News - April 2018

A major road in Cheltenham is being resurfaced from 17^th May as part of Gloucestershire County Council’s £150m investment into the county’s highways.

Commuters can get ready to see highways crews at the Over roundabout next week as the £2.756 million work starts on the vital improvement works.

A service provided by Gloucestershire County Council to help people live independently in their community has been awarded the Investors in People Standard for a twelfth successive year.

The demolition of Quayside House starts on Wednesday 25^th April as Gloucestershire County Council gets ready to redevelop the area.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is supporting a national campaign to raise awareness of water safety.

This year a total of 6859 Gloucestershire children have been offered a primary school place for September, with 88 per cent of pupils receiving a place at their first preference school.

Approval will be sought next week at Gloucestershire County Council’s cabinet meeting to increase its budget for the improvements set for Gloucester South West Bypass.

Gloucestershire County Council will soon deliver all of the county’s household waste to Javelin Park; and is now looking into the most cost effective and efficient and way to do so.  

Crews from Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) took part in a specialist training exercise in the Cotswolds earlier this week.

A former school playing field long used by local people now has its future secure to remain as a public open space.

A special competition is now open to find three photographs which celebrate the beauty of our local landscape.

Stow on the Wold’s busy town square is being resurfaced from May as part of the county council’s £150 million promise to upgrade Gloucestershire’s roads.

RawPixel has become the first business in Gloucestershire to benefit from a grant, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Fastershire, to enable them to access superfast broadband.

Gloucestershire County Council is holding a fostering drop in event on Friday 13^th April between 10am and 1pm at Costa Coffee, 52 High Street, Stroud.

Did you help create the Matson Library Mural in 1999? We want your skills for a much needed makeover to bring the library into 2018.

The B4066 at Berkeley Heath will be resurfaced between the A38 and Canonbury Street from 23^rd April to 25^th May.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has committed extra funding to Gloucestershire.