FRANCE, Australia, India and even
Barbados – just some of the countries where users have logged on to
Richmondshire District Council's new website.
More than 3,000 people visited richmondshire.gov.uk, in the
first two weeks of January alone.
New statistics show 3,622 unique users visited the site between
January 1 and January 14. The vast majority were from the United
Kingdom, but there were also hundreds of visitors from the United
States and other foreign countries.
Richmondshire District Council launched its new-look website in
November, and since then traffic has been steadily rising. Tuesday,
January 8, was the busiest day so far, with 538 visits in a single
day.
One of the most popular pages over the Christmas period was the
changes to the refuse collection times. Meanwhile, the New Year has
seen a big increase in people logging in to view planning
applications online.
Councillor John Robinson, Member Champion for Community
Engagement, said: "It's vitally important that we as a Council are
open and accessible to all our residents, and the website is a very
good way of communicating with them.
"It's excellent to see that more and more people are logging on
– for example, you can pay your bills online and access important
information about Council services, helping you with your everyday
life."
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