Bathavon West Beat Surgeries December 2010

Priston Village Hall 6th Dec. 17:30 - 18:30pm

Combe Hay Church 6th Dec. 19:00 - 20:00pm

Camerton School 8th Dec. 15:00 - 15:30pm

Englishcombe Old School 9th Dec. 10:30 - 11:30am

Newton St Loe O/S Post Office 9th Dec. 18:30 - 19:30pm

Tunley King William Public House 10th Dec. 10:30 - 11:30am

Royal Mail Alert Against Scam

The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam - it has been confirmed by Royal Mail:-

A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a Premium rate number).

DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize.

If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £315 for the phone call.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655

Louise Meets the Osteoporosis Helpline Nurses

Your Local Lib Dem has been supporting the nurses who run the helpline at the
National Osteoporosis Society in the village of Camerton. I was so impressed by the Society's work when I visited earlier this year that I took the opportunity to make a return visit and to talk to the nurses who run the helpline.

Bathavon West is home to the headquarters of the National Osteoporosis Society. The charity runs a helpline, 5 days a week from 9 till 5 staffed by nurses who are experienced in Osteoporosis and bone health. They receive more than 13,000 calls a year. As my mother-in-law has recently fallen over and suffered a badly broken wrist I know firsthand how valuable a service like this is. It gives help, reassurance and advice and is free to anyone, but by becoming a Helplines Association Member you will actively support the charity.”

The Helpline Service tel. 0845 450 0230 or 01761 472721.
www.nos.org.uk
www.bonesforlife.org

Visit to Combe Hay Monday 8th November

It was good to talk to so many households in Combe Hay on Monday this week. Several issues were raised with me, but by far the biggest issue was the continuing anger at the ineffective "bus lane" leading up to the Park and Ride roundabout. We agree with you that this was a waste of £1million that our Conservative Cabinet would have been better spending elsewhere on the highway network. However several of you also complained about the measures being put in on Wellsway, especially the confusing priorities at the Red Lion roundabout. I have raised this concern with the Highways Department and will keep you informed.

A New Pavement For Christmas!

<- Louise Bray inspecting the wide grass verge where she has been inspecting for a footpath to be built for 5 years now.

Residents of Crossways Park, Dunkerton, have been complaining to us for over 5 years now about the need for the pavement to this local bus stop. The speed of traffic makes the lack of a pavement a real safety hazzard for pedestrians walking to the bus stop.

We have been working to persuade the council during this time that the provision of a pavement is vital. One of the problems was the BT telegraph pole, and we are delighted to report that negotiations with BT over this obstacle are now nearly complete. This means the council can proceed with building a pavement.

The council have assured us that work is scheduled to start towards the end of November.We will be keeping an eye on this.

After five years of waiting it will be a great christmas present for bus users from Crossways Park to be able to reach the bus stop in safety without having to walk along the road.

Mad housing targets scrapped

Louise Bray (pictured) has welcomed the news that the target to build thousands of houses on rural countryside in North East Somerset has been scrapped.

The new coalition government has thrown Labour’s plans out of the window, which could have seen 2,000 houses built at Newton St Loe with no consideration given to the views of local residents, or the effect if could have on amenities and services.

Louise, who spoke against the plans at a previous B&NES Council meeting, said:

“People living in their own communities should always be asked about what things they’d like, and not like, to see in their areas.
When the previous government introduced plans to build thousands of houses in North East Somerset none of us were consulted.
Thankfully, these plans have now been scrapped. I have seen the way the campaigners have relentlessly fought their corner in protecting the countryside. They can now breathe a huge sigh of relief.”

Under the previous government, a centrally imposed target was given to build 21,000 houses in B&NES by 2026.

Public Announcment

BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL

(SKINNER’S HILL, CAMERTON)
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF USE BY VEHICLES) NOTICE 2010

Notice is hereby given that the Bath and North East Somerset Council in pursuance of the provisions of section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended has made a notice the effect of which will be to close temporarily to vehicles that length of Skinner’s Hill which extends from its junction with Under Tree Road to its junction with A367 Fosseway.

This notice is required because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the road consequent upon urgent surface patching and will be operative from the 7TH JUNE for a maximum period of five days. However, the restriction may not be effected for the whole of the period but it is anticipated that the road will be closed as and when traffic signs are in position and only for so long as is necessary to execute the works which it is anticipated will be for ONE DAY.

ALTERNATIVE ROUTE – Under Tree Road, A367 Fosseway

Dated: 4 June 2010

Floor 2, Riverside,Temple Street,Keynsham, BristolBS31 1LA

David Trigwell
Divisional Director of Planning and
Transport Development