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Following a break for Christmas, the improvement works taking place at the junction of Church Street and Union Street in Trowbridge will restart again on Tuesday 3 January 2023.

The improvement works taking place at the junction of Church Street and Union Street in Trowbridge will temporarily pause for the Christmas period from Friday 23 December 2022 and will restart again on Tuesday 3 January 2023.

Wiltshire Council is reminding people in the Salisbury area that major changes to their phone and broadband services are coming, as Openreach and other telecoms companies are upgrading old analogue telephone landlines to new digital networks.

Wiltshire Council has received the first £700,000 of Government funding to invest in a number of projects in the county. The initial funding is for the first year, which runs until 31 March 2023, and there will be further funding of up to £5m over the next two financial years.

Local people have until Friday 9 December 2022 to comment on Wiltshire Council's planning application to refurbish and remodel the Grade II listed Town Hall in Trowbridge.

At their meeting on Tuesday 13 December 2022, Cabinet will consider a recommendation for Wiltshire Council to effect a withdrawal from the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) and to consider possible next steps for the Future Chippenham programme.

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Report say the local authority is in a strong position to meets its carbon neutral commitment by 2030, but the county as a whole needs to do more.

Preliminary works for the Salisbury River Park project are now complete. Work began in January to prepare the site ahead of the main construction work which will start in June.

Wiltshire Council is seeking feedback from taxi drivers and the general public on proposals to change the county's taxi licensing zones.