The minutes of the meeting of Yarborough Forward which took place earlier this month are now available:-

13-12-2007.pdf

Possibly the most important part of the meeting was making the arrangements for an event to promote the work of Yarborough Forward and to meet potential new members.  This will take place at 3.00pm on 28th January at the Resource Centre in Central Parade.  The event will include light refreshments and entertainment, as well as giving the opportunity to meet some of the members of the Forward group and learn more about it’s work.  Further details will be available nearer the date of the meeting.

 

The residents of the Ridgeway area recently received good news from NELC.  Following the presentation of the petition to the council it has been announced that there is to be a number of improvements made to the road to make it safer and easier to cross.  NELC intend to have a section of the road approaching Bradley Crossroads narrowed from four lanes to two.  The speed limit on this stretch of road will be reduced to 30 mph, and there will be four speed cameras installed as a measure to enforce the new speed limit – the first cameras to be deployed in the area.  

This morning I met some of the NELC officers who are responsible for neighbourhood services in the Yarborough Road area.  We spent a couple of hours walking along Yarborough Road and Boulevard Avenue looking at the state of the pathside drains and discussing the problems that they are causing.  It seems that there has been considerable damage to the drains that may have been caused by recent engineering work in the area.  This has been the cause of the excessive surface water and flooding in the area following periods of heavy rain.  Over the coming weeks work will take place to assess the damage and  to clean and repair the drains.

NELC and it’s partners such as Humberside Police and the Care Trust Plus are responsible for the delivery of a wide range of services to the public.  NELC would like to know how you think money is spent on these services during 2008/09.  An online questionnaire is available for you to let us know your views – click here to fill it in.

Anyone who fills in the questionnaire complete with their name and address will be entered into a prize draw, and the lucky winner will have their council tax paid for a full year.

Shoreline HP have announced their plans to replace 1400 garages across N E Lincs as a safety precaution.  In a recent press release a spokesman for Shoreline HP said

“Shoreline is demolishing all of its 1400 garages across its neighbourhoods in North East Lincolnshire as a health and safety precaution.The housing association proposes a programme of reprovision where residents express a preference for garages to be reprovided. Shoreline will consult with every single garage tenant and those residents who are directly next to garages to gauge views on future provision.The scheme will take place in phases across the borough:

Phase one – Bradley Park,

Waltham, Scartho

Phase two – Littlecoates, Laceby, Nunsthorpe, Immingham

Phase three – West Marsh

Phase four – East Marsh Phase five – Humber, Cleethorpes East

Phase six – East Marsh multi-storeys, Immingham (Washdyke)

Phase seven – Willows

Phase eight – Cleethorpes South

Other areas such as the Yarborough will be dealt with through separate redevelopment programmes.

Consultation will begin in phase one next week and demolition is due to begin in phase one early next year. Residents affected by demolition will know precisely what the plan for demolition and reprovision is in their neighbourhood before work begins.The complete demolition and reprovision of garages across North East Lincolnshire will be complete by April 2009.If the scheme gets the go ahead, it is intended that blocks of garages will be knocked down and reprovided within a week so there is a minimum gap in provision of service.The replacement scheme is an opportunity for significant investment in the quality of the stock, to increase safety and provide better security.Resident feedback will also be used to create a new garage tenancy agreement.If you have any questions or concerns or for full details of consultation and demolition dates please visit www.shorelinehp.com, email info@shorelinehp.com or telephone 0845 849 2000 option 5. 

The following bids for funding from the Ward Councillors Fund have recently been approved:

i)     To finance out of school activities in the Laceby Acres area.

 ii)    Provision of secure storage for cycles as part of the Pedalwell scheme based at Western School.

iii)   To help to start a running club for young people in the Yarborough area.

iv)  To finance a gardening project for young people based at Yarborough School

There is still some money available.  If you or your organisation would like to start a project that would benefit a group of people from the Yarborough Ward please contact one of your Ward councillors for more details without delay.  Applications must be received by the end of 2007 to be eligible for an award from this year’s fund.

I can be contacted by phone on 01472 310855 or by e mail at les.bonner@nelincs.gov.uk

Normal Services will operate on all routes until…………
Christmas Eve – Monday 24^th December 2007
A Monday to Friday Service will operate on all local routes until last scheduled services at 6pm. This means that all journeys timetabled to operate up to and including 6pm will operate normally. Journeys timetabled to leave after 6pm from either the Bus Station or outer termini will not operate. Service X1 – The last journey from Grimsby to

Hull will be 4.25pm, the journey from Grimsby Bus Station at 5.35pm will operate as far as Keelby. The last departure from

Hull to Grimsby Bus Station will be 5.50pm.

Christmas Day – Tuesday 25^th December 2007
No Service will operate on Christmas Day.
Boxing Day – Wednesday 26^th December 2007.
No Service will operate on Boxing Day.
Thursday 27^th December 2007, Friday 28^th December 2007 and Saturday 29^th December 2007.
Saturday Services will operate with the following exceptions.
Services 3,25,51,150,250,450 – A Normal Monday to Friday Service will operate on Thursday and Friday, whilst a Saturday timetable will operate on Saturday 29^th December. Sunday 29^th December 2007.
Normal Sunday Services will operate.
New Years Eve – Monday 31^st December 2007.
A Saturday Service will operate on all local routes except for the services listed below, until last scheduled services at 6pm. This means that all journeys timetabled to operate up to and including 6pm will operate normally. Journeys timetabled to leave after 6pm from either the Bus Station or outer termini will not operate. . Services 3,25,51,150,250,450 – A Normal Monday to Friday Service will operate with last journeys operating from Grimsby/Louth on Service 51, no later than 6pm. Service X1 – The last journey from Grimsby to

Hull will be 4.25pm, the journey from Grimsby Bus Station at 5.35pm will operate as far as Keelby. The last departure from

Hull to Grimsby Bus Station will be 5.50pm. New Years Day – Tuesday 1^st January 2008
No Service will operate on New Years Day.
Wednesday 2^nd January 2008
Normal Services will resume. Details of bus services at this or any other time of the year are available on:
http://www.stagecoachbus.com/grimsbycleethorpes/  

Work has been taking place over the last two days to repair and clean the drains at the rear of the paths on both sides of Yarborough Road.  If anyone knows of any other drains in the area that need any attention please let me know and I will pass the information to NELC Neighbourhood Services Department. 

Contact me on:  les.bonner@nelincs.gov.uk

I have recently been informed that there is an on-line petition that is currently being compiled to call for the abolition of  the debt which remains on the Humber Bridge and to reduce tolls to a fair level based on maintenance and running costs.  If you would like to add your name to the petition it can be found at:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Humber-Bridge

As stated earlier this week, Liberal Democrat Councillors were out in force to support the Enough! campaign as they travelled to London to meet government ministers at the House of Commons.  Steve and Debbie Hill organised a bus to take a party of 35 concerned residents from North East Lincolnshire to meet Policing Minister Tony McNulty and Under-secretary of State for crime reduction Vernon Coaker, and our two local MP’s to voice their concern about the level of antisocial behaviour in the area, and to deliver letters from the Telegraph to Gordon Brown and David Cameron.  Read what the local paper wrote about the visit:

“ TOP Government ministers have pledged to come to Grimsby to view the problems on our streets for themselves.
In a high-profile meeting at the House of Commons, Policing Minister Tony McNulty and Under-secretary of State for crime reduction Vernon Coaker faced local residents, the Grimsby Telegraph and MPs Austin Mitchell and Shona McIsaac to hear our concerns.
As reported, we travelled to the capital yesterday with a coach-load of people who are sick and tired of anti-social behaviour in North East Lincolnshire.
We hand-delivered letters from Telegraph editor Michelle Lalor, copies of the newspaper and scores of your comments to Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron.
In response to your concerns, Mr McNulty and Mr Coaker have said they will personally visit Grimsby soon to assess the situation for themselves.
Mr McNulty praised the Telegraph’s Enough! campaign and urged all local authorities to work together more closely to improve our communities.
“The campaign is called Enough and that really sums it up,” he said.
“If that is what you are saying then more power to you, but get everybody involved – councils, schools and whoever is involved with decision-making.
“As you say, enough is enough. Next time I am up your way, I’m going to come to the Nunsthorpe estate and other places.” Mr Coker said: “I am impressed supporters have come to London because you want to draw a line in the sand.
“The solution starts when people come together – all the decent people – and say ‘actually, we’ve had enough’.
“In a few months time we can come to Grimsby.”
A party of 35 took part in the meeting, including a number of North East Lincolnshire councillors. “

 Cllrs Les Bonner (Yarborough Ward), Steve Beasant (East Marsh), Dave Boylen (Freshney) and Doug Pickett (South) all travelled with the party and listened to their experiences of antisocial behaviour, and accompanied the party to the meeting.  They also took the opportunity to meet Jeremy Browne, the Liberal Democrat spokesman for Home Affairs, and leader of the party Vince Cable.

 

North East Lincolnshire Liberal Democrat Councillors Doug Pickett, Les Bonner, Dave Boylen and Steve Beasant speak to Vince Cable, the leader of the Liberal Democrats during the recent visit to the House of Commons