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Passionate About Eco Island Your magazine from the Isle of Wight Council Issue fourteen April 2008 oneIsland www.iwight.com Passionate about Eco Island Ellen supports exciting vision One Island is published each month, except for September and January – Your magazine from the Welcome Isle of Wight Council LKB Issue fourteen these editions are combined with those of the previous month. If you have P' > I K A April 2008 www.iwight.com community news to share with other readers or would like to advertise in One Island, we would like to hear from you. We also welcome your letters – you can contact us by post, email or telephone. Post One Island, Communications, County Hall, Newport PO30 1UD Email [email protected] Telephone 823105 Passionate about Eco Island makingcontact Ellen supports exciting vision USEFUL CONTACTS Isle of Wight Council, County Hall, Newport PO30 1UD Fax 823333 councilmeetings Email [email protected] Website www.iwight.com The past few weeks have seen some momentous decisions TELEPHONE SERVICES affecting all of us on the Isle of Call centre 821000 FACE TO Wight. Mon to Fri: 8am to 6pm FACE SERVICES In this issue of the council’s Saturday: 9am to 1pm Newport Help Centre magazine we tell you about For telephone assistance we recommend you contact the call Tel 821000 these decisions, including centre directly where we aim to County Hall, Newport PO30 1UD Unless otherwise stated, all meetings the move towards a two-tier answer as many enquiries as possible are in public at County Hall. Call at this first point of contact. Mon to Fri: 8am to 6pm education structure, the 823200 24-hours before a meeting to Popular numbers Sat: 9am to 1pm ensure it is going ahead and to check if any items are likely to be held in approval of a £325 million Automated telephone payments 559310 Ryde Help Centre private session. government Private Finance Council tax 823901 Tel 812678 Council Initiative for our roads, and Education 823455 188 High Street, Ryde PO33 2PN (council chamber) the launch of the ambitious Environmental health 823000 Mon to Fri: 8.45am to 5pm 16 April (6pm) Eco Island vision. Housing benefits 823950 Sat: 9.30am to 12.30pm 21 May (6pm) We also bring you up to date Libraries 203880 Brading Help Centre Cabinet Licensing 823159 (committee room one) on developments with some Tel 401770 13 May (6pm) Planning 823552 of our key One Island projects, West Street, Brading PO36 0DR Audit Committee Refuse collection 823777 including the installation of Mon and Fri: 9am to 12 noon, Tues, (committee room one) Roads and highways 823777 20 May (6pm) more than 120 signs to help Wed, Thur: 9am to 4.30pm Tourism 813818 Planning Committee Shanklin Help Centre control speed on the Island’s Trading standards 823396 (council chamber) 22 April (4pm) roads. Consumer Direct 08454 040506 Falcon Cross Hall, Falcon Road, Shanklin Licensing Sub-committee Thanks should be recorded Leisure services 823828 Mon only: 10am to 4pm (committee room one) for the contribution of Wightbus 823782 West Wight Information Centre 12 May (4pm) our chief executive, Joe Dial-a-bus 522226 Tel 821000 Licensing (Determinations) Sub- Duckworth, in helping drive Adult and children’s services Freshwater Library, School Green Road, committee (committee room one) Adult services 823340 Freshwater PO40 9AP through many of these 14 April (10am) projects, and we wish him well Children’s services 525790 Mon: 9am to 5.15pm, 23 April (6pm) Local centres: Cowes 291144 when he leaves for his new Tues and Wed: 9.30am to 5.15pm, Thur: Scrutiny Committee Newport 823340 (closed), Fri: 9.30am to 4.45pm. Closed for (committee room one) post in the London Borough of Ryde 566011 15 May (6pm) Sandown 408448 lunch (1pm to 2pm each day) Newham this summer. Ethical Standards Committee Headquarters 520600 Wootton Bridge Centre We remain as committed (committee room one) Housing 823040 Tel 884361 19 May (6pm) as ever to seeing through Joanne’s Walk, Brannon Way, Policy Commission for Business and our ambitious agenda for EMERGENCY NUMBERS Wootton Bridge PO33 4NU Infrastructure developing and improving (committee room one) In an emergency dial 999 IW Council desk – Mon, Tues, 7 May (6pm) council services across the Thurs, Fri: 9.15am to 1pm Fire and rescue Policy Commission for Care, Health Island. control centre (24hrs) 525121 Cowes Help Centre and Housing Out of hours: (committee room one) Beckford Court, Beckford Road, Cowes 30 April (6pm) Councillor David Pugh, Highways 525121 Waste disposal 0800 3283851 Fri (mornings): 9am to 12 noon Policy Commission for Children and Leader, Isle of Wight Council Wightcare 821105 School Results sI e1 l o fW g i h tC o u n c l i 2 3 (committee room one) A to Z of services A s im p el a n d e a s y t o u s eg u id e t o y o u r ol c a sl e r v ic e s 14 May (6pm) A comprehensive listing of all the council’s services and contact numbers can be found 4 5 6 Policy Commission for Safer Communities in the new A to Z booklet. It is designed to make it easier for residents to access all of our 7 8 9 Including information about (committee room one) y o u rc o u n c tli a x services, across every council directorate, from abandoned vehicles to the youth service. Incorporating Hampshire Police2 0 0 8 -2 0Auth 0 9 p o cil in gb u d g e ta n d p rio rit ie s ority * 0 # 1 May (6pm) 2 oneIsland Inthisissue Islandimage NEWS DESK 4-8 Council and community news FEATURES 9 Eco Island conference A vision for the future 12 Education structure What happens next? 14 The sharp end of climate chaos A look at Ventnor Botanic Garden REGULARS 19 Coast and country Rural and coastal news 20 Trailers Events and activities Cover picture: Dame Ellen MacArthur, one of the key speakers at the recent Eco Island conference ONE ISLAND is published by the Isle of Wight Council. The council does not accept responsibility for goods or services offered by advertisers. Additional copies are available from the Customer Service Centre at County Hall, libraries and other council facilities. Typetalk calls welcome. Written, designed and produced by Corporate Communications, Isle of Wight Council. ISSN 1752-8038 © COPYRIGHT 2008 Isle of Wight Council, County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 1UD. Printed on recycled paper by Engage Group. Flamingo Park pelican, picture by Dick Moon One Island is available on request as an audiotape, in large print, in Braille and in other languages. For further details, please contact One Island on 823105. The magazine is also available online at www.iwight.com April2008 3 newsdesk Free parking scheme encourages low emission cars Drivers of cars on the Island that qualify for low emission road tax can park their vehicles free in council car parks. The green initiative includes those vehicles Go ahead for big funding that fall into government rated bands A and B scheme for Island roads (vehicles which emit less that 120g of carbon dioxide per one kilometre travelled). The council has secured £325 million work with the utilities companies to ensure The free parking is for Island long stay, to improve its road network under the that disruption and the need to dig up short stay or shoppers’ car parks, and takes in government’s Private Finance Initiative (PFI) recently re-laid road surfaces is minimised. both Island residents and motorists from the scheme. “We will build in quality design to schemes mainland who qualify for the scheme. It means investment into Island roads, on that are sympathetic to the environment, Those who qualify will be allowed to park a scale never before possible, will be able to reduce maintenance and address safety free for up to eight hours in long stay car take place – ensuring journeys are smoother issues.” parks, up to three in short stay and up to five and safer for all road users. He said the PFI news would also provide an in shoppers’ car parks – the same criteria as Council chief executive Joe Duckworth said economic boost. “To help us to improve job those who pay for an Island resident’s permit. the Island’s drive to become an Eco Island had opportunities, and grow the economy, it is The initiative is already proving popular featured in its case for PFI money. vital we improve our transport infrastructure. with drivers who want to do their bit for the “We want to minimise the impact of our We now have secured the finance to do this.” environment and save money at the same scheme on the environment and will use Council leader, Councillor David Pugh, said: time. project management techniques to ensure “This is fantastic news for the Island. We • Owners of cars in band A pay no road fund our materials and methods of working reflect are now in a position to make much-needed tax, and those of cars in band B pay £35 road this objective. We will also co-ordinate our improvements to our road network.” fund tax every year. Don’t forget next month’s walking festival! Next month, from 3 to 18 May, people taking part. Walk the Wight, dinosaur and Walk the Wight geology walks, a reading ramble, will see the tenth staging of As well as the festival itself The annual Walk the Wight, garden walks, tea party walks and the hugely popular Isle of Wight in May, a special anniversary to raise funds for the Earl food and pubs walks.
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