Why does the Conservative run MK Council not collect litter in our play areas often enough?
That is what the Lib Dem Focus team wants to know after visiting all our play areas. They found unacceptable litter in almost ALL of them!
Litter, litter everywhere in the play areas! Top: Vanessa McPake and Cllr Jenni Ferrans at the whirligig play area, Kents Hill.
Right: Cllr Subhan Shafiq near the river in Monkston Park. Left Subhan and Vanessa near the community centre in Walnut Tree.
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 checks the reliability of the buses after lots of complaints
Ever since the Conservative run MK Council cut the bus subsidy by nearly £1/2 million, your local Lib Dem team has been concerned about the quality of the service.
Bus user, Vanessa McPake, has been keeping an eye on the bus changes in our area since the new timetable came into force. She has been contacted by residents about the nos. 8 & 9 services not running on time.
Do tell Vanessa by providing: the date location of bus stop time the bus was supposed to arrive time it did arrive.
She will then take up the problems with Arriva who run these services
Thank you to all the residents who took part in the events to decide how the new Kingston Library could be used.
We will keep you posted on progress.
Walton Grange needs broadband – that was the message from residents recently as you told us about speeds of only 0.5mbps on supposedly 10MB connections.
“The problem is that Walton Grange is about as far as you can get in MK from the local telephone exchange – and that means slow broadband.” said Cllr Jenni Ferrans. A number of solutions have been tried over the years, but the best is to get fibre-optic cables laid. That’s less dependent on distance, so even low speed connections would work far faster, and superfast connections would be available.
However, BT insists that it’s not economic to connect Walton Grange – despite connections to neighbouring estates only 100m away!
“BT have made their position clear. We are campaigning now to get Walton Grange included on the Council’s government-funded programme to connect up the uneconomic areas“, says Jenni. “Please email the Council on [email protected] if you want faster broadband.”
The Council will make the decision about which areas to go for in August or September.
Why is there no footpath along the V10 so that kids from Walton Grange can get to their schools in Walnut Tree safely?
Vanessa McPake had plans drawn up to take action but the Tories took control of the Council and dumped them. The Lib Dems will continue to campaign for a footpath to make it safer for all.
Congratulations Subhan – you’re the Deputy Mayor!
Cllr Subhan Shafiq has recently been elected as Milton Keynes’ Deputy Mayor.
The Lib Dems say well done.
Subhan would like to thank all the residents who have wished him good luck. He said: “I will work hard for all the residents of MK”.