Council considers closing county roads for major cycling event
Drivers across Essex are set to face travel disruption if roads are closed when thousands of cyclists hit the roads
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Real living wage uplift for care workers “would cost £15m” says county council
Essex County Council has estimated introducing a real living wage policy for care workers in Essex could cost an extra
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Recycling centre proposed on green belt farmland in Epping Forest district
A farm near Abridge could be turned into a recycling centre to process thousands of tonnes of industrial waste every
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Chelmsford city centre improvement plan set for approval
The long awaited Tindal Square pedestrian construction plans are set to be given the green light, paving the way for
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Funding boost for safer streets in Chelmsford
Chelmsford is set to be made safer for everyone, thanks to £550,000 of funding from the Home Office’s Safer Streets
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Donation point for Afghan refugees a testament to public’s generosity
Behind the doors of an unassuming building in Essex, bin liners and plastic bags are piled so high they are
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Essex road improvements set for delays as engineers leave for HS2
Road improvements in Essex are likely to be delayed due to eastern European workers leaving for major projects like HS2,
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County Council plans for just 25% of staff working full time at office desks
Just a quarter of Essex County Council staff should return to the authority’s HQ full time while the rest stick
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More motorists to be banned from new roads
Motorists in taxis and motorbikes, as well as cyclists, are set to be receive a new ban from travelling through
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Costly county council landfill waste policy “just cannot go on”
A £73million deal to continue sending waste to landfill has been agreed by Essex County Council amid a fallout from
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