Town Is Reunited Over Bridge
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Spring edition 2017 The newsletter for residents of the Selby District Town is reunited over bridge The people of Tadcaster celebrated on 3 Tadcaster’s young people and school to complete a very challenging project February as their town was reconnected children led the opening procession of this kind in little more than half by the reopening of Tadcaster Bridge over the bridge accompanied by the time it would normally take.” Citizenlink is produced jointly by just over a year after the bridge Communities Secretary Sajid Javid and Selby District Council and North collapsed during a storm in December Selby and Ainsty MP Nigel Adams. Barry Dodd CBE, Chairman of the Yorkshire County Council, to give 2015, splitting the town in two. LEP, said: “We encourage everyone you the information you need about Mr Javid said: “The reopening is a to continue to support Tadcaster by local services. Working together The County Council took the significant milestone, and is a clear visiting this reconnected community helps to minimise the cost of getting opportunity while rebuilding the sign that this community is back on and keeping their tills ringing.” this information to you, and is 300-year-old grade II listed structure its feet and open for business.” part of a much bigger programme to widen and strength it, giving After the reopening, work remained of work between our councils to the residents of Tadcaster and Mr Adams said: “I always said when to be done to complete the bridge improve services for customers and visitors an improved bridge. the bridge collapsed that Tadcaster structure and works below the deliver great value for money. would bounce back stronger and waterline. The County Council’s This collaboration has saved the The County Council started I believe it has done that. We contractors returned to finish works two authorities £1.5m in three reconstruction only two and half weeks have a better, safer bridge.” including to finish and cut piling work years by pooling resources, such after the bridge’s collapse, pulling out down to river bed level; re-establish as sharing a phone system and all the stops to complete the project. County Councillor Don Mackenzie, concrete collars around the pier finance services, and through The work was funded by £3m from Executive Member for Highways, said: bases; remove all the falsework from joint procurement. In addition, the the Government and £1.4m from “I am very proud of the enormous the bridge arches; landscape the County Council’s registrar service the York, North Yorkshire and East effort made by our contractors, river banks; tidy up all the masonry now operates from the District Riding Enterprise Partnership (LEP). Balfour Beatty, and our bridges team work and tidy up the whole site. Council’s civic centre office, and the County Council’s highways team Inside: Full details of your Council Tax Don’t be a Waster – Reduce, Reuse, Respect and District Council’s assets team now share the same building. Details of your new Council support a range of your We’re looking at different issues Tax payments will be services, including the each month and we’re working We publish Citizenlink twice a year, arriving soon, and we’ve County Council’s roads, with parish councils, community but you can keep up to date in other got all the information you schools and social care, We’ve launched a new 12-month groups, schools and local ways. Follow us on Twitter (@selbydc need here in Citizenlink. North Yorkshire Police and campaign to encourage community businesses to tackle the issues and @northyorkscc) or ‘like’ us on The letter comes from your local parish council pride and raise awareness of together. You’ve already given Facebook (facebook.com/selbydc Selby District Council, too. We’ve got full details street scene issues such as litter, us lots of support for Don’t be a and facebook.com/northyorkscc). but Council Tax goes to on the middle pages. fly tipping, waste and dog fouling. Waster – find out more inside. 02 Leaders’ Police Leader move to Connecting people is a key theme support running through this edition of Citizenlink. Councils have a role to play at the heart of communities to frontline bring together people, businesses and organisations to do the things funding that are most important in a particular area. We’ve got plenty of examples Over the next few months North of this in the Selby district. Yorkshire Police will move from the Portholme Road police station The work to re-connect the two sides of in Selby to share facilities at the Tadcaster has encompassed the practical District Council’s civic centre, work to rebuild the bridge following as part of a move that will help the Christmas 2015 floods, but the the service to free-up more District and County councils have also money for frontline services. been using their position to support the community to come together. Sharing a building with the too. This means parking for the – which benefits both taxpayers The District Council backed a bid for District Council will reduce hospital, which also shares the and North Yorkshire Police – and Tadcaster to take a starring role in this overheads and running costs, site, will be unaffected. we’re also closer to the partner year’s Tour de Yorkshire race by pushing which makes better use of organisations that we work with the case for the town’s involvement police funding. North Yorkshire Police Assistant every day. All this means we can and funding the race start; whilst the Chief Constable, Paul Kennedy, focus our investments in people, County Council continues to offer its Building work is currently taking explained, “Co-locating with not property, ensuring we can support for the race across all parts place at the civic centre to Selby District Council is a win- deliver a really high standard of of the county. It’s a great chance for accommodate the new arrivals, win. It means we can run our policing for communities across people to come together to celebrate with an extension to the car park buildings more economically Selby district.” this great opportunity to show off our area to the world (see page 4 for more). at where best to put polling stations. Here’s a list of where polling station locations have changed. Our councils also continue to work Make sure closely together to support those most Bolton Percy – the Old School Hall in need, and in this edition you can read instead of Bolton Percy Parish Room about our work to support Community you know Biggin – voters to use Church Fenton Navigators, IT Buddies and the Digital Village Hall instead of a mobile polling Neighbours scheme (see page 10). All station at the Blacksmith’s Arms of these help to give you access to where to vote the people and support you need. Temple Hirst – the Sloop Inn instead The four-yearly of the Chapel of St John elections of all members of Monk Fryston – the Crown Inn North Yorkshire instead of St Wilfrid’s Church County Council Birkin – voters to use Beal Village Hall will take place on instead of St Mary’s Church in Birkin Thursday, 4 May. Sherburn in Elmet – Sherburn White Rose Football Club instead of Harold Mills Community Centre Leader of Selby They will cover all 72 Newton Kyme – voters to use Riley Smith District Council, seats, across 68 divisions, Hall in Tadcaster instead of a mobile polling Cllr Mark Crane including the nine divisions in Selby district. station at Newton Kyme village green The counts will take Whitley – the George and Dragon pub instead place on Friday 5 May in each of the seven districts. of Whitley and Eggborough Children’s Centre The latest information about the elections will be Little Smeaton – voters to use Kirk on the County Council’s website at www.northyorks. Smeaton Community Hall instead of gov.uk/elections. If you’re registered to vote you’ll the caravan at Little Smeaton be sent a card with details of where to vote, in the Leader of North lead up to the election. The District Council runs Selby – the Coultish Centre for voters who Yorkshire County elections in this area and has recently been looking previously used Scott Road Community Centre Council, Cllr Carl Les Also online at selby.gov.uk and northyorks.gov.uk 03 Don’t be a waster – Reduce, Reuse, Respect Together let’s clean Magnetic Arts, on an innovative project to produce art that will be placed at fly up our act tipping blackspots as visual deterrents. We’ve also produced new ‘Council aware’ stickers for fly tip sites which encourage potential witnesses to contact us. Other issues we’ll look at later in the year include donate don’t dump (June), dog fouling (July), and recycling (December). Full details can be found www.selby.gov.uk/dontbeawaster. Executive Member with responsibility for housing, leisure, health and culture, Cllr Richard Musgrave said, “We have a clear message: fly tipping is not acceptable in the We’ve also joined forces with environmental Selby district. Not picking up after your dog charity Keep Britain Tidy and the Wrigley is not acceptable. Throwing rubbish from Company in a bid to keep the streets of Selby We’ve launched a new 12-month campaign your car is littering and not acceptable”. cleaner as part of the Bin it for Good scheme. to clean up our district and tackle the issues This transforms litter bins into charity collection we know are important to you – including pots.