Groundsel Close’s name plate was almost covered until the Focus team intervened.
Over the summer the Lib Dem Focus team has got many street signs cleared of bushes but the work continues as evergreen bushes are still spreading. Don’t forget to tell the Focus team if your street name plate is covered up.
Catherine Bearder MEP discusses the jobs funded by the EU locally with Jenni Ferrans and Vanessa McPake
Will you help us protect the 3 million British jobs that depend on Europe?
UKIP want to put those jobs at risk by pulling us out of Europe. Only the Liberal Democrats are standing up for those British workers whose jobs depend on us being in Europe.
This is a really major issue in Milton Keynes. We have lots of firms owned by european companies, who rely on easy traffic and transport of goods between their base here and Europe. We have other firms whose main market is in Europe, and who don’t have to worry about import restrictions and trade agreements as a result. And we have still more firms that depend on european trade agreements to import their goods from countries world-wide. If we leave the EU, all that has to be renegotiated – and it can take years!
Please sign the petition now to save 3 million British jobs:
http://www.amillionjobs.org/protect_3_million_jobs?recruiter_id=50145
Residents discuss the plans for Walton Manor and Limbaud Close, Walton Park with the Focus team
Thank you to all the residents who attended the recent public meeting the Lib Dem Focus team organised so that people could have their say on the proposals for Walton Manor and the Chase Avenue development.
The Chase Avenue plans were already in, and residents got a good look at what was proposed. Amendments have been put in since, so look on the website for more details at:
All the residents comments on Walton Manor will be given to MK Council so that they know the strength of feeling of local residents
on some aspects of the proposals. The brief will go to the Cabinet for approval before going to MKDP to be included in the pack when they market the site to the developers.
On 28/3/2014 the Liberal Democrat Focus team held an exhibition about the proposed new developments in the Walton area. These include 5 self-build houses off Limbaud Close/Chase Avenue in Walton Park, and a new site to be developed, north of Simpson Road by Walton Grange and the industry there.
What is decided at this stage can’t be undone later! Please – HAVE YOUR SAY NOW!
We apologise but it has not been possible to put the documents onto the website.
Please email [email protected] for a copy.
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Community Transport for the elderly and disabled under threat from Conservative cuts
There has been a partial success on the PlusBus Community Transport service. Although the Liberal Democrat amendment to MK Council’s budget to save the PlusBus service in its current form was voted down by Conservative and Labour Councillors, your pressure helped force them to add £200,000 to the budget to fund the transition of the service. So, although ultimately the service will be reduced current users will be protected by transitional arrangements for some time.
The Council will be devising plans for the new service, and any restrictions on its use, over the summer – so watch this space!
This was the only “safe” footpath out of Walton Grange!
“What a mess”, that was the verdict of the Lib Dem Monkston Focus team when they recently visited the temporary footpath out of Walton Grange. “We have had many new developments in our area but we have never seen such a mess!”, continued the Focus team.
The temporary footpath is the only safe way out of the estate to walk to school, go shopping, get onto the redways to cycle and for many dog walkers. It leads into Beales Lane.
But at present, with the latest houses being built, the builders’ contractors have managed to dump rubble and mud along the footpath so that it is very dangerous. And there were lorries and dumper trucks manoeuvring round and parked across the entrance!
The Lib Dems have complained to the developers in the strongest terms and have been told they will ensure pedestrians can get through. We wait to see!
Deputy Mayor, Cllr Subhan Shafiq said: “As a new dad, I could not have got my pram up this footpath. It is a disgrace and dangerous for kids. Why is the Council allowing this to go on?”
SUCCESS! The path surface was compacted again and properly fenced and the material store moved within a few days.
Street lights come on again in Monkston Park thanks to Cllrs Jenni Ferrans and Subhan Shafiq
The Lib Dem Focus team discovered that the contractor engaged by the Tory-run Council to fi street lights has been fixing them wrongly – and there was a FOUR MONTH backlog as a result!
Residents in Monkston Park asked for help before Christmas when one in 5 of their street lights were out – and they were getting no response from MK Council! We reported all the lights, and chased up to find out what was happening. at last, thanks to our pressure, the Conservative-run MK Council has got on top of their contractor and nearly all are now repaired.
UPDATE: after continuing problems, hitting Kents Hill and Walnut Tree among other estates, the Council changed contractor recently. Let us know if you have problems with the new contractor! Any lights not working or flashing, or on during the day should be fixed within 3 weeks of your reporting them to MK Council.
Residents in Walton Park and Walnut Tree get cut off whenever Wadesmill Lane floods.
Vanessa McPake has got the brook dredged, the grill cleared, and the debris and rubbish removed to prevent future flooding.
MK Council has passed the plans for 40 new homes at Bedgebury Place, Kents Hill. Work should start in April with residents arriving in
2015. Discussions with the developers led to a reduction of the number of houses facing onto Tunbridge Grove, and safety improvements to the road, as well as contributions to buses and schools.
Cllr Jenni Ferrans said “This was an example of developer consultation at its best. The developers put on an exhibition and publicised it well, and attended the Parish Council too. They were then very willing to work with us to make the changes that residents wanted. We didn’t get all of them – there is still more tandem parking than we want – but it’s much improved as a result. Well done Bellways!”
Bellways are hoping to start work in August 2014 and complete by November 2015.
After pressure from the Lib Dem Focus team, the Bedgebury Place developments will pay for the Sunday no 12 bus service to be resumed for two years. The service will start from when the new residents move in, expected to be during summer 2015.