Piers Meyler

1 week ago | bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk | Piers Meyler

Essex County Council has said the award of a major road maintenance contract worth £3 billion will reflect challenges around local government reorganisation. The authority is looking to replace the existing deal with Ringway Jacobs when it expires on March 31, 2027. However, Essex County Council is likely to be in existence for just a year of the seven-year term. The authority is scheduled to fold as part of wider local government reorganisation in 2028.

1 week ago | yellowad.co.uk | Piers Meyler

Concerns of increased traffic on the A12 have been raised by Essex Highways over plans for a huge warehousing complex in Chelmsford. Developer Pegasus Group’s plan for the warehouses involves building them on 48 hectares of fields over two sites beside the A12 near Junction 17. If built, the site would reportedly provide 1,600 jobs locally. But, Highways said on Monday (June 16) in its latest submission that it could not currently recommend approval.

2 weeks ago | saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk | Piers Meyler

The opposition leader said she and six other Conservative MPs from across East Anglia have written to Ed Miliband, the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, to demand a thorough assessment of alternatives for the project. However, they did agree on the need to expand electricity infrastructure. But Mrs Badenoch said they are adamant that National Grid’s approach is wrong.

2 weeks ago | echo-news.co.uk | Piers Meyler

Leaders at the Mid and South Essex integrated care partnership meeting on June 1 heard that a number of initiatives are being planned, including increasing GP capacity through local training programmes in Thurrock. Data from Thurrock Council shows that the area’s population is expected to increase by almost 20 per cent over the next ten years.

2 weeks ago | yellowad.co.uk | Piers Meyler

The risks associated with high blood pressure could be reduced by making testing available in shopping centres or football grounds – enlarging on testing for prostate at non-league football, a meeting of medics has heard. Around 88,000 within the area of mid and south Essex NHS have underlying, undiagnosed high pressure to a level which risks strokes and heart attacks.