The latest edition of Welwyn News will be delivered through residents doors by the end of August. If for any reason you don’t receive a copy you can pick on up from the Parish Council office between 9am and 1pm Monday to Friday. You can also view a copy on line Welwyn News
Following recent activity on local social media pages Welwyn Parish Council have liaised with Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council with regards to the status of Singlers Marsh. As a result, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Leader, Councillor Tony Kingsbury, has made the following statement: “No decisions on the ownership of Singlers Marsh will be considered until the overall local plan site allocations are approved”
Highways England have produced a progress report for the A1(M) Smart Motorway project which can be viewed by following the link https://highwaysengland.co.uk/projects/a1m-junction-6-to-junction-8-smart-motorway
Included in the report are planned roadworks that will be taking place outside of this project over the next 7 days.
Testing in Hertfordshire & new ‘Test and Trace’ explained
The new national NHS ‘Test and Trace’ programme has been launched and is now in operation in Hertfordshire.
This means that if you have a test which shows that you have coronavirus, you
will be contacted by someone from the NHS Test and Trace team. You will be told
that you must self-isolate for 14 days and will be asked to supply the details
of anyone you have been in close contact with, from the two days before your
symptoms started. Those people will then also be contacted by the NHS Test and
Trace team and told that they need to self-isolate for 14 days.
If you receive a positive test result, or if you have been in close contact
with someone who tests positive, it is very important for your own health and
the health of those around you that you self-isolate. This applies even if you
feel well and don’t have any symptoms. You could still be a carrier of the
virus and the people you meet could get the virus from you and be seriously
affected.
Stopping COVID-19 from spreading is crucial to prevent more lives from being
lost.
Genuine contract tracers will:
while self-isolating
close contact with from the two days before your symptoms started
Search online for ‘NHS Test and Trace – ‘how it works(link is external)’ for more information. You will never be asked to disclose bank details or ring an expensive phone number beginning with 09 or 087 by a genuine Test and Trace team member.
Improved access to test booking
Anyone in Hertfordshire with suspected coronavirus symptoms
can book either a mail-order or drive-through test if they need one. For those
who can’t go online to www.gov.uk/coronavirus(link
is external) to book a
test, or for anyone who needs additional help, a new telephone call centre is
available – ring 119 between
7am and 11pm or 18001
The coronavirus call centre can help you to book a test, answer your enquiries about the testing process and what to do once you have your result, or chase up any delayed results.
Hertfordshire’s mobile test sites are all open between 10am and 4pm and are as follows:
Please bring a phone to the test centre if you have one.
New antibody tests becoming available
in Hertfordshire
A new COVID-19 antibody blood test, which shows whether someone has been
exposed to the virus in the past, is beginning to be rolled out to NHS staff in
Hertfordshire. The test is starting to become available to those who want to
take part and is carried out by a healthcare professional, taking a sample of
blood.
Although the test can tell somebody that they have had the virus in the past, this doesn’t necessarily mean that they are immune to getting it in future. Everyone must continue to follow social distancing and hygiene measures and must isolate if they are a close contact of someone who tests positive for coronavirus.
The test is designed to help the government and scientists to gain a better understanding of how the virus spreads and how different areas have been affected.
Please click here for information and contact numbers that you might find useful at this time.
Everything within is a booklet produced by the Welwyn Parish Plan Group and includes valuable information about local services available to the vulnerable members of our community. Welwyn Parish Council has a few copies in the office, if you or someone you know could benefit from having a copy, please let us know by calling 01438 716667 or emailing office@welwynpc.org.uk and we will post one out.
Please click here to view Everything Within on line.
highways England are currently developing the detailed design for a smart motorway between A1(M) junctions 6 and 8.
This scheme will be “All Lane Running”. This means that the hard shoulder will be converted into a permanent running lane for drivers to help reduce congestion and variable speed limits will be used to smooth traffic flow. The new scheme will mean drivers will benefit from a three-lane motorway between junction 3 (Hatfield) and junction 9 (Baldock / Letchworth).
Work on the A1(M) J6-8 will start in March 2020. The existing hard shoulder will be strengthened so t two lanes can be kept open for traffic when work starts on the central reservation, minimising disruption for road users as much as possible.
Work starting March 2020 will include:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 2014 | Government announces scheme |
| March 2020 | Works start |
| TBC | Works complete |
For more information please click here.
Welwyn Parish Council Offices will be closed from Tuesday 24th December to Wednesday 1st January.
Welwyn Parish Council would like to wish all our residents and visitors a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL – THE HERTFORDSHIRE (TEMPORARY CLOSING OF STATION ROAD, DIGSWELL) ORDER NO.2 2019
NOTICE is given that Hertfordshire County Council intends to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to prohibit all vehicular traffic from using that length of Station Road, Digswell from a point 52 metres south-east of its junction with Cubitts Close southeastwards for a distance of approximately 57 metres (“the Road”).
An alternative route will be via Station Road, Hertford Road, Harmer Green Lane and Station Road.
The Order is needed because bridge maintenance works are proposed to be executed on or near the Road.
If the Order is made, it shall come into force on 4 November 2019 for a period of up to 18 months. However, the restrictions specified shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the Road.
A copy of the proposed Order may be inspected free of charge at County Hall, Hertford between the hours of 9.00 am and 5.00 pm (excluding weekends, bank and public holidays).
If you have any queries about the proposed Order, please contact Katie Murphy tel. 01792 775750 at Amberon Traffic Management or Andrew Sweeney tel. 0300 123 4047 at Hertfordshire County Council.