Coronavirus Workstream Update
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Read MoreCoronavirus update from Somerset County Council – 04/09
All our help and information for 04/09/2020 is now available in a single place on the SCC website https://www.somerset.gov.uk/coronavirus/covid-19-latest-advice/ This page is refreshed through the day so please check in regularly to keep across developments and news. Top stories today: Watch out for coronavirus ‘test and trace’ scam Trading Standards in Somerset are warning residents to be aware of scammers looking to exploit the NHS Test and Trace service. NHS Test and Trace is a Government system to reduce the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). It works through quickly testing people...
Read MoreCoronavirus update from Somerset County Council – 02/09
All our help and information for 02/09/2020 is now available in a single place on the SCC website https://www.somerset.gov.uk/coronavirus/covid-19-latest-advice/ This page is refreshed through the day so please check in regularly to keep across developments and news. Top stories today: Guidance on the return to school Children are returning to schools and colleges across Somerset this week and we are providing updated guidance to help parents, carers and families. Somerset County Council’s Director of Children’s Services has recently written to all parents and carers to reassure them that...
Read MoreRiver Sowy and King’s Sedgemoor Drain Enhancements Scheme
Since the winter floods of 2013/2014 and the creation of a Flood Action Plan (attached), one of the key elements of work was to increase the capacity of the Sowy/King Sedgemoor Drain. To date works have been carried out at Beer Wall to increase conveyance under the A372, dredging under the road bridge at Parchey and railway bridge at Dunball and the removal of a restrictive structure linked to the original tidal gate at Dunball. The next phase of works is to create formal flood banks of an equal height from Parchey to Monks Leaze Clyce Sluice along with some environmental enhancements. We...
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