contacted Darren Friel after rain water was seen pooling outside her home in Hollington Road. On closer inspection it was discovered that recent work carried out by contractors to form a new crossing for school children as part of the safer routes to school scheme had covered up the existing drain gully with tarmac.
Liberal Democrat PPC Tania Exley-Moore joined in the call for all public bodies, to follow a Code of Conduct to ensure that during the recession families are not bankrupted unnecessarily.
A MUCH-TOUTED new plan to ease Windsor's parking problems was expected to get the go-ahead from top councillors last night - despite a growing backlash.
A package of new and revised bus services - many taking in St Mark's Hospital in Maidenhead for the first time - takes to the borough's roads at the beginning of next month.
The first budget of the unitary Bedford Borough Council is set to include a raft of proposals to meet residents' priorities including an additional £1 million for road and footpath repairs and a freeze on short-stay car park charges, thanks to the Liberal Democrats. The Borough's council tax increase will be remain at the proposed low level of 0.9%, with the Lib Dems' package of vital initiatives and funding boosts for essential services to be paid for by cutting back spending on council PR and ceremonial events and releasing unused council reserves.
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