Mill Street Closure in Wantage

This is to inform everyone that Mill Street in Wantage will be closed on Monday 30th September for three weeks due to sewer repairs.  I am sure this will be an inconvenience to many of us during this time, but essential that these works go ahead for obvious reasons!  I am hoping that diversion notices will be put in place, but best to avoid if possible. 

Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and those residents within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works.

Hole Finally Repaired at Wick Green

 

This is a photograph of a hole next to a drain cover in Wick Green which a resident reported to me at my last surgery.  He had reported this over a year ago and it has taken this long to eventually get repaired, but meantime the original markings had worn off.  I have spent a lot of time this week trying to chase up on a number of casework issues like this and thankfully it has now been dealt with before there was an accident. These new multi-coloured markings were a  sight to behold, so I had to take this photo!

The Highways contract at the County Council has now been taken over by a new company called Skanska, and we are all hoping that there will be some improvements made to the poor service we have been receiving up until now.  We shall wait and see, but if residents do have any potholes or pavement repairs they need to report, you can either do it directly at the website here or let me know and I shall report it for you

Crab Hill Exhibitions Coming Up in Grove and Wantage

This is to alert residents of two exhibitions coming up regarding the Crab Hill housing development proposals north east of Wantage. These will take place as follows:  

Thursday 12th September 5 - 8pm at Old Mill Hall in Grove 

Tuesday 17th September 5 - 8pm at Wantage Civic Hall 

I hope that people will be able to go along to one of these events to see what is planned and to ask questions of those involved.

New Footpath by Old Mill Hall Completed

This is a photo of the new footpath which has been reinstated by the side of Old Mill Hall in Grove which is very well used by all our residents going to the school, library, the hall itself and all the facilities in School Lane by the car park.  I was able to fund this improvement with £5,000 from last year's Area Stewardship Fund.  You can see my previous post and photo here.

We have funds to spend this year, though not quite so much as previously, and I have put forward some proposals for improvements based on residents' local concerns.  Once I have these costed and approved I will post on this blog.

A reminder that my monthly surgeries will continue tomorrow (Saturday 7th September) after the summer break, so I shall be in Grove Library from 10.30am until 11.30am, if anyone would like to come along to discuss any issues of concern.