Coronavirus national lockdown - Council services update
The Government has announced a 4-week lockdown for England from Thursday 5 November until Wednesday 2 December.
The lockdown is to reduce the amount of contact with other people and limit the spread of coronavirus, by:
1. Requiring people to stay at home, except for specific purposes.
2. Preventing gathering with people you do not live with, except for specific purposes.
3. Closing certain businesses and venues
Further information about the new national lockdown will be published by the Government and can be accessed here and will be updated, as more details are available.
We will update as soon as we are able to with more details about the local impact, how this affects Council services and the range of additional support available from the Council during this difficult time for residents and businesses in Telford and Wrekin.
At this stage, the following Council services must close from Thursday 5 November to Wednesday 2 December:
• All council run libraries
• All leisure centres. The Council will be in touch with aspirations members and other customers with booking during the lockdown period.
• Horsehay Village Golf Centre
• Telford Ice Rink
• Telford Town Park Visitor Centre
• Registrars – for booked weddings
• Oakengates Theatre will remain closed
Unlike lockdown earlier in the year, all other Council’s services will continue as normal.
We appreciate that there will be many more questions you may have, however until further advice is published, we are not in a position to answer these.
Until Thursday 5 November, Telford and Wrekin remains in a COVID ALERT HIGH and TIER 2 restrictions still apply in the borough - for more information, please click here.
Council Leader Shaun Davies said: “We would like to reassure our residents and businesses that we are working round the clock to understand the details of the new lockdown measures and how it impacts on local services.
“We will do all we can to ensure we continue to protect and care for our residents and businesses and offer them additional support in many different ways.”
Further updates will be published in the coming days on www.telford.gov.uk/coronavirus
