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Work on the pavement alongside the Seven Stars and at the end of Chapel Walk was completed on Saturday August 18th.

Contractors are expected back to complete the resurfacing of North Road from August 28th.

The dates for resurfacing North Road have been revised. The work, expected to be completed within five days, will now begin on Tuesday August 28^th with daytime road closure (7.00am to 7.00pm). Traffic Marshalls will be positioned at the closure points and along North Road to advise and assist with traffic movements. Parking restriction notices and advance publicity signs are in place and a B&NES officer is  advising all affected businesses of the changes.

The work to widen the pavement in North Road is underway and should be completed by Saturday 18th.

From Monday, September 3^rd the 768 bus is scheduled to leave Greenvale at 10.45am, arriving in Radstock at 11.00am and at 11.45am arriving at 12noon. Return buses from Radstock will leave at 1.00pm and 2.32pm arriving in Greenvale at 1.15pm and 2.47pm respectively.

The bus to Bath will leave Greenvale 9.42am arriving at 10.16am. The return bus will leave Bath at 1.44pm arriving in Greenvale at 2.15pm.

The 768 timtable can be seen here.

On Monday, August 13th work started to widen the pavement by 40cms alongside the Seven Stars and improve the pedestrian crossing at Chapel Walk. When the pavement work is completed the surface of North Road will be renewed between the junction at South Road and the Hayeswood Road/Bloomfield Road cross roads. Work is expected to be completed by Friday August 24th.

The 179 and 768 buses will be diverted down South Road and The Avenue 7.00am to 7.00pm Monday to Friday.

Improvement work will start after the August bank holiday at Bences Garage Junction, where the A39 connects with the A368, at Marksbury. The road layout will be changed to include a new lane.

The investment of £890,000 will include £700,000 from the Local Growth Fund administered by the West of England Combined Authority. The project will build on improvements made last year to the Two Headed Man junction on the A39, which was also partially funded through the LGF.

Changes for parking in Bath and North East Somerset Council car parks are set to come into effect from August 13.

The changes are being made in as part of a package of measures reduce air pollution and encourage more people to use Bath’s Park & Rides or other public transport.

The main changes include:

• A new flat hourly rate of £1.60 across all the council’s off-street car parks in Bath, including Charlotte Street, Manvers Street and Avon Street, capped at a maximum charge of £15 a day.
• All residents of Bath & North East Somerset will be eligible for a discount of 10% on both on-street and off-street parking charges in Bath providing they register their details with MiPermit via: wanttopark.com/bathnes.
• The discounted evening rate from 6pm at Charlotte Street car park will remain in place, as will the hour’s free parking at Royal Victoria Park.
• Free on-street parking will continue on Sundays.

In Keynsham the cost of parking for up to three hours will be frozen, with slight increases in the cost of long-stay parking.  The four-hour charge in Keynsham is now 90p; the eight-hour charge £1.60; and the all-day charge £2.10.

The standard on-street parking charge in Bath, before a residents’ discount, for band 1 would be £2.50 for the first hour, then an extra £1 for each hour thereafter.  The charge in band 2 spaces would be £3.40 for the first hour, then an extra £1.10 for each hour thereafter. The charge in the band 3 spaces would be £3.80 for the first hour, then an extra £1.60 for each hour thereafter.  Most on-street parking is limited to a maximum of two hours, though in some locations it is up to four hours and drivers should always check the machine in the location to be sure what fees apply.

The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England has published its final recommendations for new ward boundaries across Bath and North East Somerset.

The Commission’s final recommendations propose that Bath and North East Somerset should be represented by 59 councillors in the future: six fewer than the current arrangements. The recommendations also propose that those councillors should represent twenty-six two-councillor wards and seven one-councillor wards.

The proposals mean that 28 current wards will change with nine, including Timsbury, staying the same.