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The proposed increased parking fees by the Labour run council for all parking in Blackburn town centre to rise by a 30p from Monday, February 5, while the separate cheaper tariffs for Sundays to be abolished, has been 'called in' by Conservative Cllr Mark Russell.
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Representatives from the Executive team @ Blackburn Conservatives Association attended a meeting this Thursday along with the Conservative Lancashire Constabulary and Police and Crime Commissioner Andrew Snowden.
Recently Commissioner Snowden announced the next phase of £2m ASB hotspot patrols acro
Sunny Bower residents have purchased a CCTV camera to combat persistent fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour in a layby off Whalley Old Road.
The layby has become a source of irritation for residents with rubbish reappearing soon after it is cleaned up and people using it to smoke drugs.
The government has given the Council a grant of £56,788 to introduce 3 new bus routes for the Borough.
One route will run between Darwen and Blackburn town centre via Lower Darwen, Guide, Royal Blackburn Hospital, North Road and Audley Range.
Figures reveal that the government provided 200,000 laptops to vulnerable children to help them access remote learning during the coronavirus lockdown. Another 20,000 were provided to disadvantaged Year 10 pupils to help stop them falling behind with their GCSEs.
The laptops were provided to c
Labour’s Exec Member for Regeneration Cllr Phil Riley misled July’s Council Forum over Blackburn Bus Station.
Cllr Riley said at Council Forum of the £3.6m overspend on Blackburn Bus Station: “We were presented with a sizeable difficulty when the contractor who was delivering Blackburn Bus Station
The Council have chosen to charge businesses the maximum possible amount to set up tables and chairs on the pavement.
Businesses such as pubs and restaurants wanting to help the fight against Covid-19 and encourage social distancing by introducing outdoor seating will have to pay a £100 fee to
Government support made available to residents of BwD via the Council or to the Council itself to help deal with Covid-19 is a huge £79.732m.
The figures were revealed in the Council’s Covid-19 Finance Report.
Blackburn bus station actually cost £8.3m, not the £5m that had been thought. This is £3.6m more than the original £4.7m budget.
Labour’s Exec Member for Regeneration, Cllr Phil Riley, has blamed the huge £3.6m overspend on changing contractor midway through the project.
