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Your local Ward Lib Dem Councillor

Darren Fower welcomed the news the city

council has now agreed to undertake full consultation on plans to introduce a

play area, situated behind homes in Gildale, in the area known as

Cuckoos Hollow, before further action is taken.

Members of the South Werrington and North Gunthorpe FOCUS

Team have, over the past few weeks been working hard on behalf of local

residents at meetings to discuss the proposals. Cllr Darren Fower raised the

issues, put to him by local people and also sent a letter, to each and every

home in Lakeside and Gildale to guarantee that they were aware of the

council’s intentions. A few weeks ago, Darren – along with other interested parties – were invited to

get involved in looking at the possibility of a play area in Cuckoos Hollow, after learning

that Werrington had been allocated funding for two potential play areas. The

understanding is that a value of the total fund is £100,000 with £50,000 being earmarked for

each project. The funding is coming from central government, via the Playbuilder

Programme. Organised nationally through the Department for Children, Schools and

Families.

Commenting, Cllr Darren Fower said, “From the start, my brief has always been

to ensure that local people are aware of the continually changing plans. The latest proposed

drawing for this area has already changed”.

“The concept is now much more about a landscaped area, rather than having play

equipment, located within the woodland between Cuckoos Hollow and the residential

areas. Residents had feared the scheme would be rushed through and whilst this may not

have been the intention of the city council, the fact remains that no decision about Cuckoos

Hollow will now be pursued, until the full consultation process has been undertaken,

alongside other

anticipated proposals.”

* Depending upon the

response the local community

gives, we could see work

on this area start late 2009.

Consultation exercise is

hoped to be completed by

March*.

* FOCUS believes it is

fundamental that the people

actually living within this area

should have their say on

whatever is planned!

TEAM CONTACT DETAILS:

Focus Editor: Richard Olive Ward Councillor: Darren Fower Email:

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SOUTH WERRINGTON & NORTH GUNTHORPE RESIDENTS’ NEWSLETTER

* Police – 0845 456 456 4; * Street Lights - 453523; * Abandoned Cars – 425338; * Noise Complaints – 747474; * Council Tax – 452258; * Drains – 863766; * Elections – 452249; * Road Maintenance – 453585;

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Speak to Cllr Darren Fower

Come along for five minutes to

either: Brookside Methodist Church, Gunthorpe

Road

Time: 6pm – 7pm

Date: 3rd Friday of each month

OR

Werrington Village Centre,

Church St

Time: 6pm – 7pm

Date: 1st Friday of Each Month

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Following calls for action

to the FOCUS team we can now report:- REPAIRS

have finally taken place

to the deteriorated

channels in the road along

The Steynings, leading from

Amberley Slope. Other

Roads that have recently received treatment include

Corfe Avenue & Storrington Way footpaths and

the council have assured us Staverton Road will

be resurfaced by the end of this year

ELSEWHERE:- Proposed plans for a

takeaway serving Indian food in Canterbury

Road, has finally been thrown out…. Your local

Lib Dem councillor for this area, Darren Fower,

who formally objected, told us he is now “....glad

that common sense prevailed!”

SPEEDING! Police have been monitoring

problems in recent months, along the Old Lincoln

Road & Church Street. They have promised to

discuss at the Police Panel meeting, due to be held

on 18th December 2008. Should you wish to

have your say please contact Cllr Darren Fower

who will be attending. There is a petition in

Goodman Stores (Newsagents), Lincoln Road, if

you wish to lend your support. Plus, the FOCUS

team is ‘door-knocking’ in and around the area,

gaining support for their campaign.

www.campaigns.libdems.org.uk/lincolnroad.

Residents in Ainsdale Drive & Birkdale

Avenue contacted Cllr Darren Fower about the

problem of rubbish falling out of waste and dog

dirt bins. These bins, were apparently installed at

the request of one of the Tory councillors for this

area, who completely failed to consult local

residents! Darren subsequently arranged a meeting

with those residents and the council and a new

improved waste bin will now be installed opposite

the footpath leading to Ken Stimpson School. The

dog dirt bin will be relocated onto the field.

FINALLY:- A new fence is to be installed by the

council at the rear of Campbell Drive to protect the

field. Now, the handful of unknown people who

drove their cars

onto it, will

now have to

use the CAR

PARK!

BUS STATION CHANGES……….. Following pressure from local Liberal Democrats and some environmental groups, the

developers of the massive new North Westgate shopping centre alongside Queensgate have decided to redesign the proposed new bus station.

The Lib Dem group on the city council has been holding regular meetings with representatives of the city’s urban regeneration company Opportunity Peterborough in an

attempt to ensure that, unlike some elected members, they are not ‘left out of the loop’. The

group had raised concerns about earlier designs for an ‘open plan’ new bus station which would mean that bus passengers would have to stand in the cold.

However, following pressure, the developers have now changed the plans to show that the new structure will be enclosed and therefore more comfortable for passengers.

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TORY TALES IN POTTYBORO With Lib Dem national deputy leader

Vince Cable leading financial voice of reason nationally and Peterborough Lib Dems: are echoing his achievements. At the recent full council meeting the Lib Dems held the ruling Tory regime to account demanding they present their financial status. The leader of the council stated that they were “financially prudent.”. Guess what? 2 days later the city council looked set to lose £3m in the Icelandic banks chaos! The council already has millions of £’s in a contingency fund. i.e. An amount of money reserved for emergencies. So what, or why was the reason they put such a huge amount of your money in Icelandic?

Be not surprised! This same city Tory administration that spent £40k on simply looking, into the idea of a casino for our city and on personal websites for city councillors.(This amount has still not been publicly published) £3 million on transporting pupils to and from schools (for the school year 2007/08).£30k of taxpayers money to a PR company, from outside the city, to sell the idea of an incinerator to the public and last but not least £175k of local tax payers money, on installing bus lanes on the Town Bridge. Only then for the same Tory administration to eventually decide to make the lanes just temporary. That’s just in the last year!

Full Story: www.peterboroughlibdems.org.uk/article.php?sid=3831

TACKLING YOUTH CRIME National Liberal Democrats have

published their plans to tackle Youth Crime. The plan aims to deter crime and get

young people involved in positive activities that will benefit local communities. 1. Create a Youth Volunteer Force, engage with young people, involve them in community projects and give them skills to benefit them in later life. 2. Establish Community Justice Panels, where offenders admit their guilt to the community and agree on a Positive Behaviour Order as a course of action. 3. Create a dedicated Police Community Support youth officer within every Safer Neighbourhood Team, to identify and work with those teenagers most at risk of offending; 4. Put 10,000 more police on the streets using money saved by scrapping the ID cards scheme; 5. Intelligence-led stop ,search and 'hot spot policing' targeted at gun and knife crime; 6. Restorative justice programs to be run in every community specifically targeted at early intervention, with widespread use in schools and care homes.

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