Missed bin collections Friday 24 January (due to Storm Eowyn) Frontline waste collection staff returned to normal working arrangements on Monday 27 January, following the disruption caused by Storm Eowyn. As part of the council’s recovery efforts, and after positive discussions with our workforce, our waste collection staff will work on Saturday 1 and Sunday … Read more
Local Resilience Partnership to Provide Warm Hubs to People Still Without Power Due to Storm Eowyn We know that people across the region are still feeling the impact of Storm Eowyn. To help those affected by power outages, Dumfries and Galloway Local Resilience Partnership (LRP) is working with SP Energy Networks (SPEN) to provide additional … Read more
Teams have been working diligently since first light to continue to assess, repair, and restore electricity to homes and businesses across Central and Southern Scotland. Our progress today has meant that 99% of customers are now back on power, with 2,964 remaining off supply. We undertand that this has been a testing time for all … Read more
The Borgue community consultation on this web site will soon be closing so that we can collate the results and send them to NatureScot before the end of the formal public consultation on February 14th. Please submit any final thoughts in the next few days. You can still participate in the NatureScot public consultation until … Read more
The following information has been received from SPEN (Scottish Power Energy Networks). D&G Council does not have access to any different restoration time information and SPENs webpage should be used to see the latest estimated restoration time for each individual power cut (addresses or post codes can be searched) : https://www.spenergynetworks.co.uk/pages/power_cuts_map.aspx From SPEN – Please … Read more
We have received the following information from D&G Council about the waste collection schedule: We had to cancel all waste collections on Friday 24 January due to Storm Eowyn. If your bin was set to be collected on this day it won’t be picked up until your next scheduled uplift. When it comes to your … Read more
Non-Essential Buildings and Schools to Close on Friday 24 January Due to Red Weather Warning Due to Storm Eowyn and the Red and Amber weather warnings that are in place covering our region, and in line with Police Scotland and Met Office guidance, we have taken the decision to close all non-essential council buildings on … Read more
The Met Office has issued a warning of dangerous winds on Friday, 24th January. There is a high probability of disruptions to power supplies and other services. There may be fallen trees across roads and power or communications lines. Make sure that you have emergency supplies available and charge up your mobile devices. Think about … Read more
If you have ordered seed potatoes, please come along to collect them from the Public Hall on Saturday, 25th January, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Even if you don’t have potatoes to collect, come along and enjoy some refreshments.
The next meeting of the Borgue Community Council will take place in the Borgue Public Hall at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, 21st January. Click here for the agenda.
