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Cornmill Meadow Car Park, Crooked Mile to Close from 7th February The Lee Valley have agreed that the National Grid can use this car park as a works compound for their North London Reinforcement Project. This is a major project to upgrade electricity infrastructure that will increase capacity to the south-east by providing the necessary upgrade to enable future energy demands, while playing a key role in helping the UK achieve targets for renewables and net zero. Work  will be due to be completed in 2028, when the carpark will reopen.

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Essex Air Quality Strategy – Public Consultation Launched The consultation will run for six weeks, closing on Sunday 2 March 2025 and residents are encouraged to take part.  Click for details or find out more about the strategy at: www.essexair.org.uk/strategy. Alternatively, go straight to the online survey at: https://consultations.essex.gov.uk/essex-highways/essex-air-quality-strategy

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Health services remain extremely busy!  NHS services in West Essex remain under extreme pressure as they look after surging numbers of very unwell people, with winter viruses spreading fast.

How you can help?  To prevent winter viruses spreading, protect vulnerable relatives and friends and ensure that vital NHS services are there for those who need them, local NHS leaders are calling on everyone in our area to follow this advice:

• Make sure that you and your family are up to date with flu, COVID, and RSV vaccinations.
• If you get the norovirus bug  or flu that causes sickness and diarrhoea, treat this by staying at home, getting plenty of rest and drinking lots of fluids. Reduce the spread by washing your hands frequently. Stay away from care homes, hospitals and social occasions until you’ve been clear of symptoms for at least two days. You will still be very infectious until then.
• If you or a loved one are very unwell, get medical advice straight away. Early help can prevent someone needing to go into hospital and can save lives. Contact NHS 111 online or by phone.
• Pharmacists can help with minor symptoms. There is also a service that allows you to walk into a pharmacy and get advice and medicine, if needed, for these minor illnesses and health concerns.
• Your GP practice is open from 8am to 6.30pm every weekday, but you can help by using online consultations where possible and avoiding calling at the 8am rush.
• If you have a family member who has finished their hospital treatment and is due to be discharged home, help to get them there without delay by being available to collect them in your car.

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Please Note:  We were forced to close the Parish Council office this week due to water pipes freezing.  We should be open again as soon as the temperatures increase.  You can still contact us by email or by telephone.

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Please Note: The Parish Council Office will be closed from 4pm on 24th December until Thursday 2nd January. We will look at emails periodically but if the matter is urgent, please contact one of your Councillors: https://nazeingparishcouncil.gov.uk/members-of-nazeing-parish-council/

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Epping Forest Christmas Service Information:

Bin collections –  Real Christmas trees can be recycled in January. Leave it with your green-lidded food and garden bin. If it’s over 6 foot, cut it in half and remove the pot and all decorations.

Boxes can be flat packed and left under recycling bags, so they don’t blow away, or placed inside the bags if they are small. Larger boxes should be placed out flat packed on recycling week.

• Check your bin collection day

Council-owned car parks All our council-owned car parks are free to park in on bank holidays and on all weekends in December.

• Find a car park

Warm places Some of our warm places are available over the Christmas and New Year holiday period:

• Find a warm place

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Epping Forest District Council have 22 Community Champions, including 3 in Nazeing.  They are dedicated to enhancing the health and wellbeing of their local communities.

Community Champions work closely with EFDC officers, who support them in developing initiatives and securing funding to improve local resources.

For more information about the Community Champion initiative or to explore volunteering opportunities, contact Wendy Cockbill at wcockbill@eppingforestdc.gov.uk or Michelle Pickett at mpickett@eppingforestdc.gov.uk.

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Important roadwork information: M11 northbound junctions 6 to 7 – Bridge joint renewals.  This work is due to be completed between Saturday 14 December and Monday 16 December, between 10pm and 5am only, weather permitting.   To carry out the work safely, the M11 between junctions 6 and 7 with be closed at these times, and traffic diverted to Junction 25, up the A10.

For the latest information, please see https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/east/east-road-maintenance-work/   or contact National Highways on 0300 123 5000 or  info@nationalhighways.co.uk.

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Pecks Hill, Nazeing – Road Closure – 27th November to 6th December Please click here https://one.network/?GB141227520  for details.  The closure is required for the safety of the public and workforce while Harlaxton Energy Networks Limited undertakes new connection works and a diversion will be in place.

Free weekend parking in December Residents and visitors will be able to use any EFDC-operated public car park free of charge at weekends in December while they do their Christmas shopping or visit family and friends. Qualis Group Ltd is also offering free weekend parking at the Cottis Yard multi-storey car park in Epping. Visit the website for a list of EFDC car parks: EFDC car parks

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