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Hot on the heels of improvements to the National Cycle Network Route 1 at Barry Station and ongoing works at Carnoustie, further works are beginning elsewhere along the Angus coastline.These include enhancements around Marine Drive in Monifieth and at Elliot Links, on the approach to Arbroath.

Works to repair the B9113 at Rescobie are due to start on Thursday 15 February and are expected to last for nine days, weather permitting.

Footway resurfacing work is scheduled to start on Murray Street, Montrose on Monday 5 February.

Angus Council is to receive £440,000 from Scottish Government towards its efforts to combat coastal erosion at Montrose.

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day – when we remember all those killed and who have suffered because of prejudice and hatred, during the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and genocides that have followed across the world.

Angus Council officers met this morning to discuss the possible impacts of Storm Isha across the county. There is currently an amber warning for wind and a yellow warning for rain in place overnight, followed by a yellow warning for wind which lasts until Wednesday.

Following the recently completed improvements of the National Cycle Network route 1 at Barry Station, work has now started on the next section at Carnoustie.

Author, Julia Donaldson was back at Auchterhouse Primary last week (Wednesday 10 January) to celebrate the upcoming 25th anniversary of The Gruffalo.

Works to repair the B9128 south of Craichie are set to begin on Monday 8 January and will be carried out in two phases. Phase 1 consists of carriageway repairs and drainage works and is expected to take approximately one week to complete, weather permitting. A road closure will be in place during this work between 8am and 3.30pm.

Families who qualify for free school meals based on financial criteria will receive a single payment of £22 to cover the holiday period. This payment will be in bank accounts on, or around, Friday 22 December 2023. You’ll receive a payment if you have a child currently in:

Was your home flooded by Storm Babet? Have you applied for the £1500 Scottish Government funding?We have received and processed 155 applications, but we know many more people will be eligible to apply.Who can apply?

Eagle-eyed visitors to Kirrie Hill will have noticed two new pieces of play equipment installed at Neverland play park – an inclusive roundabout and a wheelchair-accessible swing that will enhance play provision for children and adults of all abilities.

Temporary repairs to the promenade area at Montrose’s Traill Drive are now complete. Significant stretches of the promenade collapsed as a result of tidal damage, high winds and relentless rain during and after Storm Babet, leading to the roads and footpath’s emergency closure.

Women involved with our Glen Isla and Glen Clova Projects have been working with local artist Suzanne Scott to produce two colourful benches designed with empowering messages and symbolic artistry to raise awareness of the issue of gender-based violence.

Our housing recovery team are working hard to get people who were forced out of their homes by Storm Babet into permanent or temporary homes as soon as they can. It’s a massive task that we are trying to make as quick and as straightforward as we can.

Families who qualify for free school meals based on financial criteria will receive a single direct payment of £6.60 to cover the November three day holidays (two in service days and St Andrew’s Day). This payment will be in bank accounts on or around Wednesday 29 November.

The widespread damage to Angus infrastructure is still being fully assessed, with the process of gathering and assessing detailed and accurate information on its full impact ongoing. Angus Council is working closely with a number of organisations in this regard, Scottish Government and Sepa among them.

Primary 7 pupils from Carnoustie’s Burnside Primary School made a beeline to Barry Links recently to play their part in supporting active travel in the area.

Plans are being progressed to convert what was once Monifieth Public School into 20 council homes. The development of Invertay House will create good quality, affordable housing that can improve the quality of life for residents by offering an environment that has positive benefits for health, financial stability and security.

Two Angus Council Children, Families and Justice teams have been nominated for an annual awards programme the Scottish Social Services Awards, organised by The Scottish Government and Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (Iriss).

Resurfacing and drainage works will begin on the B978 at East Denside tomorrow (Wed 22 Nov) and will take approximately eight working days to complete. They will be carried out under road closure between 8am and 3pm on working days. Diversions will be signed locally, with the route as follows –

We are supporting this year’s Adoption Week Scotland, 20 to 24 November.

The process of offering permanent or temporary housing to people who had to leave their homes in Brechin because of the Storm Babet floods will start on Monday (20 Nov).

Storm Babet has impacted the lives of everyone in Angus. It caused more damage than we have ever experienced before, either directly with their homes or businesses or by the impact on our transport network and other day to day services. Support for affected residents

The Angus Violence Against Women Partnership (AVAWP) is adding its voice to the annual 16 Days of Action campaign – a global movement

Aberdeenshire Council’s Bridges Team has advised that the Lower North Water Bridge in South Aberdeenshire, north of Montrose, will re-open at 3pm today.

…They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember them.

Resurfacing and drainage work will begin on the B9134 from Aberlemno to Brechin from Friday 10 November and is scheduled to last for approximately 11 working days. The works will be carried out under a road closure. The signed diversion route will be: B9134 - A932 – A933 – A934 – A92 – A935 and the reverse.