As you may have noticed there has been a foul smell in the air over the last few days. This is coming from land near Tetron Point and is part of a soil replenishment process. There are a few more details in the link below including a contact number.
In a nutshell the land having limestone added with a slurry on top before being covered in soil. It is the slurry phase which combined with the wind has resulted in the smell in the air. The process has been approved by the Environment Agency.
For more details please see link below. Hopefully the work will be completed very soon.
https://www.facebook.com/southderbys
Saturday, 19 April 2014
Sunday, 6 April 2014
Councillors Surgery - this coming Saturday
Just a quick reminder that our next surgery will be on Saturday 12th April at 10-11am at York Road Methodist Church.
All welcome.
All welcome.
Feedback on recent doorknocking session on Church Street
We recently had a doorknocking session on Church Street. We had a good time talking with residents who were welcoming, friendly and very honest.
Whilst most of the residents are happy with life in Church Gresley we did pick up on some issues.
It was no great surprise that the main issue was relating to speed and noise of traffic. We have liaised with other bodies in the recent past to improve this but talking to residents has encouraged us to focus further.
We are currently looking into dropping a leaflet in to gauge reaction to the possibility of changing the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph. The aim of this would be to make it safer, particularly around the school, but also to try and reduce the noise. Critics often argue that the limits can not be enforced but the effect of changing to 20mph zones has had positive impact in many places and does reduce the speed.
Feedback will be shown on this blog and the appropriate next steps will be taken.
There is a national campaign forum currently campaigning for this, called the Go 20 Coalition (don't be worried this time about the word coalition) and the details of this can be found on the link below:
http://www.brake.org.uk/component/content/article/18-top-level/campaigns/1196-go20coalition
Other issues picked up included dog fouling and lack of bins in the area. The issues of littering and dog fouling are issues which depend on being able to catch people to take direct action, but we are working with SDDC to improve the situation.
Whilst most of the residents are happy with life in Church Gresley we did pick up on some issues.
It was no great surprise that the main issue was relating to speed and noise of traffic. We have liaised with other bodies in the recent past to improve this but talking to residents has encouraged us to focus further.
We are currently looking into dropping a leaflet in to gauge reaction to the possibility of changing the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph. The aim of this would be to make it safer, particularly around the school, but also to try and reduce the noise. Critics often argue that the limits can not be enforced but the effect of changing to 20mph zones has had positive impact in many places and does reduce the speed.
Feedback will be shown on this blog and the appropriate next steps will be taken.
There is a national campaign forum currently campaigning for this, called the Go 20 Coalition (don't be worried this time about the word coalition) and the details of this can be found on the link below:
http://www.brake.org.uk/component/content/article/18-top-level/campaigns/1196-go20coalition
Other issues picked up included dog fouling and lack of bins in the area. The issues of littering and dog fouling are issues which depend on being able to catch people to take direct action, but we are working with SDDC to improve the situation.
Saturday, 5 April 2014
Interested in Sports Leadership Courses?
The below flyer has been sent via the South Derbyshire CVS and will be useful to anybody who knows someone who is interested in a career in Sports Leadership. Sounds like a good course, and it is free.
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