Parish Council News
Parish Council meetings are held at Toft Hill and Etherley Community Centre
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NEXT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON
THURSDAY 18TH JANAURY 2024 AT 7.00P.M.
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Latest updates received by the Parish Council from Durham County Council
Re-Routing of the A68 At Toft Hill
The Parish Council has received numerous enquiries regarding progress with the work to re-route the A68 at Toft Hill and asking when the work will begin and we continue to ask the County Council the same questions. We are currently waiting for updates regarding the format of the Public Consultation and when this will take place.
It is extremely disappointing that we enable to provide our residents with updates at this moment in time. But please be assured that when the Parish Council does receive any further information residents will be informed.
Levelling Up Fund
County Council Statement
The County Council was awarded £20 million in the first round of the Level Up Fund which will help in delivering a heritage corridor masterplan focussed on the visitor attraction Locomotion in Shildon and the Stockton and Darlington Railway Line.
It will also allow the re-routing of the A68 at Toft Hill, creating a new 1.6-kilometre bypass away from the village centre to help to improve journey times, reduce traffic and improve road safety through the village.
Whorlton Bridge, the UK's oldest road suspension bridge in Teesdale, will also benefit. The bridge has been closed to all users since December 2020, but with funding now in place to support the necessary works, it is planned to reopen in summer 2023. A visitor centre will be developed as part of the works, allowing users to celebrate the bridge's transport heritage.
The link below gives access to the full 'Levelling up Statement' released by Durham County Council in December 2021
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