News - September 2018

The A417 St Oswalds Road will be resurfaced overnight from Monday 15 October as part of the county council’s £150m investment into Gloucestershire’s roads.

Bourton-on-the-Water Primary Academy has made the most of county council funding for much needed expansion work at the school in the Cotswolds.

Gloucestershire County Council is recruiting volunteers to help provide fair and independent hearings for parents wishing to appeal school admissions decisions.

From 28th October Gloucestershire County Council Household Recycling Centres (HRCs) will be closed one day mid-week, either on a Tuesday, a Wednesday or a Thursday.

As part of the county council’s £150m investment into Gloucestershire’s roads the A48 Minsterworth will be resurfaced overnight from Monday 15 October.

Gloucestershire County Council has appointed Ringway Infrastructure Services to deliver the new £245m highways maintenance contract for the county.

St Matthew’s C of E Primary is working hard to improve standards after receiving an ‘inadequate’ rating by Ofsted.

As part of Gloucestershire County Council’s £150m investment into the county’s highways, the A38 Bristol Road in Cam will be resurfaced overnight from Friday 5^th October.

Glenfall Community Primary School has received an award from Gloucestershire County Council for their work to support students who live with autism.

A further stretch of the popular A429 between Bourton-on-the-Water and Northleach is being resurfaced overnight from 5th October as part of Gloucestershire County Council’s £150m investment into the county’s roads.

Following the closure of Rydal Road in Longlevens last week, Gloucestershire County Council's highways team have released an update.

To make sure that the council’s Shire Hall improvement programme creates the most accessible building possible, a motion has been brought to full council.

Gloucestershire has been allocated an extra £271,980 from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to expand a new service for entrenched homeless people.

Gloucestershire County Council will work with its health partners to help raise awareness of the symptoms and risks of diabetes.

The A419 Swindon Road, Cirencester will be closed for one day on Wednesday 19th September for essential road maintenance work.

The main road linking Monmouth and Chepstow is to be closed from Wednesday 26^th September while crews scale back the fractured rock to ensure the safety of road users.

A busy route into Brockworth will benefit from Gloucestershire County Council’s £150m investment into the county’s roads.

Gloucestershire County Council is proposing to expand Cheltenham school Warden Hill Primary to make sure there are enough school places for local families in the future.

Following the successful completion of safety work on the Lydbrook Bridge a temporary solution will be put in place so the bridge can be re-opened.

Illegal tobacco worth over £6,500 has been seized by Gloucestershire County Council’s trading standards team.

Gloucestershire County Council highways crews will be installing traffic lights to Mile End Crossroads, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean this autumn.

Gloucestershire County Council has agreed to join a Green Infrastructure Pledge set out by the Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership (GLNP).

To reflect the 25 per cent reduction in custom throughout the winter months, the five household recycling centres (HRC’s) in Gloucestershire will be reducing their opening hours as of October 28^th.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) is raising funds for Gloucestershire Oncology Unit this month.

On Friday 14 September Lisa from the School Admissions team will answer questions about transferring to secondary school on Twitter and Facebook.

To help keep Gloucestershire moving, the county council will be resurfacing part of the A48 at Chaxhill in Westbury-on-Severn from Tuesday 18^th September.

After a consultation, Gloucestershire County Council’s Archives Service are changing their opening hours. The site on Alvin Street in Gloucester will be open for an extra day during the week, and once a month there will be community events on a Saturday.

Gloucestershire County Council will be resurfacing this key route into Cheltenham as part of our £150m investment into the county’s roads.