Ahead of today's announcement of the next stage of the East West Rail (EWR) consultation, residents of the Poets Area, near Bedford Station, have been left reeling at the news...
A congestion hotspot in Bedfordshire could undergo a dramatic upgrade as Highway England's proposals to overhaul the dual carriageway linking the A1 to the A428 at Caxton Gibbet have been formally accepted...
Bedford Borough Council’s Environment Committee heard the Government slammed for ‘hoarding speed camera fines in Whitehall’ rather than returning them to the local area for...
In the fourth of a series of articles on the Oxford-Cambridge Arc (OxCam Arc), the Bedford Independent looks at East-West Rail. It’s the largest transport project in the OxCam Arc...
Wixams residents are one step closer to having their long-promised station after the Wixams Station Board recommended the project can proceed to the next planning stage...
Over the past few weeks there has been a growing campaign of misinformation surrounding the proposed route of East - West Rail Bedford to Cambridge section and Brickhill Parish Councils support for the route...
In the third of a series of articles on the Oxford-Cambridge Arc (OxCam Arc), the Bedford Independent looks at the impact regional developments could have on Bedford Borough’s transport infrastructure...
Bedford Council’s Conservative leader slammed the Liberal Democrats for gutter politics over taking a recorded vote on the divisive issue of the proposed route of the East West Rail...
Bedford residents, councillors and MPs have called for further consultation on the rail link between Oxford and Cambridge as opposition to the proposed route mounts...
Tory borough councillors have spoken out AGAINST an East West Rail link being opened up between Bedford and Cambridge. One spoke of Bedford being “doomed” to suffering freight trains at night while another denied claims that the Conservatives had...
Gritting teams in the Borough are on standby following the Met Office's yellow warnings for snow and ice this weekend and into the coming week. Once again, Bedford Borough Council is reminding people to stay at home as much as...
Woburn Road in Kempston was the Borough's speeding ticket hot-spot in December, with 85 motorists caught exceeding 40mph. They were among 1,193 tickets issued by the Police to people caught speeding by Bedford Borough Council’s...