Devon County Council

Planned night time closure cancelled due to severe weather

Devon County Council has announced that tonight's planned overnight closure of the A30 westbound from Daisymount Junction to the junction of the A30/C832 near M5 Junction 29, will now not take place due to expected severe weather.

This week's closures on that stretch, from 8pm to 6am each night, are to enable overhead gantry signs to be replaced over the westbound A30.

Devon County Council says that work will recommence as soon as the weather permits.

Road users urged to travel with caution

Commuters and other road users are being urged to take care around Devon this evening as heavy snow is forecast.

Devon County Council, the Highways Agency, and Devon and Cornwall Police are advising drivers to check the weather forecast and road conditions before they set out.

New year – new chance to win fuel with Carsharedevon

Commuters have another chance to win a tank of fuel if they start off the New Year by signing up to carsharedevon.com . Following the success of a similar competition last year to encourage people to join the scheme, Devon County Council is launching a second prize draw. Anyone who registers with the website before 28 February will be entered to win a tank of fuel up to the value of £100.

Start of urgent roadworks in Exeter brought forward

South West Water will be able to carry out repairs to a collapsed sewer in Exeter ahead of schedule after Devon County Council helped bring forward the start of work.

Contractor May Gurney had been preparing to undertake work on the collapsed sewer in Holloway Street, but repairs were delayed as the site is immediately adjacent to an ancient masonry arch structure, which is a Scheduled Monument, laying deep under the highway.

The structure, which was originally built as a bridge dating from before the construction of Exeter Cathedral, has been inspected by Devon County...

Additional funding for successful library wellbeing scheme

A pioneering scheme designed to improve people’s memory and mental wellbeing through shared reading is being rolled out across libraries in Devon next week. (Monday 21 January)

Devon County Council has joined forces with national charity The Reader Organisation to expand the successful ‘Get Into Reading' programme, and create 'Reading Together in Devon' - a county-wide network of 'Library Memory Groups' and 'Feel Better with a Book' groups.

A year-long pilot of ‘Library Memory Groups’ was launched in Devon County Council’s Libraries in Tiverton and Exeter Central two years...

Winter 'warm and well' service ready to roll in cold snap

With forecasters predicting a cold snap in the weather over the coming weeks, a joint project being run by Devon County Council and NHS Devon is offering support to vulnerable people who might be affected by the colder weather.

The Staying Warm and Well service, set to run until the end of March, provides support to vulnerable Devon residents living in a cold home, who need extra support over the winter or who have a heating emergency.

The service is provided by a group of three trusted providers who can provide food and medicine supplies in bad weather; make welfare calls...

Council pledges £3 million to repair Grand Western Canal

Devon County Council is pledging up to £3 million to repair and modernise the Grand Western Canal.

Council leader John Hart said the money would be included in the authority’s capital budget which will be examined next week.

The decision follows the catastrophic breach of the canal wall at Halberton in November following torrential downpours.

Mr Hart said today: “This is an historic feature with many listed structures along its length.

“It is a major tourist attraction and vital to Mid Devon’s economy and to Devon as a whole.

“I am awaiting a...

Renewed National Bus Passes to be issued

Renewed National Bus Passes will be issued across Devon from next month. Devon County Council is re-issuing around 175,000 passes direct to registered addresses in the county without residents needing to re-apply, ahead of the deadline of 31 March.

The County Council has been promoting a campaign since March 2012, encouraging residents to contact Devon County Council if the details for their pass has changed and needs updating. This has resulted in around 13,000 people contacting the County Council with a change of address or updated photograph. Their new passes have already been...

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