TOWN CRIER THE OFFICIAL PARISH OF ST HELIER MAGAZINE

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WELCOME TO THE APRIL ISSUE OF THE TOWN CRIER... As our IslandTO continues to recoverWN from the range and to our honorary officers CRIER who do so much to of Liberation will be felt right across St Helier in spite of difficulties, pressures, constraints and tragedies support the community. of the restrictions. The Parish will do all it can to help parishioners enjoy this special day, even though we will caused byTHE the Coronavirus OFFICIAL pandemic, it is encouraging PARISH We are not OF'out of the ST woods' HELIERyet, however, which MAGAZINE have to wait till next year to see a return of the events to see so many people taking advantage of their is why it has been decided that this year's Liberation like our Liberation Breakfast, last held at the Town Hall renewed freedom to visit St Helier for shopping, celebrations will have to be reduced in scope as in 2019. meeting family and friends and to enjoy our parks they were last year. In the absence of the large get- and gardens and public spaces. We're grateful to our togethers we usually enjoy on 9th May, Islanders will For advice and information please look at the Parish teams of municipal staff who continue to maintain high be encouraged to celebrate the day with families website, www.sthelier.je, email [email protected] standards of cleanliness and horticultural excellence, and small groups of friends, and no doubt the spirit or telephone 811811. TOWN CRIER THE OFFICIAL PARISH OF ST HELIER MAGAZINE

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CONSTABLE’S COMMENT

CAPITAL CONFIDENCE I am constantly being taken aback by how shops is cause for concern, many of these have well our town weathers economic storms - resulted from the collapse of U.K. chains, and I whether that is the recession over a decade am confident that they will find new occupants. ago, the rise in online shopping or indeed However, the planning department will need to the present pandemic. St Helier continues to be flexible about allowing change of use where flourish despite everything, maintaining a much empty retail premises are concerned, permitting lower level of vacant shops than comparable a restaurant or café, for example, or another towns in the U.K. and a higher footfall. There service business to operate in the central are lots of reasons for our being confident in area that was once reserved for retail. Online our capital, including the fact that it is by and shopping is here to stay, and while St Helier will large a safe, clean, attractive and welcoming continue to boast a wide range of shops we place to spend time and money. St Helier's need to accept the fact that our visitors don't pre-eminent position has also been helped by just come to town to shop: they expect a range wise planning policies which have discouraged of cafés, bars and restaurants in which to dine out of town shopping, and by the decisions and socialise, as well as other services and of the over the years which activities which may be just a twinkle in the eye have recognised the importance of protecting of Jersey's entrepreneurs and investors. the town's environmental and heritage assets. Entrepreneurship is clearly a key character HAPPY 76TH LIBERATION DAY! trait among Jersey people as we are seeing The Constable and Mrs Angela Crowcroft a steady flow of interest in new start-ups, wish all St Helier parishioners a very happy especially in the hospitality sector, while Liberation Day on 9th May, sharing memories retailers large and small continue to invest in with family and friends of the Liberation and their premises and in bringing new products to other special occasions and events associated town. Although the current number of empty with Jersey's national day.

PARISH MATTERS NEW HONORARY OFFICERS INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE? SWORN IN BY VIDEOLINK If you’re interested in learning more about joining St Helier’s , please contact Administrator Mark Hutcheson at Four Constables' Officers, a Roads Inspector Pictured left to right, front row, are Rates [email protected], and if you’re interested in becoming and a Rates Assessor were sworn in by the Assessor, Peter Wade, and Roads Inspector, a Rates Assessor, please contact Edward Trevor at edward.trevor@ Royal Court earlier this month using the online Ted Lindsey; back row, Constables' Officers: posh.gov.je. #YourParishNeedsYou system which has become a feature of public Anthony Bougeard, Jessica Chays, Rachel administration during the pandemic. Nugent, and Sinead Hanrahan. APRIL 2021 | | 03

UPDATE FROM OUR PARISH NEWS CUSTOMER SERVICES TEAM NEW INSIGHTS INTO With the period for rates assessment permit holders to contact the Team by reviews now passed, it’s full steam ahead telephone and make the necessary AN OLD STREET for the St Helier Customer Services Team arrangements to renew their permits with the annual renewals for Residents’ without attending the office. The Team Architect and local historian Stuart Fell is leading some in depth walking tours in St Helier Parking Permits now the priority. will once again be accepting scanned highlighting town’s built heritage. The first tour got underway last month in New Street. copies of the required documentation. All permits are due for renewal on 1st May 2021 and the various fees are Anyone attending the offices in person detailed below. They are exclusive of may encounter queueing delays. GST and reminder letters have been The documentation required is or will very soon be sent to all permit detailed below and must be provided holders with the full details of the before the Team can renew and issue a renewal process. new permit: Residents - £326.81 • Signed declaration of the terms and Richmond - £162.37 conditions; and Business - £242.80 • Proof of residency, such as a bank All fees have increased by the RPI, that statement or utility bill, dated within being 0.9%. Due to the restrictions in the last month. place during the lockdown period last Once we have received the signed year and the inevitable inconvenience declaration, proof of residency dated incurred by RPZ permit holders, the within the last month, and payment, Constable of St Helier was pleased to we will renew your permit digitally; a provide a substantial discount on the paper permit, to be displayed in your cost of the permits, which equated to windscreen, will then be posted to you. two full months of the total fees due. Permit holders are reminded that from Despite the falling Covid infection rates, 1st May 2021 the renewed permit has to many restrictions remain in place at be displayed before parking in an RPZ the time of writing so we would ask space is permitted.

HAVRE DES PAS IMPROVEMENT GROUP MEETINGS TO RESTART Residents and businesses in the Havre meetings which take place on the first des Pas area are invited to attend the Wednesday of each month at 6pm. monthly meetings of a group that The next meeting takes place on aims to get improvements made to 5th May. the area, and which works closely with the Parish, States' departments and For more information please contact Andium Homes. The Parish is grateful Deputy Russell Labey at r.labey@gov. to the Ommaroo Hotel for hosting the je or 481083.

USEFUL CONTACTS

Customer Services Team – 811733 Town Hall switchboard – 811811 Rates enquiries – [email protected] Residents’ Parking Scheme enquiries – [email protected] General enquiries – [email protected] Website: www.sthelier.je Customer Services Team opening times: Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm

NEW RESIDENTS IN THE PEACE GARDEN AT VALLÉE DES VAUX In recent years members of the Rotary Club of weighty young tree carefully over a rushing Jersey have volunteered their services to maintain stream to one of the islands, where it now has a and develop the water gardens in Vallée des Vaux commanding position in the heart of the garden.” as a haven of peace and tranquility. The most recent Rotary undertakes these work sessions every couple work session included the planting of two Prunus of months and the next is planned for Saturday Accolade, or Flowering Cherry, which will greatly 22nd May. Occasionally they have been helped enhance the colour of the gardens in early Spring. by local residents, and Tony is keen to encourage These young trees were kindly provided by St Helier anyone with a care for gardening to contact him Parks and Gardens, and Rotary is very grateful to about joining that session, or indeed about working Ian Syvret and the department for their help and together in the garden on a more frequent basis. support. Rotarian Tony Allchurch commented: “It was For further information please email tonyallchurch@ an entertaining challenge transporting a surprisingly icloud.com or telephone 767593 . 04 | | APRIL 2021

UPDATE FROM WESTMOUNT DAY NURSERY Children in our care in the Sunshine Room have enjoyed experimenting with loose parts recently, allowing them the opportunity to use their imagination to explore a variety of uses for objects such as drain pipes, cardboard tubes, cable reels and items from nature

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HISTORIC ST HELIER, GERAINT JENNINGS: 1921: THE RESTORATION OF TRANSPORT LINKS At the end of March 1921, the question be around 10 shillings. According to the of transport links with France was in the Press, such a service would be crowned news. Neither of the steamers that had with success and would be a unique been serving the Jersey-Saint Malo and attraction to draw visitors to the Island Jersey-Carteret routes were in service. The (and the organisers should not forget how Granville boat "Attala" was still undergoing advantageous it would be to extend the repairs (and even the fact that the French service to Guernsey). HELLO FROM EVERYONE AT LA Minister for Trade was a Granvillais seemed not to make much difference). Fortunately the steamer "Attala" was POUQUELAYE YOUTH PROJECT! back in service by the end of April 1921, Our young members are pleased to be slowly recovering from the pressures of Covid-19 The other boat, the "St. Brieuc", had been so the "lockdown" of a century ago was restrictions, which have had a huge impact on young people’s lives. Youth club has been taken off the route in the belief that the rather a mild affair compared to current one of the few safe places where young people have been able to see their friends since South Western Railway was intending travel inconveniences. September 2020 when we opened with limited numbers, social distancing, and rigorous to run excursions to France during the Anaïs Niobey, assistant at St Helier-based hygiene procedures in place. In the beginning, we all found this wearing of masks, constant Summer season, thereby creaming off sanitizing and reminders to distance very challenging. However, it’s amazing how flexible the profit from a service that was not Maison de Normandie, keeps us up-to- and resilient young people are and they now take these measures in their stride. profitable year-round. date with events just over the Channel or coming to Jersey directly from France. Meanwhile, the Evening Press in Guernsey had broken a story that a Jersey syndicate Contact us: intended to start up an air link, either [email protected] by aeroplane or seaplane carrying 20 www.maisondenormandie.com passengers, between Carteret and Jersey. Tel: 280110 The flight would take scarcely 15 minutes Twitter: @MaisonNormandie and the cost of a ticket was projected to Facebook: MaisondelaNormandie

JÈRRIAIS, GERAINT JENNINGS: UN J'VA À L'ÊTABL'YE Nou pâle achteu d'amendements dans la sociêté, dans l'êcononmie, et dans l'envithonnement, comme j'nos dêhalons d'la pandémie. Hardi d'entre nous j'avons ieu à nos accouôteunmer à travailli en cârr'rie, siez nous. Y'a ieu hardi d'rêunnions en lîngne, et nou-s'a quédainé l'adoption d'la technologie pouor c'mander et d'livrer ou ramâsser ses acats. Nou pâle dé changements dans les transports, et d'pâsser pus tôt ès boulants êlectriques. Entréchîn tchiques années n'y'étha d'aut' dé garages auve des pompes à pétrole par les c'mîns – les vaituthes à pétrole s'sont des j'vaux à l'êtabl'ye et, sans doute, nou bâtitha d's appartéments sans parqu'thie sus l'assiette des garages. Assa, l's êtabl'yes d'la Ville, où'est qu'les campangnards soulaient “partchi” lus j'vaux quand i' v'naient au marchi ou à la Faithe, sont hortes et oubliées. Et ch'est à d'mander quand tchi qu'les boulants à pétrole s'sont hors étout.

A WHITE ELEPHANT There's currently talk of how society, the economy, and the environment will improve as we leave the pandemic. Many of us have had to get used to working from home. There have been lots of online meetings, and the Young people have faced unprecedented time off school and disruption from their adoption of technology for delivery of click and collect of purchases has normal routines, at La Pouquelaye Youth Project we have incorporated mindful activities sped up. such as arts, crafts and cooking as a vehicle for encouraging young people to increase their well-being and recognize that they are not alone. There's talk of of change in modes of transport and changing over more quickly to electric vehicles. In a few years from now there'll no longer be To celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month in February, our young people created tie dye garages with petrol pumps around - petrol cars will be white elephants rainbow bunting, with each member of the junior group adding their own individual design [horses in the stable] and doubtless flats without parking will be built on the to the finished product which now brightens up the Youth Project entrance. And March site of garages. was Child Exploitation Awareness Month, and so focussed on the issue of running away for Inters and Seniors. Small group activities such as painting jars and pebbles have worked Well, the stables of Town, where countryfolk used to "park" their horses when well for introducing sensitive topics in comfortable and manageable ways, allowing for they came to market, are gone and forgotten. And one has to ask when petrol time to ask questions and clarify understanding. And a group recently spent a day at vehicles will be gone too. Crabbé, enjoying high roping and spending quality time with the Youth Work Team. Please get in touch with Alice (07797 744541 / [email protected]) for further information. 06 | | APRIL 2021

BARRY LE FEUVRE TOPS THE POLL The postponed election of the St the meetings have taken place in public; St Helier took place on Helier is still the only Parish to have opened Wednesday 14th April, with 91 electors up its Roads Committee meetings. in attendance at the Town Hall. The 8 candidates for the 5 positions began by setting out their manifestos in 5-minute speeches before ballot papers were JSPCA: THE IMPORTANCE completed by those in attendance. Candidates’ manifestos were published in OF MICROCHIPPING the January issue of the Town Crier, as well as being available on the Parish website When a stray animal is presented to the team at the JSPCA, we do our best since the nomination meeting in December to find the owner. The animal is scanned for a microchip (a small electronic last year. chip enclosed in a glass cylinder about the same size as a grain of rice, found between the shoulder blades on most animals) and, if one is located, we will Retired lawyer, Barry Le Feuvre, gained look up the number on the database to obtain the owner’s details and then 72 votes, with newcomer, Kevin Proctor, contact them ASAP. and Bernie Manning gaining 51 votes each. John Baker obtained 37 votes and We house the stray animal for 7 days at the Animals’ Shelter. If an owner has the final seat on the Committee went to not come forward within those 7 days, we will process the animal and get former Senator, Ted Vibert, with 34 votes. them ready for rehoming. The time the animal is in a strange and unknown Mario Pirozzolo narrowly missed out, as did environment can obviously be reduced if the pet is microchipped, but James Corbett and Jason Lagadu. remember that having the microchip placed is only the first step - the microchip must be registered in order to give you the best chances of getting your pet The election was held in both the back. If information is missing or incorrect, your chances of getting your pet Assembly Room and the Committee Room back are dramatically reduced. It is important that you keep your records of the Town Hall as well as being streamed associated with your pet’s microchip up-to-date. Any change of address or online, and the began phone numbers needs to be communicated with the microchip company as with a minute's silence being held to mark soon as possible. the recent death of the Duke of Edinburgh. If you would like more information about microchipping your pet, please The Roads Committee meets every speak directly with your vet. month to discuss a wide range of matters, particularly in relation to the roads and open spaces of the Parish. Since 2002

CONTACTS TOWN HALL ST HELIER DEPUTIES Email: [email protected] ST HELIER SHADOW INFORMATION AND CONTACTS No 1 District Deputy Steve Ahier, CONSEIL MUNICIPAL Town Hall opening hours: Deputy Judy Martin, Tel: 07797 915226, Barbara Corbett, 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday. Tel: 780641, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] PO Box 50, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PA Email: [email protected] Deputy Inna Gardiner, Barry Le Feuvre, Tel: 811811 Deputy Russell Labey, Tel: 07797 897504, Tel: 874391, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 481083, Email: [email protected] Bernie Manning, www.sthelier.je Email: [email protected] Tel: 07700 356438, ST HELIER ROADS Email: [email protected] ST EWOLD’S RESIDENTIAL HOME Deputy Scott Wickenden, Tel: 07797 717766, COMMITTEE Bob Le Brocq, Tel: 285855, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Simon Crowcroft, Tel: 743606, Email: [email protected] Geraint Jennings, WESTMOUNT DAY NURSERY Tel: 811821, Email: [email protected] No 2 District Tel: 280778, Email: [email protected] Tel: 811718, Email [email protected] Barry Le Feuvre, Deputy Geoff Southern, Tel: 874391, John Baker, CONNÉTABLE Tel: 728231, Email: [email protected] Tel: 07797 725879, Simon Crowcroft, Email: [email protected] Bernie Manning, Email: [email protected] Julian Rogers, Tel: 811821, Email: [email protected] Deputy Rob Ward, Tel: 07700 356438, Tel: 607910, Email: [email protected] Tel: 07829 713138, Email: [email protected] PROCUREURS DU BIEN PUBLIC Lyndsay Feltham, Email: [email protected] John Baker, Email: [email protected] Peter Pearce, Deputy Carina Alves, Tel: 07797 725879, Tel: 639533, Email: [email protected] Tel: 07700 750058, Mario Pirozzolo, Email: [email protected] Geraint Jennings, Email: [email protected] Tel: 07797 712843 Kevin Proctor, Tel: 280778, Email: [email protected] [email protected] Email: [email protected] No 3 District Peter Pearce, Deputy Mike Higgins, Ted Vibert Tel: 639533, Email: [email protected] CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Tel: 873956, [email protected] Simon Crowcroft, Jason Turner, Email: [email protected] The Very Reverend Mike Keirle, Tel: 811821, Email: [email protected] Tel: 811820, Deputy Mary Le Hegarat, Tel: 720001, The Very Reverend Mike Keirle, Email: [email protected] Tel: 07700 358407, Email: [email protected] Tel: 720001, Email: [email protected]

Have you something to share with fellow parishioners? Is there an event or activity coming up that you want to tell St Helier about? Let us know at the Town Crier and we can include this for you. Call Annie Bienvenu on 811821 or email short news items and associated photos to [email protected]. APRIL 2021 | | 07

SPRING CAME PARISH TO ST HELIER LAST MONTH NOTICES This year the Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural PARISH ASSEMBLY * Society showcased its Spring Flower Show displays in A Parish Assemblies will be held (subject to Covid-19 town shop windows, to celebrate Spring and encourage restrictions) on shoppers to vote for their favourite display. Jack’s Clothing won first prize, and there were too many other Wednesday 28th April 2021 super displays to mention here. St Helier’s was situated More information will be available from the Town Hall or in the fountain at the Central Market, and all did indeed the Parish website, www.sthelier.je, in due course. bring cheer to town over Easter. A.S. Crowcroft. Connétable

PARISH ROADS COMMITTEE MEETING * A meeting of the St Helier Roads Committee will take place at 9.30am on Wednesday 28th March 2021 Members of the public are invited to attend part ‘A’ of the agenda. An agenda will be published no fewer than five days in advance and will be available from the Town Hall or the Parish website, www.sthelier.je. A.S. Crowcroft. Connétable

HAVRE DES PAS IMPROVEMENT GROUP This meeting will restart on Wednesday 5th May, 6pm at the Ommaroo Hotel More information available from Deputy Russell Labey at [email protected] or 481083.

* Members of the public wishing to attend the above meetings, which will be physically distanced, are requested to contact Parish Secretary, Alison Sweeney, at alison. [email protected] or 811880 in advance of the meeting.

ST HÉLYI R’CYCL’YE! MONDAY Beechfield Lane Common Lane Rue de la Hauteur Lane inc THURSDAY North Millbrook Close COLLECTIONS Clos des Pas Elizabeth Place Runnymede Court Tyneville Lane) COLLECTIONS (Colomberie to La Millbrook Lane APR 12 & 26 Dongola Road Ellora Estate St Clement’s Road St Helier Court APR 1 & 15 & 29 Route du Fort) Old Mont Cochon MAY 10 & 24 Drury Lane Janvrin Road Town Mills Estate Tower Road MAY 13 & 27 Rouge Bouillon Old St Andrew’s Albert Street Grands Vaux Le Clos Vaze Trinity Hill (Old Val Plaisant Ann Street (both sides) Road Avenue et Dolmen Green Street Le Grand Clos Trinity Hill to Vallée Vauxhall Street Belmont Gardens Roussel Mews Peters Street Brighton Road Greenwood Terrace New St John’s Road des Vaux) Westhill Belmont Place Roussel Street Pied du Côtil Clairvale Road Havre des Pas (All) Old St John’s Road Vallée des Vaux Winchester Street Belmont Road Saville Street Pomona Road La Chasse Oxford Road Clarke Avenue Boulevard Avenue Seaton Place Poonah Lane Les Ruisseaux Parade Road WEDNESDAY Brooklyn Street St Clement’s Road Clearview Street WEDNESDAY Route es Nouaux Mont Neron Robin Place COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS David Place (La Route du Fort Columbus Street Rue de Trachy Mount Bingham Springfield Lane APR 14 & 28 Dorset Street APR 7 & 21 Don Street to Colomberie) Nicole Close Springfield Road MAY 12 & 26 St Andrew’s Road Gloucester Terrace MAY 5 & 19 Mont Cochon The Parade Oak Tree Gardens St Mark’s Lane Great Union Rd Ann Place Abbey Close Museum Street Undercliffe Road Oaklands Lane Tunnel Street Adelina Wood Pomme d’Or Farm Upper Clarendon FRIDAY (from Poonah Road) Bellozanne Avenue Orchard Mews Westmount Court Chapel Lane Seafield Avenue Road COLLECTIONS Hillcrest Avenue Bellozanne Road Pier Road Westmount Estate Claremont Road Simon Place Upper Midvale Road APR 9 & 23 Hillgrove Street Bond Street Regent Road Westmount Road Clarence Road St Aubin’s Road Victoria Crescent MAY 7 & 21 Jardin des Carreaux Cattle Street Rope Walk College Hill (Paris Lane to West Park Avenue Almorah Crescent La Grande Route de Clos du Bas South Hill TUESDAY College Lane Seafield Avenue) Windsor Road Apts. Mont à l’Abbé Craig Street Stafford Gardens COLLECTIONS Don Road St Mark’s Road Beaulieu Park La Retraite Duhamel Place Stafford Lane APR 6 & 20 Fairfield Avenue Stopford Road FRIDAY Clarendon Road La Rue des Canons Duhamel Street Sutton Court MAY 4 & 18 Fountain Lane Tower Gardens COLLECTIONS Clos de Parcq La Rue des Dunedin Farm Trinity Hill Greenacres Estate Victoria Avenue (all) APR 2 & 16 & 30 Clos du Paradis Maupertuis Cleveland Avenue Gas Place (top of Old Trinity Hill Highview Lane Victoria Street MAY 14 & 28 La Clos de La Ruelle de Rauvet Cleveland Road Grove Street to Beechfield Lane) Croydon Lane Halkett Place La Clos du Briard Aquila Road Le Vert Chemin Debenaire Trinity Road/Trinity Croydon Road Hautbois Gardens La Grande Route THURSDAY Bellozanne Valley Le Hurel La Grande Pouclée Gdns Croydon Terrace Hillside Court de St Jean (up to COLLECTIONS Devonshire Lane Le Moulin Close La Pouquelaye Vale Court La Frédée Lane La Côtil de Haute Clair Greenacres) APR 8 & 22 Doué de St Croix Mont à l’Abbé Farm (bottom) Valley Road La Route de Petit Mont Pelle La Hougue Avenue MAY 6 & 20 Garden Lane Pimley Close La Rue des Chênes Whitley Close Camps Mashobra Park La Pouquelaye Cannon Street Great Union Road Queen’s Road Lower King’s Cliff Wilkes Gardens La Rue Petit Clos Midvale Road (top) Clare Street (to Devonshire Rouge Bouillon Pen Y Craig Avenue Willow Grove La Route du Fort Nelson Street Le Breton Lane Devonshire Place Place) (Police Station to Palmyra Lane Mon Sejour (All New Street (to Landfield Drive Dummy Lane Hansford Lane First Stop Café) Palmyra Road TUESDAY Areas) Burrard St) Manor Park Avenue Elizabeth Lane Hillgrove Estate Queen’s Avenue Ruette Pinel COLLECTIONS Nelson Avenue Ocean Apartments Manor Park Road Grosvenor Street James Street Raleigh Avenue Vine Street APR 13 & 27 Orchid Court Osbourne Court Marrett Court Hastings Lane Journeaux Street MAY 11 & 25 Peel Terrace Paris Lane Millais Park Hastings Road La Rue Cyril Mauger Raleigh Lane MONDAY Abbotsmount Rodney Avenue Providence Street Mont Millais Le Clos de Balmain La Ruelle Vaucluse Richmond Road COLLECTIONS Abbotsmount Court Roseville Street Richelieu Park Mont Pinel Le Mont Cantel Le Ville au Roi St Saviour’s Road APR 5 & 19 Apsley Road South Rue des Podêtre Nomond Avenue Lemprière Street Landscape Grove Upper King’s Cliff MAY 3 & 17 & 31 Byron Lane (La Route du Fort to St Anne’s Farm Palm Grove Manor Court Le Clos St André Woodville Avenue Avenue de Petit Byron Road Havre des Pas) St Anne’s Terrace Rue des Arbres Midvale Close Le Douet de St Croix Wellington Road Mont Chevalier Road Rue des Côtils St Aubin’s Road St James Place Queen’s Lane Les Champs Park (RHS up to La Rue Balmoral Drive Clubley Estate Springbank Avenue (Town to Paris Roseville Street Estate des Chênes)

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2021© Parish of St Helier. The entire content of this magazine is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise with prior written consent of the copyright owner. Reprint details: Reprints of articles can be obtained by contacting the publishers Disclaimer: While the Parish of St Helier and its contributors to the Town Crier has provided the information contained in this magazine in good faith, it accepts no responsibility, financial or otherwise, for any action taken by any other party as a result of the information provided. Independent and appropriate advice should always be sought. The views expressed written in this magazine are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Parish of St Helier or the JEP. The Parish of St Helier and JEP accept no responsibility for errors or omissions that may occur. 08 | | APRIL 2021  KERBSIDE GLASS COLLECTIONS ARE COMING TO ST HELIER QUESTIONS: The Parish of St Helier replaced its • The use of the communal bins by Please help us provide a kerbside glass collection that meets kerbside glass collections with communal commercial producers of glass waste your needs by answering the following questions: glass bins many years ago for several seeking to avoid paying for regular reasons, including: collections by the Parish or private 1. What road or street is your property on? contractors, leading to overfilling; (You do not need to give your house number or identify exactly where you live) • A large number of households with no space to store a glass bin, especially in • The use of the bins by people from the town centre; other parishes who are not contributing to the cost of the service; • The variety of receptacles put out for emptying, some of which were unsuitable • The reduction in the quality of glass 2. What type of property do you live in? for the quantities of glass in them; for recycling due to a minority of users ❏ House / bungalow putting inappropriate items in ❏ Apartment / bedsit • The risk of injury to staff and the public the bins. in the way glass was sometimes left out for collection; A significant number of parishioners who 3. Do you have space to store a glass bin or box have the space to store a glass bin and ❏ • The large quantities of glass put out by Yes who may not have a communal glass bin ❏ commercial premises for collection. No nearby have told the Parish that they would ❏ Maybe 89 communal glass bins have been welcome a return of kerbside collections, Please give further details if you wish. provided across 74 sites in the Parish and a trial scheme was introduced several years ago supported by former Procureur which allow parishioners to deposit du Bien Public, Clive Barton. glass when it suits them, often in small quantities when doing the The trial area included La Pouquelaye, St shopping or walking the dog. However, John’s Road, Abbotts Mount, Tower Road, the use of such bins is not without its St Andrew’s Road, Grande Route de Mont à l’Abbé, Havre des Pas, Clos Vase, and Le problems, including: Grand Clos. • The noise nuisance created when Useful lessons have been learned people deposit glass outside the from this trial, and the Parish is now requested hours of operation; considering how best to extend kerbside • The spillage of broken glass and the glass collections. Your response to the 4. How do you dispose of your glass at the moment: depositing of other litter around the questions below will help us tailor these ❏ Communal glass bin on the property glass bins; collections to your needs. ❏ Communal glass bin in the local area ❏ Part of the current trial ❏ Take to the recycling centre at La Collette ❏ Other (please specify)

5. Would you use a service that collected glass from your home? ❏ Yes – I would dispose of all my glass that way ❏ No – I would continue to dispose of my glass as I do now ❏ Other (please specify)

6. What receptacle would you prefer to use to hold glass waiting to be collected? ❏ Standard wheelie bin ❏ Small wheelie bin ❏ Reusable box

7. Would you be willing to purchase a bin/box if it enabled a free glass collection from your home? ❏ Yes ❏ No ❏ Maybe

8. Would you prefer to purchase thebin/box from: ❏ A private supplier ❏ The Parish ❏ I already have one ❏ I do not intend to purchase one

9. How often would you like a household collection of glass to take place? ❏ Weekly ❏ Fortnightly ❏ Monthly

10. Please provide any other information about the subject of kerbside glass collection in St Helier:

Thank you for reading this information and for taking part in our survey; please return your completed survey to the Town Hall or email to [email protected]. We will publicize the outcome of this consultation exercise as soon as possible, and will include our proposals in the annual Parish Rates Assembly where the budget for the forthcoming year will be set, on Wednesday 14th July at 7pm.