Tuesday, June 06, 2006
MEET THE POLICE & COUNCILLORS
The Police will be holding regular monthly meetings with residents of Trowbridge and Councillors will also attend. The first meeting is on 28th June at Trowbridge Infants School from 7.00pm to 8.30pm. Residents will be able to chose issues they want the police to deal with! All welcome.
20 mph speed restrictions on the way
As part of the Trowbridge Shopping Centre improvements the Council proposed introducing a 20 miles per hour speed restriction zone on Aberdaron, Abergele, Borth, Glan-y-Mor Roads and Caernarvon Way. Your Councillors have received many complaints about excessive speeds on these roads and suggested the Council consult residents on the proposals.
A recent consultation with 165 homes on these roads resulted in 91% of the replies being in favour and just 9% opposed to the idea.
The Council will now undertake a detailed design process and implement the proposals as soon as funding becomes available.
A recent consultation with 165 homes on these roads resulted in 91% of the replies being in favour and just 9% opposed to the idea.
The Council will now undertake a detailed design process and implement the proposals as soon as funding becomes available.
Trowbridge Shopping Centre
Everyone in Trowbridge asks us when the redevelopment of the shopping centre will begin. Our honest answer is, soon - we hope.!
Your Councillors have been making noises at County Hall and the delays have been featured in the South Wales Echo. Privately we have been told the project has been delayed because Trowbridge is not a priority with the Council’s Liberal Democrat administration.
We have now been promised work will begin in July but the final contracts have not yet been signed and costs have escalated beyond original estimates. If work begins in July the project could still be completed by the end of 2007.
The Community Centre closed in April and its regular users have been transfered to the Cardiff Community Housing Association centre in Valley View and the Trowbridge Scouts Hut.
Construction of the new Community Centre was to form the last phase of the project but it will now be built together with the new shop units, with the housing being left until last. This is better for the community in our view.
Trowbridge residents have had to put up with this mess for two years and we commend your patience. However, endless delay is unacceptable. If work is not begun in July we will launch a campaign demanding immediate action.
Councillor Ralph Cook
Your Councillors have been making noises at County Hall and the delays have been featured in the South Wales Echo. Privately we have been told the project has been delayed because Trowbridge is not a priority with the Council’s Liberal Democrat administration.
We have now been promised work will begin in July but the final contracts have not yet been signed and costs have escalated beyond original estimates. If work begins in July the project could still be completed by the end of 2007.
The Community Centre closed in April and its regular users have been transfered to the Cardiff Community Housing Association centre in Valley View and the Trowbridge Scouts Hut.
Construction of the new Community Centre was to form the last phase of the project but it will now be built together with the new shop units, with the housing being left until last. This is better for the community in our view.
Trowbridge residents have had to put up with this mess for two years and we commend your patience. However, endless delay is unacceptable. If work is not begun in July we will launch a campaign demanding immediate action.
Councillor Ralph Cook
Trowbridge - The forgotten estate?
This has been suggested to us several times and until 2004 it was far from true.
Information recently obtained shows the Liberal Democrats have done little for Trowbridge since they won power in Cardiff Council two years ago.
Between 2002 and 2004 the Council installed security doors on 58 out of 72 blocks of flats in Trowbridge - only 5 blocks have been done since. 32 blocks of flats had railings erected under Labour but none since the 2004 elections.
The Labour Council began the £1 million Trowbridge Green regeneration work and insulated blocks of flats and houses on the estate. Your Councillors are still fighting to get this project completed.
The Liberal Democrats have not progressed the Trowbridge garage sites plans, work on the shopping centre has fallen behind, also delaying the long-awaited children’s play area.
Yet the Liberal Democrats are busy selling our assets. In the last two years the Liberal Democrats have sold £11 million of land in St. Mellons and to sell £14 million worth of land in the Ward over the next two years.
Last year the Liberal Democrats arranged to sell the land allocated for a High School between Trowbridge and St. Mellons without even telling your Councillors first!
The Liberal Democrats also proposed closing Rumney High School and selling the land in their ill-considered school reorganisation plan.
Finally, Liberal Democrats are helping a campaign in St. Mellons for another new youth facility in a park against the advice of your Councillors. A previous facility in the park became a focus for serious anti-social behaviour and had to be removed due to vandalism. What a waste of money which could have been used at Cemaes Crescent Open Space!
Councillor Monica Walsh
Information recently obtained shows the Liberal Democrats have done little for Trowbridge since they won power in Cardiff Council two years ago.
Between 2002 and 2004 the Council installed security doors on 58 out of 72 blocks of flats in Trowbridge - only 5 blocks have been done since. 32 blocks of flats had railings erected under Labour but none since the 2004 elections.
The Labour Council began the £1 million Trowbridge Green regeneration work and insulated blocks of flats and houses on the estate. Your Councillors are still fighting to get this project completed.
The Liberal Democrats have not progressed the Trowbridge garage sites plans, work on the shopping centre has fallen behind, also delaying the long-awaited children’s play area.
Yet the Liberal Democrats are busy selling our assets. In the last two years the Liberal Democrats have sold £11 million of land in St. Mellons and to sell £14 million worth of land in the Ward over the next two years.
Last year the Liberal Democrats arranged to sell the land allocated for a High School between Trowbridge and St. Mellons without even telling your Councillors first!
The Liberal Democrats also proposed closing Rumney High School and selling the land in their ill-considered school reorganisation plan.
Finally, Liberal Democrats are helping a campaign in St. Mellons for another new youth facility in a park against the advice of your Councillors. A previous facility in the park became a focus for serious anti-social behaviour and had to be removed due to vandalism. What a waste of money which could have been used at Cemaes Crescent Open Space!
Councillor Monica Walsh
Trefaser Crescent
The long-running dispute between residents, supported by your Councillors, and the Council’s Liberal Democrat Executive over Trefaser Crescent is slowly being resolved. The Council is now developing proposals to provide off-street parking and generally improve the appearance of the street and the security of its residents.
Monday, June 05, 2006
Police Update
Regular meetings between Councillors and the police have been taking place since Inspector Dave Offside took over the running of the Rumney Sector (includes Llanrumney, Rumney, Trowbridge, St. Mellons and Pontprennau).
We have been keen to monitor police activity in the area, to assist them where we can and be kept informed about crime levels in the sector. The Inspector recently supplied the following figures:
Calls to the police during March: 1,650 of which 523 were reports of anti-social behaviour. Police arrested 119 people and charged 34. Of the rest 27 people have deferred bail (allowing time to gather evidence), 19 were innocent, 13 are to attend court by warrant, 4 received cautions, 10 received fixed penalties, 4 were reprimanded and 3 received final warnings.
A third of all reports are about anti-social behaviour. Last year the police in our part of Cardiff issued 161 first stage ASBO letters, 32 second stage and 7 third stage letters. 6 Behavioural contracts and 3 full ASBOs were imposed.
The police tell us that, in theory from November the sector will be getting extra staff, police officers and more Police Community Support Officers will be introduced.
Finally you are invited to meet the police and councillors at monthly Partnership and Community Team (PACT) meetings. The first meeting will be on 28th June from 7pm to 8.30pm at Trowbridge Infants School.
PACT meetings will be held each month and residents will be able to vote on up to three issues they think the police should deal with and then at the next meeting question them on their performance! Should be interesting.
Councillor Monica Walsh
We have been keen to monitor police activity in the area, to assist them where we can and be kept informed about crime levels in the sector. The Inspector recently supplied the following figures:
Calls to the police during March: 1,650 of which 523 were reports of anti-social behaviour. Police arrested 119 people and charged 34. Of the rest 27 people have deferred bail (allowing time to gather evidence), 19 were innocent, 13 are to attend court by warrant, 4 received cautions, 10 received fixed penalties, 4 were reprimanded and 3 received final warnings.
A third of all reports are about anti-social behaviour. Last year the police in our part of Cardiff issued 161 first stage ASBO letters, 32 second stage and 7 third stage letters. 6 Behavioural contracts and 3 full ASBOs were imposed.
The police tell us that, in theory from November the sector will be getting extra staff, police officers and more Police Community Support Officers will be introduced.
Finally you are invited to meet the police and councillors at monthly Partnership and Community Team (PACT) meetings. The first meeting will be on 28th June from 7pm to 8.30pm at Trowbridge Infants School.
PACT meetings will be held each month and residents will be able to vote on up to three issues they think the police should deal with and then at the next meeting question them on their performance! Should be interesting.
Councillor Monica Walsh
