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February 20, 2015

Environment & Highways – 12th February 2015

Environment & Highways Report

Sub-committee Meeting held on Thursday 12th February 2015 in John Lampon Hall

Councillors present	Harry Stone, Murray Harlow, Jenny Church, Phil Walby, Rosemary James
Apologies	Rachel Howard

1	Village Handyman
	Harry to meet with John Gili Ross and Val Walsom regarding Performance Management review.
	Ivor to contact Andrew Wilkes to arrange cutting of hedge at Methodist Church	HS
2	Village Ponds
	Carla from the The Conservation Volunteers has been contacted. Because of weather conditions this pond will be cleared later in the year.	JC
3	Traffic Safety Plan
	Apparently the introduction of yellow lines and 20mph signs for New Church Road and School Lane have been agreed but we await a date for these to be put in place.	Agenda Item
4	Potholes
	Many potholes in the village have been marked for repair. We are waiting for the work to be carried out. Problem with drain cover in John Lampon Close has been reported.
5.	Dog fouling
	A dog bin has been ordered for the Brewery site. An item for the March Bulletin has been sent in encouraging dog walkers to help keep the village clean. Marcus is contacting the dog warden. To ask Marcus to request some new dog fouling notices that we can put in strategic places in the village.	JC
6	Beacon
	Steve is arranging for a pole to be bought and the sign will be placed near the Village sign at the area adjacent to junction of Chapel Road and Colchester Road. Ivor to be asked to assist Steve with transporting beacon to the site.	Agenda Item HS
7	Areas of work in village
	Agreed to produce a map showing sites of our responsibility in the village.	HS
8.	Noise abatement
	A problem with noise near Queens Road is not apparent at the moment. Phil will monitor this in spring/summer.	PW
9	Hall Road
	A complaint has been received regarding flooding here. The ditch to the east side of the road has been cleared. To monitor flooding when next heavy rain comes. Potholes have been marked for repair by ECC Highways Dept.
	Date of next meeting – Thursday 12th March 2015 in JL Hall

January 23, 2015

Environment & Highways – 8th January 2015

The Environment & Highways Sub-Committee of West Bergholt Parish Council met on 8th January 2015 to consider a range of issues and decisions affecting the general environment and highways within West Bergholt. Updates on traffic safety, village ponds, pot-holes, dog bins & poo, beacon, & grass cutting. The formal report to the Parish Council is as follows:

Environment & Highways Report

Sub-committee Meeting held on Thursday 8th January 2015 in John Lampon Hall

Councillors present	Harry Stone, Murray Harlow, Jenny Church, Phil Walby
Apologies	Rosemary James, Rachel Howard

1	Grass verges
	Grass verges need cutting/trimming/tidying. This will be arranged when weather permits	HS
2	Village handyman
	The use of a chit book needs to be made to work efficiently. We do not always know when Steve has completed jobs. Harry to follow this up.	HS
	There is going to be an appraisal system for employees instigated.Methodist Church has requested help with hedge cutting. Harry to arrange for Ivor to do this.	HS
3	Village Ponds
	Lexden Road and Queens Road ponds have been cleared by TCV and the vegetation removed by Norhurst. Both are looking really good. Hall Road pond needs attention. Jenny to contact Carla Davis.	JC
4	Traffic Safety Plan
	20mph signs to be put in place along New Church Road and School Road in February. A message from Sonja Church to say the yellow lines will be installed anytime now.	Agenda item
	There has been a problem in New Church Road by the new houses being built as the builders have been parking their trucks and lorries and creating a problem at school time in the mornings.
5.	Potholes
	There are problems at various places in the village. Highways need to be informed.
	A drain cover uplifting is a problem in John Lampon Close. Harry will report this.	HS
6	Dog bin
	Check with Val about the order of a bin for Brewery site.
	Problem with dog fouling in the village. Complaints have been received. Plan to organise an “anti-dog pooh” campaign in February. Item for bulletin, posters.	JC & MH
	Ask Marcus to refer to dog warden at CBC	HS
7	Beacon
	Now to be installed by village sign at end of Chapel Road by Steve. The wording for a plaque agreed. John Gili Ross will arrange this.	Agenda item
8.	Grass cutting
	Sub-committee agreed to carry on using our current arrangements for grass cutting
9	Areas of work in village
	Plan to produce a map showing sites of our responsibility in the village.	HS
10	AOB
	a) Noise abatement team from CBC have been called out but unfortunately the PC hasn’t been informed of this. It would be useful for us to know.
	b) The rangers from CBC are asked to carry out tasks but we never can be given a date and we are not informed when the work is completed.
	Date of next meeting – Thursday 12th February 2015 in JL Hall

April 20, 2014April 20, 2014

Pot Holes

Pot holes are the leading item of this months Village News. After all the wet weather we have experienced this winter some of our village roads and surrounding area have been badly affected. It is really easy to report a road problem to Essex County Council on their web site – http://www.essexhighways.org/report-a-highways-problem.aspx.

You can phone to report a problem on 0845 67 430 430. If we do not report problems they will not know what needs doing.

Other items addressed in the latest news update are:

Emergency Planning in West Bergholt;
Details of Annual Meeting on 21st May;
Change of management at the White Hart.

February 16, 2013March 17, 2016

Potholes – update from Borough Councillors

Essex Council's problem reporting page - report, check progress or find previously reported problems here — Essex Council’s problem reporting page – report, check progress or find previously reported problems here

Borough Councillors, Marcus Harrington & Dennis Willetts yesterday sent the following to residents of Valley Crescent:

The potholes at the junction of Valley Crescent and Chapel Lane have been a cause of anger and frustration for many months. Many of you have reported them through the proper on-line method on the Essex County Council website. Many of you have also reported them to us and we have both been in constant communication with ECC’ s Highways Department about them.

We agree the situation is unacceptable. Potholes of this dimension cannot be left for such a long time without repair. We have made our feelings abundantly clear.

As Colchester Borough Councillors we cannot do more than apply pressure. The responsibility for pothole repair does not lie with our Council. We have, however, also offered to repair the potholes ourselves but that offer fell on deaf ears.

Finally some hope is on the horizon and this is the reason for writing. We have been faithfully informed by Essex County Council’s Highways Department that repair of these potholes will be part of a wider programme of road surface repair in West Bergholt which should be completed by the end of March 2013. We want to let you know of this commitment arid hope you share some hope with us, even though it would take a brave man to put his mortgage on it!

With best wishes,
Cllr Marcus Harrington
Cllr Dennis Willetts

If you are plagued by potholes (or any of a wide range of Highways problems – see picture above) then don’t forget you can report them directly to Essex County Council’s Highway’s Department using their website.