Update from Balfour Beatty – A50 Roadworks

Balfour Beatty –  A50 River Dove scheme update, please see below:

– We are continuing to progress with works, with the new waterproofing layer being laid this week. We have also started laying kerbs and forming the kerb line foundations.
– As of next week, we are working to continue with kerbing and concrete works, whilst then we plan to start surfacing works. This week and next week’s works are weather critical, either during the construction or curing time.
– It will be noticed, we have scheduled additional night shifts into our works programme as we manage resource availability and weather against the programme.
– Unfortunately, due to a combination of unforeseen repairs and weather (both hot and rain), we are now in a position we have had to extend our programme past the planned completion date. We are in communication with local authorities to manage this effectively, and now plan to have both directions running as 2 lanes open by the morning of Friday 25th July. We are aware of the local stakeholder event at JCB Golf, however we need to ensure that the road is both safe and practicable prior to opening for traffic. As part of this extension, the existing full closures will now be deferred until Wednesday 23rd (EB) and Thursday 24th (WB). The 40mph will remain in place for a short time after the works.

We apologise for the inconvenience ahead of this delay.

Contact the e mail address below for more information;

ConnectA50@balfourbeatty.com


Extraordinary Meeting! Government Reorganisation!

An Extraordinary meeting of the Council will be held on Tuesday 22nd July 6.30pm at the Village Hall to discuss proposed Local Government Reorganisation and it’s affect on Doveridge and surrounding villages.  Please attend to have your say!

Local authorities across the country are being reorganised. At present there are two models for local councils:

• Unitary councils where a single council is responsible for the delivery of all local services in an area.

• Two tier councils where the County Council delivers 80% of the services including roads, schools and social services and District Councils which are more locally based and deliver services such as rubbish collection, maintenance of parks and support for local businesses.

After reorganisation, there will be only unitary councils and the total number of local authorities will be drastically reduced.

In Derbyshire, we presently have one unitary authority serving the City of Derby, one County Council serving the balance of the county and 8 District councils, including our own District, Derbyshire Dales. All 10 Derbyshire councils have proposed to Government that two new unitary councils be created, A Southern Council and a Northern Council.

Under the current proposals, the Derbyshire Dales area will all become part of the Northern Council. South Derbyshire which includes villages along the A50 corridor up to Foston will sit in the Southern Council along with the City of Derby. There are 3 options presented, one with Erewash in the Northern Council, one with it in the Southern Council and one with it split. The map below shows the third option.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Area 2 is Derbyshire Dales, Area 3 is South Derbyshire.

Doveridge Parish Councillors believe that the village would better served by being a part of the Southern Council which includes our local city of Derby rather than being on the very Southern boundary of a Northern Council which stretches up to the outskirts of Manchester and Sheffield. The councillors wish to consult with the village as a whole to determine if this view is shared by the majority of residents. If this is the case, The Parish Council will respond to the consultation (which is officially only asking a question about how Erewash will be treated) as a whole village response which may carry more weight than responses by individuals only.

We have therefore called an extraordinary meeting of the Parish Council which will be held at 6.30 on Tuesday 22 July in the village hall. We invite all residents to attend this meeting where you will be given the opportunity to:

• Ask questions of the councillors regarding why they think Doveridge should be included in the Southern Council

• Speak either for or against the official proposal where Doveridge is in the Northern Council

• Vote on the following motion:

“The residents of Doveridge believe that the village should be part of the proposed Southern Council following Local Government Reorganisation in Derbyshire”.

Doveridge Parish Council is extending an invitation to residents of local villages including Sudbury and Marston who are also presently served by Derbyshire Dales District Council to attend. If this invitation is accepted, the motion will be amended to include those villages as well as Doveridge.

This reorganisation is a once in a lifetime event. Please come to the meeting and let your views be known.


Electoral Register

The annual canvass is about to start which is a check on the accuracy and completeness of the electoral register.
Derbyshire Dales District Council by will be sending around 36,000 canvass letters to Derbyshire Dales households. Full instructions on how to respond can be found within the form. It is anticipated these will start to arrive after 18 July 2025.
If any households are unsure as to what to do or need any help completing their response they should contact the District Council by calling 01629 761335 or emailing electoral@derbyshiredales.gov.uk


Draft Minutes 1st July

Please see the DRAFT minutes of the meeting held on 1st July 2025.

DRAFT Minutes 1st July 2025


Minor changes to end date – A50 Roadworks

An update below from Balfour Beatty which extends the planned completion of roadworks on the A50 by a few days: –

“Due to the delay at the very start where we had to carry out emergency surfacing to the contraflow, the scheme/works may be extended to the 18th July meaning that the contraflow full closures to remove it would be early the following week commencing the 21st July and be all clear before the LIV Golf starts. So only extended a few days to cover what they missed at the beginning”  

The original notice with contact details for further information is here: –

A50-River-Dove-bridge-maintenance-scheme-flyer

 


Next Parish Council Meeting 1st July

The next meeting will be on Tuesday 1st July 2025, 7.30pm in the Village Hall Kitchen.  See agenda below:

Agenda 1st July 2025


R 4 Any Questions? Live in Doveridge!

BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? programme coming to Doveridge!

 We are delighted to say that the flagship political discussion programme is coming to Doveridge Village Hall on Friday 27 June – national promotion for our village!

The programme was first broadcast in October 1948 and visits a different part of the UK every week with a panel of speakers who answer questions from the audience, providing people with the opportunity to challenge politicians, policy makers, writers, and thinkers.

Presenter Alex Forsyth will be joined by four guests to answer questions submitted by a live audience. It will be your chance to put your question to the panel live on air.

Doors open at 6.30pm and close at 7.15pm. The programme will be broadcast from 8pm to 8.55pm (and repeated the following Saturday at 1.10pm).

Entry is free but by ticket only and is `first come, first served`. Tickets available from the café in the Village Hall (Mondays 10am – 4pm, Wednesdays 10am – 12.30pm, Saturdays 9.30am – 11.30am) or from the Village Club (from 7.30pm evenings, from 4pm Saturdays and from 2pm Sundays) or by email to dvh.chair@gmail.com

Please note there will be security checks on admittance to the venue and children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.


Next Parish Council Meeting

The next meeting of the Parish Council will be on Tuesday 3rd June, 7.30pm in the Village Hall Kitchen.

Agenda below;

Agenda 3rd June 2025


A50 Road Closures and Diversions!

Planned Maintenance Works – June and July

Please see link for information from National Highways – contact details are included if more information is required.

A50 River Dove bridge maintenance scheme flyer


Agenda DPC meeting 6th May 2025

Please find below the agenda for the Annual Parish Council Meeting on 6th May 2025.  This will be held at 7pm in the Village Hall Kitchen.

Agenda Annual Parish Council Meeting 6thMay 2025