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East Street, Epsom planned improvements for traffic and pedestrians

For many years, the possibility of building a lay-by outside the parade of shops on East Street next to Chuters Grove has been discussed. Residents have complained, that parking on the highway and also on the pavement has delayed traffic wanting to travel into Epsom and also made it difficult to see oncoming traffic from vehicles turning onto East Street. Officers had been reluctant to build a lay-by as it would be very expensive due to the pipes and cables under the pavement which would have to be lowered.

Parking Charges Up over 25%

The cost of parking in the borough's car parks is set to rise from around 25% to 300% over the next three years.  On 8 J...

West Midlands Combined Authority a potential threat to our green fields warns Sandison

There was a sort of debate on proposals for a West Midlands Combined Authority at Rugby Borough Council last night (21st July 2015).

MP pays tribute to retiring Cumbria University Vice-Chancellor

The vice chancellor of the University of Cumbria, Professor Peter Strike, has announced he is to retire at the end of July 2016. South Lakes MP Tim Farron paid tribute to Mr Strike's 'leadership and dedication to Cumbria and Higher Education'.

Running a deficit is “prudent management of money” say Rugby’s Tories

Rugby Borough Council's finance staff report that last year the Council missed its rates collection figures by £675,000 - see http://rugby.lib.dm/a3Zll . This was partly offset by better news in other areas of the budget but overall the Council had to take £275,000 from its reserves to avoid an overspend at the end of the year.

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