Bedford Town Council recently voted to commit a required local match in applying for a federal grant to aid in efforts for a new Amtrak passenger trail stop in Bedford, a project estimated at $23 million.
A conditional use permit for construction of 18 townhomes in a stretch of Burks Hill Road in the town of Bedford near U.S. 460 and Bedford Elementary School received Bedford Town Council’s unanimous approval Tuesday.
Bedford Town Council is taking over ownership of Edmund Street Park after an agreement with the Bedford County School Board to convey the property to the town.
A new ladder truck for the Bedford Fire Department is estimated at $2.2 million, more than triple the amount the town paid for in 2007, largely due to effects of inflation unlike any the town’s fire chief said he’s ever seen.