Vanessa McPake, who is a member of the Internal Drainage Board for MK, has got them to dredge Caldecotte Brook and take away the silt too.
After meeting the river engineer she said: “It is essential that we prevent yet more flooding in Walnut Tree so I am delighted the work is going to be done right now”.
Vanessa McPake discussed arrangements with the engineer at the grill in Walnut Tree.
Liberal Democrat councillors were shocked to be told that the Conservative run MK Council is proposing to scrap grit bins altogether because they are not used! New and replacement grit bins are now being refused.
Instead, the Tories propose to dump open bags of grit on the street – AFTER the snow has fallen!
The Liberal Democrats have started a campaign to save our grit bins. Please sign up here.
www.ipetitions.com/petition/grit-bins
The Focus team are still encountering littered areas in our ward. Residents are NOT getting value for money from this service!Now at last the Council has agreed to provide details of the litter cleaning schedule, so that discussions can start on how the budget can best be used. Cllr Jenni Ferrans comments “Residents have been suffering filthy paths and play areas and we have been asking for this information for months. At last the Council is talking – but why has it taken so long?”
Vanessa McPake getting the litter collected in the Abbeydore play area in Monkston.
The Liberal Democrats have found out that due to poor management by the Conservative run MK Council, the street light contractors have not been fixing the lights properly. This has led to countless street lights being out. Have you seen the stretch of the V10 with 5 out of 6 streets lights out? Or the entrance to Walton Grange with lights out on both sides of the road?Your local Focus team are campaigning to get to get street lights repaired, and properly, as soon as possible.
If you have a street light out on your local estate then let the Focus team know.
Just tell us the road name and the number/letter on the street light pole.
Your local Lib Dem Focus team has just learnt that the Conservative run MK Council will be cutting the Community Transport scheme next year. It looks as if 2/3rds of the current users will NOT be able to use the service.
The Liberal Democrats believe in standing up for our older and vulnerable people and will be fighting hard to stop this scandal. We want to keep the service and ensure that our older people can still get out and around to their lunch clubs, doctors and the shops.
The Conservative run MK Council has decided that they are not going to pay for any more grit bins in MK!
Worse, they won’t even let the local councillors or parish councils pay either. Many residents are left worrying that they will fall over in the first icy weather. The Lib Dems say this is a cut too far!
Vanessa McPake had asked for new grit bins in Bartholomew Close, Walton Park and Cloudberry, Walnut Tree but these will now be refused. Disgraceful! Subhan Shafiq is wondering if the grit bin in Tewksbury Lane, Monkston will ever get repaired, put back in the right place and filled with grit!
Vanessa McPake checking the existing grit bins in Walnut Tree and Subhan Shafiq finding the bits of the bin in Tewkesbury Lane, Monkston Park.
Good News! Vanessa McPake reports that getting a dog bin in Simpson Road, on the corner of the footpath leading to Caldecotte Lake,
is a step nearer, paid for by the parish council.
Photo: flashback Vanessa McPake with some of the mess dumped there!
There have been a number of burglaries and thefts from cars over the past few months in our area. The police are doing their best to catch the gang responsible and have been giving out advice to residents including:
Don’t forget you can ring your neighbourhood police team on 101 for advice on how to keep safe. And you can get local crime alerts by signing up to www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk
Cllr Subhan Shafiq and Vanessa McPake at the self-build site on Walton Park
The developer of the Chase Avenue/Limbaud Close site has been announced. There will only be 5 large self-build homes on the site. The Lib Dem Focus team has demanded a full public consultation so residents can have their say on traffic and landscape issues.
Vanessa McPake with a local resident at the bollard in Luttlemarsh, Walton Park.
Vanessa McPake had been told by Tory run MK Council that the loose bollard in Luttermarsh, Walton Park was fixed. Cleary it had not been yet! And it was the same story in Monkston, where Jenni Ferrans was told the Flaxley Gate bollards had been fixed. Jenni has asked the Council to investigate what it’s contractors are doing!