After months of problems, ignored by MK Council, some greenery is finally being cut back. Please let us know if any areas have been missed.
Jenni and Subhan in the middle of the roundabout in Monkston Park. All the weeds have now been cut back.
Vanessa McPake got the overhanging tree in Frithwood Crescent, Kents Hill, cut back to stop residents being hit by branches.
Reminder: do put your rubbish out by 7.00am on the day of collection, or late the night before. Please don’t miss your collection day! The rubbish bags can be attacked by wildlife and can attract rats.
If you’re not sure what can go in the different containers, or need a new blue box or green bin, the details are on the Council website at http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/waste-recycling.
Cllr. Subhan Shafiq reported the broken wooden fencing along Lichfield Down, Walnut Tree and thanks to pressure from the Lib Dem Focus team it is now fixed at the key junction with Hockliffe Brae.
Vanessa McPake has also reported the other stretch of broken fencing along Lichfield Down, near the shop and the school and been told it too will shortly be fixed, once parts arrive.
Subhan Shafiq and Vanessa McPake with the workmen on Lichfield Down
After years of residents forging their own path from Balmerino in Monkston over to Middleton and Broughton, a proper footpath will finally be created.
Cllr Jenni Ferrans says “The Focus team have been campaigning for this path for years, but we got nowhere with the developers. Now at last the land is in the hands of the Parish Council and they have agreed.”
Kents Hill and Monkston Parish Council has decided to surface the footpath down the side of the allotments. And they’ve finally got permission from the Parks Trust to extend the extra few metres over Parks Trust land to meet up with the redway going to Middleton and Broughton.
Cllr Jenni Ferrans walks the proposed path by Monkston Allotments
Subhan Shafiq has reported the broken railing at a key junction on Lichfield Down in Walnut Tree. It’s now been fixed after he chased repeatedly – but it was left in this dangerous state for two months!
Cllr Subhan Shafiq at the dangerous ascott rail in Lichfield Down
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!
The Lib Dem Focus team has been getting bushes cut back right across the new Monkston ward so your street name can be seen again.
Vanessa McPake in Pershore Croft, Monkston
Cllr Subhan Shafiq at Rixband Close, Walnut Tree
In Monkston, Jenni Ferrans and Vanessa McPake got the overhanging branches cut back so you don’t get hit when walking along Blanchland Circle.
But in Kents Hill it was a different story. Vanessa McPake and Subhan Shafiq took out their secateurs in Eridge Green, Kents Hill to cut back the dangerous brambles after the Council said that keeping the path open was “not a priority”!
Right and top: Vanessa McPake and Jenni Ferrans in Blanchland Circle, Monkston.
Left, Subhan Shafiq and Vanessa McPake pruning near Eridge Green, Kents Hill
Vanessa McPake, Subhan Shafiq and Jenni Ferrans were doing their bit to clean up play areas recently near Bridlington Crescent, Monkston. Residents are asking why the mess is so much worse than when the LibDems ran the Council.
The Focus Team help clean up play areas
Jenni Ferrans and Vanessa McPake have had the dog mess removed from Birdlip Lane, between Kents Hill and Walnut Tree.
Vanessa McPake and Jenni Ferrans with more dog mess at Birdlip Lane, between Kents Hill and Walnut Tree.
Vanessa McPake has got this lot removed from the footpath opposite Bartholomew Close, Walton Park. She is now working to get a bin put in.
If you have a problem with dog mess near you, please let us know roughly what time of day the mess appears as that will help Council officers to catch the offenders.