Cllr Brian Dalton

A letter and a Map are currently being delivered to residents affected by the Tory proposal in Harnham.  The Labour group have also submitted a similar proposal, moving out parts of Harnham into St Martin.

Residents are furious at being “Moved” out of Harnham and into another ward.  They feel part of the ‘Harnham community’, no-where else.  These are comments coming to me from residents.

The public consultation begins in July for eight weeks, when residents can voice their opposition to these ludicrous proposals.  Residents must write in to the Boundary Committee (BC) using “Community identity”.  Buildings such as the Old Mill, the Rose & Crown, St Georges Church and All Saints Church are all within the area proposed to be “Moved” by both the Tory & Labour groups.  Community groups and schools etc can be used in communication to the BC.

Similar proposals to remove the Downton Rd area into St Martin ward a few years ago was defeated by people power, when residents wrote in and petitioned the BC.  The BC listened and kept that area in East Harnham.

For full details of the Wiltshire Boundary review, please click:  http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/boundary-reviews/all-reviews/south-west/wiltshire/wiltshire-electoral-review

Further details and the address at which to write to, will appear in due course.

Please click on this worthy web site, read it and sign the petition!

www.savethetrain.org.uk/

It was agreed at the meeting that a further Report comes back to committee on July 1st detailing full costs for the new shelters.

Fourteen shelters were identified by Ward Members as being in need of replacement, or new ones where there isn’t one.

More will follow in due course.

I have put a Motion to the City Area (Community) Committee regarding Bus Shelters.  The committee meets on May 6th and i have stated that i would like the “Tatty” old shelters around our City replaced, using our reserves for the funding.

Councillors in the City have been asked to name the shelters, if they have any, that could do with being replaced. 

I have put forward two shelters in West Harnham:  One to be replaced on Harnham Rd, opposite Folkestone Rd.  The other at the bottom of Hollows Close, where no shelter currently stands.  For many years, residents of Gawthorne Drive have requested a shelter at this location.

I hope that these two locations will get committee approval on May 6th.