Online newsletter now available
Welcome to my first ever e-newsletter for the Arboretum area (in colour and with more information than the printed version). I hope you enjoy the newsletter, and I look forward to meeting you in person again soon. I plan to deliver a physical version of the newsletter...
Lack of decent cycle parking at Parkway
I find time the other day to cycle over to Worcestershire Parkway, the new railway station just outside Norton. I was interested to see the secure cycle storage I had hear about. Unfortunately, the secure storage was nothing of the sort. As the pictures show, when the...
Start date for work to begin on RPS
18th September - start of work on scheme. We're nearly there! The work to install the signs and paint the lines is expected to take 3 weeks. So that should mean the scheme will be live from 9th October. As we get nearer to this date I will let residents know how to...
Residents’ Parking Scheme update
A quick update on the plans for the parking scheme covering the Arboretum and up to St. George's Lane North. The detailed plans, showing where every single sign, line marking, etc. will be placed has been sent to the contractors Ringway. They have costed the scheme...
Latest news re. residents’ parking scheme
The responses to the final public consultation on the proposed residents' parking scheme were predominantly positive and raise no significant matters which have not been considered previously. Some issues were common to several responses, such as parking around...
St Stephen newsletter online
We had to stop delivering our (Neil, Marjory and me) newsletter in St Stephen due to the coronavirus, and my newsletter for the Arboretum and Merrimans Hill areas will not be delivered. Therefore, it is important to try and keep residents informed over the coming...
Coronavirus – Useful information
Worcestershire County Council has developed a coronavirus community response campaign. The aim of the campaign is to inform and to encourage people and communities about how they can help others during these current challenging times. In need of help? There are and...
RPS consultation has begun
The final stage of the resident's parking scheme process has begun. From 20th February adverts will be placed in the local press, in The Hive library, in Worcester Art Gallery & Museum, as well as being attached to lampposts within the scheme area. The online link...
Final Consultation for Residents’ Parking Scheme starts on 20th February
The final stage of the resident's parking scheme process is about to start. From 20th February adverts will be placed in the local press, in The Hive library, in Worcester Art Gallery & Museum, as well as being attached to lampposts within the scheme area. It is...
A Mockery of Democracy
Worcestershire County Council has a Cabinet led administration, where non-majority members of the council have only a limited role in determining how the council is run. One way in which we can have a say and hold the leadership to account is through notices of motion...
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After telling a number of residents that their pavements were due to be resurfaced in September, Ringway have changed all the dates for work in my division. As a result, the pavement resurfacing work has been pushed back to February 2021. I am try to bring these forward, but it is very frustrating as Ringway are the county council's outsourced contractor and I as a county councillor have little or no say in when they carry out work requested. And they certainly don't tell me when they move work back 5 months!
You can see the current highways work here: one.network/custom/worcestershire/. However, be warned as it can change at any time!
Apologies to those residents who had expected work on their pavements next month.
On a more positive note, work on resurfacing Astwood Road from the junction of Bilford Road to the junction with Brickfields Road is due to start on 20th September (fingers crossed).
Worcestershire County Council Cabinet members actively preventing the county from receiving money from the government for active travel schemes.
What hope is there to get more people walking and cycling if the Conservative Cabinet put barriers in the way?Worcestershire County Council's coming under heavy criticism for refusing to hand any road space from cars to cyclists despite being handed £135,000.
Cycling groups and fellow Conservatives say it looks like they're "not bothered" about improving provision in the county.
BBC Hereford and Worcester has seen a leaked slide from a County Council presentation, suggesting the authority's leadership has red lines.
More with Elliott and Toni at Breakfast on Tuesday from 6am:
This may be of interest to groups in Worcester looking to raise funds: www.spacehive.com/movement/worcs/
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Enabling everyone to imagine, fund & launch local projects that bring Worcestershire to lifeRead my latest newsletter online.
www.matthewjenkins.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/arboretum-newsletter-30-online.pdf
A short blog post about the very poor state of cycle parking at the new Worcestershire Parkway railway station.
www.matthewjenkins.me.uk/2020/07/06/lack-of-decent-cycle-parking-at-parkway/