I am holding a surgery at Coppull Library. Come along if you want to talk.
Where: Coppull Library
When: Monday 18th July 2011 6pm to 7pm
If you prefer, please give me a call fore a personal visit.
01257 234316
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Chorley: Who needs traffic lights at Union Street and Market Street junction? Video.
These traffic lights have failed and are on the very edge of my Chorley West division and in Chorley town centre.
Notice the lack of congestion. The last time these failed some years ago, they were down for three days - but traffic moved effortlessly.
Traffic lights at the junction with St Thomas's Road have already gone, but this set holds back traffic down Union Street and into the town centre for no obvious need.
It also sends traffic down St Thomas's Road in pulses - a problem well known to anyone wanting to pull out of any of the side roads knows. And further along, pulses of traffic pass Parklands High School.
Without these lights surely we would see relatively light flowing traffic well spaced for the safety benefit of pedestrians and motorists further along the nearby routes.
This is further evidence in support of my lobbying.
This video shows the flow.
Chorley's household waste recycling centre NOT set for closure | Chorley
Lancashire County Council has today published the Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) that are planned for closure - subject to consultation.
And as expected, Chorley's site is not one of them.
Opposition politicians have been busy suggesting that Chorley's HWRC was to close, but in a letter to the Chorley Guardian and on this blog I suggested that it would be most unlikely.
"Realistically Chorley's site was never under threat. Some council areas have two HWRC's whilst we have one. Not only that, ours was 1 of only 3 in Lancashire that was of the modern split-level easy access design."
Sites recommended for closure include
- Garstang in Wyre borough
- Great Harwood in Hyndburn borough
- Bacup in Rossendale borough
- Colne in Pendle borough
The consultation on the closure of ends on 30th September at 5 pm. Full details are available will later be on the Lancashire County Council web . I understood this was embargoed until 11 am, but just heard BBC Radio Lancashire run the story.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Hamilton Road residents parking - first full day
Hamilton Road, between Devonshire Road and Ashfield Road, has seen its' first full day. These pictures illustrate the impact it had on residents frustrated in not being able to park anywhere near their homes.
Conservative-led Lancashire County Council introduced the scheme after several years of lobbying by Peter Malpas when he was a Chorley Borough Councillor and more recently when he became a Lancashire County Councillor.
The scheme also included Alker Street off Gillibrand Street.
Residents in stretches of Carrington Road and Devonshire Road opted not to accept a residents parking scheme near their homes.
Pictures: Hamilton Road - before and after
Monday, July 04, 2011
New resident parking areas go live today | Chorley
NEW resident parking schemes goes live today as a further stretch of Hamilton Road and Alker Street have resident parking and other restrictions in place.
HAMILTON ROAD residents have been lobbying for several years as town centre shoppers and workers have been regularly denying residents parking anywhere near their homes.
There's only a few houses in the stretch between Devonshire Road and Ashfield Road, but the effect on their locality has been quite significant.
ALKER STREET off Gillibrand Street was not included the the original parking scheme already in the area. Circumstances have now changed and practically all the residents have now welcomed the new scheme.
Parking in Chorley is already very cheap, and long term parking permits can be bought for the long stay car parks, two of which are very close by.
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