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Road to reopen after months of work

Rachel Mayfield — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:04:22 +0000

A busy town road is set to open later today after months of work by Anglian Water and Lincolnshire County Council. Enterprise Way Pinchbeck has been closed at the junction with Edison Court since May after the surface collapsed and initial repairs failed; now the council says it will hold the water company ‘to account’ […]

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Claims of abuse over road works

Richard Rush — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:37:52 +0000

Concerns have been expressed over the treatment of road work contractors amid an increase in complaints about them. Lincolnshire County Council says complaints around its Highways has increased this year.A report was presented to its Highways Scrutiny Committee, as well as a meeting of the Full Council, last week.The former was chaired by Coun Thomas […]

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BID says reaction shows cycle issue

Richard Rush — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:05:55 +0000

Lincolnshire Police say they are working with South Holland District Council on plans to stop cyclists biking on Spalding’s path and pedestrianised areas. Earlier this year those behind the Spalding Business Improvement District (BID) asked people to speak to them about incidents involving cycling in town after it asked for measures to curb such behaviour […]

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Opposition councillors push back on plan for booking system at tips, but county council holds firm

Richard Rush — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:39:36 +0000

Lincolnshire tips should be improved rather than have a booking system imposed, Conservatives say. The free system is set to be introduced around November in response to complaints about long queues and traffic chaos at some of the county’s 11 sites, writes Local Democracy Reporter Jamie Waller. The Reform-run Lincolnshire County Council says it could […]

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Road to open by end of the month

Richard Rush — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:25:07 +0000

The end might finally be in sight for a road closure which has been causing problems since May. Anglian Water says it hopes Enterprise Way will be able to re-open at the end of the month after extensive repairs close to the Edison Court junction. The sink hole opened up in May and both the […]

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On-call night fire plan is backed

Richard Rush — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:21:46 +0000

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is recommending going ahead with new proposals which it says will mean 20 new recruits being taken on in the county. In South Holland it would mean Spalding’s full time crews being stopped from working nights. But Lincolnshire County Council’s Community Safety Scrutiny Committee was last week told it’s now not […]

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Options on closed road to be tabled, meeting told

Richard Rush — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:00:06 +0000

Council officials say they are finalising options on what to do with a road between Cowbit and Crowland that’s closed because of subsidence. Barrier Bank/Crowland Road has been closed since last summer due to subsidence. But at a meeting of Lincolnshire County Council’s Highways Scrutiny committee on Monday (September 14) officials said they were working […]

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Residents to be asked to pay for parking markers outside their homes

Richard Rush — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:40:53 +0000

Residents who try to stop people parking outside their home by putting down white lines on the road could be asked to fork out £400 for the privilege. H-Bar markings – long white lines with small bars at each end – are not legally enforceable but are used to try to advise people to avoid […]

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Booking system at county tips to go live in November, councillor says

Richard Rush — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:03:42 +0000

The new booking system to drop waste at Spalding Tip and other Lincolnshire recycling centres and will be implemented in November, a councillor says. They hope this will deal with queues at the town’s West Marsh Road site and others in the county, writes Local Democracy Reporter Jamie Waller. People will be able to book […]

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Investigation finds ‘no malicious intent’ in sharing of confidential contract with party bosses

Richard Rush — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:02:37 +0000

The leader of Lincolnshire County Council had ‘no malicious intent’ when sharing a confidential contract with Reform bosses, an investigation has found. However, opponents say that more transparency is needed on “the extremely sensitive” breach, writes Local Democracy Reporter Jamie Waller. Reform leader Coun Sean Matthews shared a multi-million pound IT contract with Zia Yusuf, […]

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