Plea for tolerance as neighbourhood disputes reported during second lockdown increases four-fold
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A Perthshire councillor has asked residents to stay patient as the number of neighbourly grievances raised with him has soared since autumn.
Carse of Gowrie councillor Angus Forbes says that the number of complaints over long-standing issues being sent to him has increased four-fold since the second string of local restrictions have been introduced.
Conservative Mr Forbes says that the gripes, which include noise complaints and dog mess, have been long standing problems which have rarely been followed up on.
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A multi-million-pound digital connectivity contract will help speed up Perth’s ‘smart city’ ambitions.
The Tay Cities Deal – due to be signed off next week – will partially fund the £2 million contract to connect more than 30 public buildings with a 19 kilometre full fibre network.
The project, arranged by Perth and Kinross Council and designed to boost economic activity, has been awarded to Perth-based SSE Enterprise Telecoms.
The telecoms network provider said the “high speed, high capacity connectivity will benefit the entire local community, including educational institutions, council buildings, leisure centres, care homes and residential homes, as well as public buildings near to the new 3,000-site West Perth housing development”.