Update on Broadway Road Closure 21 November

/in News/by Pete Sinclair

A message from Traffic Management, Road Safety and Parking Services, Somerset Council

Date Change – Temporary Road Closure: Broadway, Chilcompton 

Please be aware that we have received notification of a date change to a temporary road closure at Broadway, Chilcompton  for approximately 273 metres.

The works commenced on 20th November 2023, between the hours of (00:00 – 23:59) until 12:00 on 24th November 2023.

The closure will re-instate on 27th November 2023 until 1st December 2023 between the hours of (00:00 – 23:59).

These works are for Somerset Council Small Improvement Scheme to carry out the implementation of a footway.

The contractor has indicated that access for Emergency Services through the site is permitted on this occasion.

The link to view the new Notice is as follows: https://api-gb.one.network/downloads/tm/1111/06-notice-4-road-closures_136393384_3652931_6ea4d7cbd6.pdf

For any further information about this closure please contact Somerset Council on 0300 123 2224 quoting reference: N4 – ttro184957ME.

Please visit one.network  https://one.network/?tm=136393384 where you will see the map of the affected area (in red), together with the recommended diversion route (in blue).

Remembrance Order of Service

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Please find attached

Remembrance service V1 2

Update on Broadway Road Closure

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After intense lobbying by our Somerset Councillors Edric Hobbs and Tony Robbins, from your Parish Council, and from individual residents and businesses, there has been a change of plan. The B3139 will be opened under traffic light control this evening (Friday 10th November) and will remain open until the week commencing Monday 20th, when work will recommence. At present there is no plan to keep the road open under traffic light control during the working day.
We have been assured that the pavement, once completed, will run continuously from the corner of Parsonage Lane to the Mulberry entrance, and that there will not be a gap where the hedge currently exists.
Your Parish Council would like to make it clear that had we realised the scale of distress, upheaval, and loss to local businesses that this project would entail, we may well have not agreed to it in the first place, but we cannot rewrite history.
We would ask that complaints are addressed directly to Somerset Highways on their website at https://www.somerset.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/report-a-problem-on-the-road/

Christmas Event at Village Hall – 2 Dec. at 14:00

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Service of Remembrance

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A Service of Remembrance will be held at the Chilcompton War Memorial on Sunday, 12 November at 3:00 pm. All are welcome to attend as we commemorate those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Light refreshments will be served thereafter in The Village Hall.

A shuttle service from the Village Hall will be made available for those in need.

Plant a tree in 23

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As part of an initiative to encourage residents to plant more trees the Parish Council will be purchasing a batch of small baby trees (whips) that they will be giving away to villagers to grow in their gardens.

The saplings, bought from the Woodland Trust, will include hawthorn, rowan, blackthorn and silver birch.

Anyone who is interested in acquiring a tree for their home, in the first instance, contact the clerk on parishclerk@chilcompton.org before the end of October. 

Plant a Tree in 23

 

 

Proposed Refuse Strike Action postponed

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This industrial action has been postponed while the union members are balloted on an increased offer. Please continue to follow the link for updates by clicking here

 

Refuse collection strike may start soon

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Please see the attached notification from Somerset Council regarding potential industrial action by refuse  collectors. The link is available by clicking here

 

New benches for Old Rec.

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The Parish Council has installed several new benches in the Old Rec. Made from recycled materials, they are already being used by people enjoying relaxing in the open space. One bench is dedicated to the memory of our late Queen and another to the coronation of King Charles III.

 

 

Youth Club funded for remainder of 2023

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Chilcompton Parish Council are very grateful to these businesses and organisations for their valuable donations to support the Youth club in Chilcompton.