The West
Midlands Police have reported as follows:
THE ALMA SANTA RUN’ will be held this year on SUNDAY, 8th DECEMBER starting at 12:30pm. Runners will, of course, compete in their Father Christmas outfits.
The SANTA RUN follows a 1.8 mile circular course starting and finishing at The Alma Inn. The route takes the fun runners out past the church and down along The Line returning via Linton Hill ridge. All junctions are clearly signposted and marshalled by volunteers. The course can be run, jogged or, indeed, walked. Whilst accessible to wheelchairs, the route follows public roads open to traffic at all times.
The event will again be FREE to enter but with donations going to local charity. Competitors will not be officially timed. The emphasis is fun and exercise. Our oldest entrant last year was in his 80s.
Last year we estimated we might see between 25 and 50 runners but on a fine December day many more turned up. Our numbers were also swelled by family pets including two Shetland ponies! Hopefully, our second Santa Run will be equally successful. The mass start of Santas is quite a spectacle for spectators and runners alike.
B4399 Holme Lacy Causeway, Holme Lacy, Herefordshire – Emergency Works
Monday, 11 November 2019 to (and including) Friday, 22 November 2019
The recent flooding has further eroded the carriageway along the Causeway, just out of Holme Lacy village and therefore we need to undertake emergency works.
These emergency works will start next Monday, 11 November 2019 for a period of two weeks ending Friday, 22 November 2019.
The programme of works will include haunching, installing rock armor and new fencing and then resurfacing is scheduled from Wednesday, 20 November to (and including) Friday, 22 November … weather permitting J
The Council’s position statement on the River Lugg can be found HERE
Herefordshire Local Plan – Travellers’ Sites Development Plan Document (DPD), Adoption
I am writing to you to confirm that In accordance with Regulation 26 of the Town and Country Planning Act 2012 at the Council meeting 11 October 2019, Herefordshire Council resolved to adopt the Herefordshire Travellers’ Sites DPD.
All relevant documents can be viewed on the Council website at:
www.herefordshire.gov.uk/travellersitesdocument/adoption
The documents are also available to view at local customer centres and libraries across the County during normal office hours.
Yours sincerely
Angela Newey
Senior Planning Officer
HGN Vision: A resilient low carbon future in Herefordshire.
HGN Mission: Encouraging environmental sustainability through
collaboration, inspiration and activity.
www.hgnetwork.org
Dear Councillor / Clerk
Over the past few months Herefordshire Green Network (HGN) has been developing a process to support the work of Herefordshire’s parish/town councils, as they begin to respond to the growing number of declarations of a climate emergency around the county.
Under the banner of The Great Collaboration, our aims are:
The Great Collaboration team has developed two consecutive workshops which provide an opportunity for councillors to talk with local experts about the implications of becoming a zero carbon community. It is our intention that this process will be the beginning of an ongoing dialogue within local communities, helping to facilitate targeted, practical solutions in order to meet Herefordshire’s zero carbon target.
We propose to work with parish/town councillors and county councillors across Herefordshire, aiming to create dialogue throughout local communities.
We are already working with a number of local councils on this, and events will be held around the county. Councillors and clerks are able to book into whichever event is most convenient for them.
We will be holding meetings in Hereford, Bromyard, Ledbury, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye
If you would like to participate, please sign up to your local meeting by following the links below. Meetings have been scheduled for Hereford, Bromyard and Ledbury so far, the January dates for Ross-on-Wye and Leominster will be announced shortly.
Hereford, Monday November 18th : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-great-collaboration-hereford-tickets-76422239977?ref=estw
Bromyard, Wednesday November 28th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-great-collaboration-bromyard-tickets-76423138665
Ledbury, Monday January 20th : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-great-collaboration-ledbury-tickets-76423226929
Further to the letter sent to you in August where I outlined my decision to pause and review work on the Hereford bypass (part of the Hereford Transport Package) and the Southern link road (part of the South Wye Transport Package), you may be aware that the council’s General Scrutiny Committee met in early September to consider this decision made a number of recommendations.
I have given careful consideration to these recommendations and in response I have published a final decision today that confirms that a review of these two major roads schemes will go ahead however some work will not now be paused. Where a number of assessments and reports had already been started for the Hereford bypass these will now be completed and project development activity already scheduled for the Southern link road will continue subject to funding being available.
The views of residents, commuters and local businesses are very important to us and while we had always planned to consult widely during the review my final decision makes this commitment explicit.
Both the Hereford and South Wye Transport Packages include improvements to walking, cycling and public transport infrastructure in the City and, as in my original decision, work towards the implementation of these will continue subject to funding being available.
As you will be aware, there are many complex issues that must be considered as part of this review into the two road schemes. It is vital that travel, transport and infrastructure developments in Hereford support the economy, help to improve health and wellbeing and make Herefordshire a better place to live, work and visit. We also need to ensure we effectively respond to the climate emergency declared by Herefordshire Council and the Government.
The review will consider alternative options as we look to the long term and towards providing a high quality, integrated and low carbon transport system for the whole of Herefordshire. For example this will include infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians (including safe routes to school), an eastern river crossing, trialling the removal of some traffic signals and options for an electric bus service, improving school bus services and an ultra-light rail system.
The scope of the review is now being considered and a further report setting this out will be prepared for approval before the end of the year. This will be publicly available on the council’s website.
You will find further information about this decision on the council website at www.herefordshire.gov.uk, by searching for decisions, then clicking on the decisions and documents tab.
We will continue to keep you informed on progress. In the meantime, if you have any questions about this decision you can contact us at herefordtransportpackage@balfourbeatty.com or call us on 01432 261800.
If you are directly impacted by this decision please contact us on the telephone number or email address above and we would be pleased to arrange a meeting with you to discuss your individual circumstances.
Councillor John Harrington
Cabinet Member Infrastructure and Transport