Today (6 Feb) sees the opening of Blackburn with Darwen's Youth Zone. It will be opened this afternoon by Prince Edward. It is a state of the art Youth Centre The centre should be fully open in April and will be holding a series of "soft openings" to test the facilities during March. Check out what is on here. The Youth Zone was the brainchild of the previous administration when the Liberal Democrats shared control with the Conservatives.
Darwen Town Centre was in chaos on Saturday evening following the afternoon snowfall. At 7:00 pm traffic in the centre was barely moving as cars struggled to get up Bolton Rd. Some cars did not move for almost 20 minutes as traffic ground to a standstill. A number of cars suffered minor collisions during the chaos as they struggled to cope with the dangerous conditions.
Good news for the residents of Bull Hill, Darwen. They have had to put up with their road being in darkness for a long time now. At last there is some "light at the end of the tunnel". Following up complaints from local residents Cllrs David & Karimeh Foster have been urging the Council to act. The Council has said that work will start at the end of next week. The problem appears to be deterioration of some of the old lighting cables.
The Mayors of both Blackburn with Darwen and Darwen Town Council officially opened the recently refurbished Darwen Tower. The tower was opened in 1898 but in 2010 the dome blew off in galeforce winds. Thanks to local company WEC Engineering the dome was rebuilt by their apprentices and was winched into place by helicopter last month.
The Council are now working to tackle the problem of water draining across the road at Bull Hill.
From Andrew Stunnell MP, Minister for Communities and Local Government
