Major Ruddington Junction Work Begins

Long-awaited highway improvements to alleviate the daily traffic queues at an increasingly busy village crossroads are starting this weekend – and will take around five months to complete. As previously reported, local frustrations have been mounting about peak-time tailbacks at the Kirk Lane/Loughborough Road/Flawforth Lane traffic lights in Ruddington. It’s as hundreds of families continue to move into four major new housing developments here (approved over three years’ ago as part of the Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) ‘Local Plan Part Two’) before the mandated improvement works to add extra turning lanes…

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Ruddington Library 60th Anniversary Celebration

Happy Birthday to Ruddington Library! It’s the 60th anniversary of when the library officially opened (in 1963) and everyone’s invited to join them on Thursday 6th July between 2pm and 4pm. Library staff say: “Come and meet our wonderful team and fellow book lovers, share your stories and experiences over cake and a cuppa, and help us mark this special occasion.”  You can read more about our library’s history and this special celebration >>HERE<<. Thanks to Barbara Breakwell for finding us the old black and white photo above – featured in ‘Ruddington –…

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