Monday, October 30, 2006
Meet the Police
Meeting of the St. Mellons PACT (Police and partners) will be held at Meadowlane School at 7.00pm on Wednesday 8th November and Monday 11th December, All Welcome
Sunday, October 15, 2006
“Stray” Horses
The large herds of horses that roamed St. Mellons in 2002-4 have gone but a small hers lives on undeveloped ground in south St. Mellons. Sadly, they frequently trespass into residential areas and cause problems. There has been a lot of media interest and a TV company visited St. Mellons in the summer to make a film about the proposed solution of giving Anti-Social Behaviour Orders to irresponsible horse owners.
Your local Councillors have continued to press for action and have become such a nuisance that the Liberal Democrat Executive Member responsible for dealing with the problem foolishly tried to prevent us getting involved with horse-catch operation.
As a result the Council’s horse capture operation on the 15th of March failed to find any horses. In May we “got wind” of another planned operation and provided information that led to the capture of three horses!
Your Councillors are asking when the horses will be completely removed from Council-owned land.
Councillor Ralph Cook
Your local Councillors have continued to press for action and have become such a nuisance that the Liberal Democrat Executive Member responsible for dealing with the problem foolishly tried to prevent us getting involved with horse-catch operation.
As a result the Council’s horse capture operation on the 15th of March failed to find any horses. In May we “got wind” of another planned operation and provided information that led to the capture of three horses!
Your Councillors are asking when the horses will be completely removed from Council-owned land.
Councillor Ralph Cook
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
St. Mellons Link Road “on hold”.
The Council has shelved plans to construct the St. Mellons Link Road which many residents of east St. Mellons believe would have made their lives a misery. With a predicted flow of at least 1,000 HGVs every day as well as and vans the road will, if built, dramatically change the local environment.
Local Councillor Ralph Cook has been providing objective advice to local residents concerned about the road. In recent month he asked the Environment Scrutiny Committee to look at the proposal and they agreed.
During the summer this committee issued a scathing statement questioning the value of the building the road. As a result the Council has put the proposal “on hold”.
Residents have now written to all Party Leaders in the Council asking them to support a resolution to abandon the proposal altogether.
Councillor David English
Local Councillor Ralph Cook has been providing objective advice to local residents concerned about the road. In recent month he asked the Environment Scrutiny Committee to look at the proposal and they agreed.
During the summer this committee issued a scathing statement questioning the value of the building the road. As a result the Council has put the proposal “on hold”.
Residents have now written to all Party Leaders in the Council asking them to support a resolution to abandon the proposal altogether.
Councillor David English
