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HEREFORDSHIRE Council officers say they are working to help people who have previously been refused financial support for care access the funding.
COUNCILLORS say a recently installed bus shelter near Bromyard had only been built about a week when it was torched.
I find the comments by Councillor John Harrington, the Infrastructure and Transport cabinet member (Hereford Times 18 February), incredulous. Mr Harrington opposed a proposal by fellow councillor Nigel Shaw, for some of the funds from the New Homes Bonus could be used to fund parish lengthsmen to clear drains and culverts. He claims that this was a spurious attempt to take money away from sustainable transport plans. Based on Band D council tax (Herefordshire average £1,800), the Bonus is paid by central government for each new dwelling. In FY 20/21 Herefordshire received £2.24M....
THERE are now more car parking spaces in one Herefordshire town after the council reversed some of its social distancing measures. From July, Herefordshire Council started to introduce the active travel measures in Herefordshire so walking and cycling would be more attractive during the coronavirus pandemic. In Bromyard, this meant a number of parking spaces in Broad Street and High Street were replaced with widnened walkways, and plant pots put there to stop cars staying there. Now Herefordshire Council has agreed to reinstate some of the parking spaces, namely those outside The Card...
Bromyard Bringsty councillor Nigel Shaw says the state of some of the town's buildings will discourage future tourists. A COUNTY councillor is calling for action to restore decaying historic buildings in Bromyard to their former glory. Herefordshire Council served repair notices on the old library in Church Street and the Hop Pole Hotel in Market Street in 2019. However, Bromyard Bringsty councillor Nigel Shaw says nothing has been done since and the state of the buildings will discourage future tourists. “After a significant effort, I successfully got a section 215 served on the ol...