Wendover Parish Council Matters Arising View from the Chair
local community. As one of only 2 centres which Streetlights continued throughout Covid, they deserve Streetlights are special mention and our thanks for the help they important for have given to our young people. community safety and with the That’s all for now. Enjoy Halloween and next time nights drawing in will be the Christmas issue! we want to keep Sheila Bulpett them working. The Parish Council is continuing to progress our various projects although this is quite slow at the If you spot a fault with a streetlight such as an unlit Parish Council Meeting moment partly due to Covid, supply chains and lamp at night or one which is lit during the day in Tuesday 2 November, 7.30pm general bureaucracy. The Canal path emergency the parish, it is important you let us know. You can St Anne’s Hall repair has been agreed in principle and I am report any issues via e-mail, web or phone. hoping for a November date for these works. For all meeting and committee dates Each streetlight has a number on the column With the cycle path, the next couple of months please visit our webpage making it easy to locate. When reporting the fault will be spent by Bucks Council ironing out some remaining detailed design issues associated with www.wendover-pc.gov.uk/meetings please advise us of the streetlight number where possible along with the location of the light using the cycleway improvements, tendering for the road names or landmarks and the nature of the construction contract and appointing a contractor Climate Emergency to undertake the works. It is now anticipated that At a meeting of the Parish Council on 5 October problem e.g. light flashing or the light is out. construction works will commence in January 2021 Wendover Parish Council declared a climate Buckinghamshire Council are responsible for all 2022. Council projects always seem to take a long emergency and committed to working towards lighting on main highways, to report a fault to making the Council’s activities net-zero carbon time to come to fruition! by 2030. There is plenty everyone can do to help them please visit their web page www.buckscc. gov.uk/services/transport-and-roads/report-aAs Chair, I have the honour of attending various address the climate emergency and WPC are highways-problem/ . developing an action plan for this as part of the local community functions. This month has seen the Harvest Supper re-launch of The Wendover 5 year plan. Society, with Rob Butler, MP as guest speaker. The Council will be working both independently The new Chair, Ron Peterson, gave a brief and in partnership with Climate Action Wendover background to the Society and Rob delivered on initiatives across the Parish. We can’t do this a good speech covering many things including alone though and we need everyone to get HS2. With over 100 participants, great food and involved – residents and businesses in the Parish a good opportunity to meet old friends and new and our local groups and organisations. faces, the event bodes well for the future. I wish The Society every success. If you would like to suggest a project for I also attended the Wendover Youth Centre Open consideration please get in touch. As we reach Autumn with misty mornings and harvests gathered in, many will have had the opportunity to travel again both for work and holidays, which is a good sign that things are moving on.
Evening which enabled me to reacquaint myself with the building, the new youth worker and Chair and some of the young people. Their new ideas and groups are really popular with students including those from the Junior and John Colet Schools, helping them to keep in touch with friends, discuss any worries and support the
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