Barrow Crossing to remain open!

Network Rail has announced that it will not be closing the crossing at Halesworth Station.  It will be instead installing extra safety measures including gates and extra warnings to cyclists to dismount.  The new gates and signs will be installed in the autumn and Network Rail will carry out two nine-day surveys after the installation to see if people use the crossing more safely.

Norfolk and Suffolk Devolution - Have your say.

The proposed Norfolk and Suffolk Devolution Deal was published on 17 June 2016.  Since then, all of the councils in Suffolk, along with Norfolk County Council, Broadland District Council, the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, South Norfolk Council and the New Anglia LEP have endorsed the deal. The other councils in Norfolk have decided not to go ahead with a combined authority at this stage.

The deal involves having an Elected Mayor for Norfolk and Suffolk and a combined authority - where councils join together to make collective decisions on matters that affect the combined authority area.

Devolution would mean greater control locally over the decisions that impact on all our lives – decisions about Norfolk and Suffolk made in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Specifically, the proposed deal could mean control of more than £1bn of funding to improve Norfolk and Suffolk; enable us to create 95,000 jobs by 2026, deliver around 200,000 homes over the lifetime of the deal and provide the skills that employees and businesses want.

Councils in Norfolk and Suffolk have undertaken a Governance Review to look in depth at the pros and cons of joining together. They have published proposals for how a new combined authority could work, called a Scheme of Governance.

Local people, businesses and organisations are now being asked what they think of the Scheme of Governance.

The consultation responses are sent to the Secretary of State who looks at these, alongside the Governance Review and the draft Scheme of Governance. They will then decide whether a Mayoral Combined Authority for Norfolk and Suffolk should be set up.

Please visit the Devolution Website to complete the survey by 23rd August 2016.

Content taken from Suffolk County Council's website.

FREE PARKING RETURNS TO HALESWORTH

 

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The Town Council are very pleased to announce that the one hour free parking has returned to the Thoroughfare car park.

From the 1st August 2016, shoppers and visitors to Halesworth can obtain free parking for the first hour in the Thoroughfare car park.

The Town Council, local traders and District Councillor Tony Goldson have all worked very hard to get the free parking to be reinstated from the 1st August, 2016 up to the 31st March 2017. It is hoped that future negotiations with Waveney District Council will ensure that the free parking will continue after the 31st March 2017.

Please note the free parking only applies to the Thoroughfare car park. The free tickets must be obtained from the machines and displayed in your car. For longer stays, WDC’s normal parking charges will apply.

 

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