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Wiltshire Council is working on a series of projects to make significant changes to road layouts to give more space to cyclists and pedestrians, following recent guidance from the Department of Transport to reallocate road space in response to COVID-19. As the number of cars on the road has fallen considerably in recent months, more […]
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Melksham Area Board will be hosting a virtual “Melksham Community Briefing” on Wednesday 20 May at 7pm via Zoom. Attendees will be able get an update from Melksham Area Board, Melksham Community Response Team and Melksham Police on how the authorities are dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic in the Melksham area and how volunteers and […]
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Age UK Wiltshire have expanded their successful Community Meals service to include Melksham and are now taking orders for their service. The Community Hot Meals service is available for lunchtime deliveries to your home on every day of the year and has been specifically created for older people living in Wiltshire and Swindon. The service […]
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Wiltshire Police will be targeting speeding drivers as part of a two-week national enforcement campaign starting on Monday. Officers will be speaking with drivers during the campaign; aiming to highlight the dangers of speeding and informing drivers of the risks and consequences that driving above the limit can have through education and enforcement. The National […]
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Wiltshire Council will begin a phased return to its grass cutting services, following a recent suspension of the work to enable resources to support the council’s COVID-19 response. Small amounts of grounds maintenance has continued throughout this time, predominately within large open spaces to support residents to get their daily exercise, as well as churchyards, […]
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All of Wiltshire's household recycling centres (HRCs), bar Stanton St Quintin, will reopen on Monday 18 May with an easy to use postcode entry system to help limit the number of people on site at any time and ensure social distancing. Stanton St Quintin HRC will be remain closed because parking spaces on site have […]
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Good afternoon I am writing to provide you with the latest update regarding COVID-19. Following Monday evening’s statement by the Prime Minister about the delivery of mandated measures to keep people at home and away from others available here, we are working at pace as a council to manage the impact on our services and […]
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It's great news for Melksham that the announcement of the creation of a business plan for a new Melksam bypass will now go ahead. I spoke to Ben Prator on BBC Wiltshire about this today and welcomed the news. We had hoped to see this happen last year but just missed out, so yesterday's announcement […]
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Councillors have received a briefing on the proposed changes to the Wiltshire Housing Site Allocation Plan which were approved by the council's Cabinet last week and will be being presented for adoption to Full Council on the 25th February. The revised proposals include a number of changes proposed by the Inspector which have to be […]
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Wiltshire Council will be introducing changes designed to make it easier for people to use the kerbside recycling collection service. The way in which recyclable materials are collected will change and this means that many households will see their collection day change. The changes will enable more materials to be placed in the blue lidded […]
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Melksham Mayor and local councillor for Melksham South Jon Hubbard has described the closure of the D3 bus service between Bath and Melksham as a bitter blow for the town. Jon has written to the Wiltshire Council Cabinet Member for transport asking for reassurance the current subsidised evening and Sunday services will be maintained. Jon […]
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Wiltshire Council are undertaking a review of parking and waiting restrictions in the town and have asked if there are any suggestions about any changes or new restrictions required. I'm interested to hear about about suggestions you have. The first step is that they will be considered by Melksham Town Council and then submitted on […]
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