Community Impact Mitigation News Today

Portage Co. Board Supervisors serve two-year terms with all 25 members up for reelection simultaneously. 

Residents living near the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock (IHNC) have been asked to share their ideas to offset impacts related to the lock replacement.

New decorative lighting to be introduced along Burnham seafront New decorative lighting is set to return to Burnham-On-Sea’s seafront after town councillors gave the go-ahead at their latest meeting. At a virtual meeting of March’s full council meeting, Burnham and Highbridge town councillors decided to proceed with the revamp of lighting. “Decorative seafront lighting will be strung between the existing lampposts at a cost of £10,708,” it was resolved. The proposals have been welcome...

Town theatre plans to start screening films ‘but won’t compete with cinema’ Burnham-On-Sea’s Princess Theatre hopes to start screening daytime films in its main hall when it re-opens later in the year – but it does not intend to compete with the town’s Ritz Cinema, councillors have been told this week. During a virtual meeting of the Town Council’s Princess Management Committee this week, the theatre’s Business Development Officer, Beccy Armory, gave an update on th...

Seafront residents in Burnham-On-Sea say they are being “ignored” by the Town Council over their calls for a proposed play area to be re-located further along the Esplanade – and they are now considering legal action. As reported here, residents of Quantock Court say that while they support the idea of a new seafront play area, the tarmac area on the South Esplanade earmarked for the new facilities is “unsuitable” as it is ‘regularly used’ for various outdoor activities by familie...