Dumped rubbish continues to be a problem all around our ward. The Focus Team have had several lots removed.
Vanessa McPake has got this rubbish cleared from Wadesmill Lane near Caldecotte Brook, Walnut Tree.
Jenni Ferrans has got this rubbish cleared from Kilwinning Drive roundabout in Monkston.
Jenni Ferrans and Vanessa McPake look for the picnic table. Inset: the damaged tree dumped in Crowborough Lane.
Over the past two months a gang of young people seem to have been having a mindless field day in Kents Hill Park and the young children’s play area.
Some trees, the stakes supporting the trees and the main picnic table and bench have been removed from in and around the play area. Worse, all were then dumped in the middle of Crowborough Lane!
Many thanks to the residents who informed the police and moved stuff out of the road!
The Focus team are trying to get the picnic bench and trees replaced and they have asked the Police to patrol or install a camera for a while to see if they can catch the offenders.
Thank you to all the residents who took part in our recent survey both on-line and in Focus.
The Conservative-run MK Council has done a U-turn and are now saying they will pay for some grit bins but not until April!
The Lib Dems have put in bids for bins in Bartholomew Close, Walton Park and for Canonbury, in Monkston Park. We are now submitting a bid for one on the corner of Leominster Gate, Monkston.
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.
The largest document is 2.6MB
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.