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Arundel Town Council Edited extracts taken from the draft minutes of the full Council meeting held on 13th February 2020. Arundel Bypass Further Consultation In January, Highways England sent a letter to residents who had responded to the A27 Bypass consultation in 2019, advising them that they had discovered some errors. The corrected documents are available for public inspection in Arundel library and town hall, and on line at www.highwaysengland.co.uk/ a27arundel. The document changes include: 1. Overall: Highway England state that there is no change to the six routes and the overall assessment of the options. 2. Cultural Heritage: Changes have principally been made to the cultural heritage assessment, which has been expanded to show that every route has slight to moderate adverse effects on heritage assets and listed buildings in Arundel and elsewhere. 3. Fitzalan Road: In terms of noise and vibration, the Magenta option would have significant adverse effects on existing houses in Fitzalan Road. However, in the original document every route apart from Magenta was shown as having an adverse effect on houses in Fitzalan Road, so this change simply and unfortunately aligns Magenta with the other five routes. In conclusion, it was agreed there are no grounds for

Walberton Parish Council

Extracts from the minutes of the General Purposes Committee meeting held on 18th February 2020. Business plan The plan was reviewed. Three items - Tennis courts, Fontwell community building and Fontwell multi use games area (MUGA) - were added for autumn 2020 and three items - Elections, Music Night and the playing field path - were added for 2021. Environment A quote for remedial work on two trees on the playing field western boundary, and identified remedial work in The Street, car park and at the village pond was considered and accepted. An update on the flooding in Eastergate Lane was received. Operation Watershed will be contacted about the possibility of grant funding for the culvert from the village pond under Barnham Lane. The Parish Flood Plan was discussed and the need for more flood Wardens. It was agreed that this role would be undertaken by members of the Community Resilience Sub-committee. The litter bin at the corner of Dairy Lane is not being regularly emptied. Arun District Council will be notified by the Clerk. A mannequin’s hand has been put into the Village

the council to modify the conclusion reached in October 2019. The Council will write to Highways England to tell them that Magenta continues to be the preferred route and the Council will communicate this conclusion to residents on the website. Flooding Update The Arundel Flood Defence Scheme - Whilst work is still underway on the Fitzalan Road Wall, the scheme in River Road is still on hold. There have been severe operational difficulties with the River Road wall piling scheme, and this part of the project is now on-hold. The Environment Agency (EA) have requested additional funds to enable a new piling scheme to be initiated and, as a result, there is a possibility that the barges in the river will be removed until this new version of the scheme is approved. In the meantime, the EA is arranging for repairs and resurfacing of the road adjacent to the River Road car park. Arun Valley Railway Network Rail advised the Council in January 2019 that they had commissioned a project to develop an engineering solution to the bank erosion at Offham and South Stoke which was due to be installed sometime in 2020 or 2021. An update on this has been requested. For full minutes from these and other Town Council meetings visit: www.arundeltowncouncil.gov.uk

Pond. Its removal is to be arranged. The willow tree on the island in the pond also requires some remedial work. The drainage to the path alongside the Village Hall was discussed; the original planning application will be reviewed. An additional roll of the playing field will be funded to prepare the outfield for the cricket season as the recent wet weather and football usage has affected the surface. Correspondence has been received regarding action on climate change. It was confirmed that the council would be pleased to offer the use of the Pavilion free of change for any community meeting on this subject. A date of 27th June was proposed for a litter picking day. Walberton Pavilion improvements The outside store shelving has been installed and it has been tidied up. The projector screen has been purchased and delivered and is awaiting installation. New office cupboards have been ordered. The required repairing of the guttering and the proposal to turn the outside toilet into storage space are still to be assessed. www.walberton-pc.gov.uk

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