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£1m Herts Pothole Repairs Start Before Winter Frosts
Hertfordshire County Council is spending £1m fixing cracks and worn road surfaces before frost turns them into potholes, with repairs over the coming months.
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Fly-tipping
Stevenage Fly-Tipping: 3,058 Cases, the Most in Herts
Stevenage logged 3,058 fly-tips in 2024/25, the highest rate in Herts. Councils warn you can be fined up to £5,000 if a man with a van dumps your rubbish.
Parking
Stevenage Parking Changes Now Live: Old Town and Centre
Since 19 October the Old Town High Street has two-hour bays, Ditchmore Lane charges after two hours and town centre bays take no paper tickets. Prices and permits.
Business
GSK Stevenage: £440,000 plan for a £110m-a-year hit
Stevenage's council has costed GSK's departure at £110m a year, £1.1bn over a decade, and put £440,000 behind a taskforce. Its plan is due June 2027.
Council
Stevenage parking: paper tickets to go, new Eastgate bays
Paper tickets would go from Stevenage's town centre on-street bays, replaced by pay-by-plate machines. Prices stay the same. Objections close 18 September.
Food
Stevenage food hygiene: 14 of last 15 scored top marks
Fourteen of the last fifteen Stevenage food hygiene inspections scored 5. But 156 of the borough's 693 food businesses still have no published rating at all.
Community
Stevenage 80 at 80 afternoon tea: apply by 20 September
Turning 80 in 2026 and live in Stevenage? The council is inviting you to an afternoon tea marking 80 years of the new town. Applications close 20 September; a ballot decides if oversubscribed.
Council
Stevenage parcel lockers: 21 sites, have your say by 19 Aug
InPost lockers are proposed at 21 sites across Stevenage, from Harrow Court to Shaftesbury Court. Comments close at midnight on Wednesday 19 August.
Council
St Nicholas Pride in Place: £20m Board Members Named
Nine residents join chair John Arceno, the MP and two councillors on the board spending up to £20m in St Nicholas. Its plan goes to government in February 2027.