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Totternhoe Parish Council Newsletter Page 2 TOTTERNHOE PARISH COUNCIL Website: totternhoe.com Spring 2016 – Issue 10 WELCOME 2016 is already well and truly upon us and what a year it will be. We have met the somewhat mild winter head-on, seen the wonders of early spring and through it all our delightful national bird, the robin encourages us with its glorious song. Even the daffodils are rewarding us with colour in this still rather bare time. This year will be quite a momentous year for us all. Among the concerns are changes in our taxes, NHS concerns, pension debates, POLICE MATTERS immigration, the EU In/Out Referendum on the 23rd June and HRH Bedfordshire Police is continuing its crackdown on off- Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday, which we would like to encourage all road bikers by launching a dedicated email address for to celebrate. the public to submit detailed information on this dangerous activity. The latest OPERATION Remember that this Newsletter keeps you updated with what is METEOR initiative is designed to allow residents to happening within the Parish Council and our village. If you would like submit in-depth descriptions of the activity and culprits to contact us, you can always get in touch via our website or through they witness, as well as any photographs and video they the Clerk whose number is at the bottom of the Newsletter. If you may have of off-road biking in progress. The email would like the Newsletter emailed to you, or would like anything added address can also be used to provide the names and in the next edition, please email your request to [email protected] . details of any people you know or suspect to be involved in this activity. The information will be used by the force’s Operation Meteor team as valuable intelligence, PARISH COUNCIL UPDATES which will assist with already ongoing work to identify and disrupt bikers behind the scenes. We welcomed Jonathan Pratt to the Parish Council. This brings the total Parish Councillors up to 8, inclusive of the Chairman, Cllr Roger Chief Inspector Sean Quinn, who will help lead the Clarke and the Vice Chairman, Cllr Peter Tasker. Meteor project, said: “Off-road biking presents a Website: it was confirmed that the Council has been awarded a Grant significant challenge for police and has done for some of £2,545 in order to set up a new website so that full Transparency time – what we really want the public to know is that we could be achieved. This is now being discussed and should be have already been exercising the powers available to us implemented within about 2 months. Our present website is still and are constantly looking for ways to improve our active, so please make use of that if you would like to contact us. response to this troublesome and dangerous behaviour. Aylesbury Prune Trees: These have now been replaced in Church We recognise that Bedfordshire residents are frustrated Green and we will monitor their growth in the coming months. and frightened by this issue and that’s exactly why we Welcoming Pack: These are offered to any newcomers to the village are investing in a new approach. Unfortunately, we are and contain a wealth of area information. If you are new to the area not able to resource immediate attendance at each and and would like one, please get in touch with us and we will make sure every call made to us about off-road biking, but always you are issued with one and if you would like to welcome new allocate each call according to the level of threat, harm neighbours, give us a shout and one will be provided for you to pass and risk posed at the time. This new email address will on. Cllr Marion Mustoe is the contact person for this. be an interactive way of providing us with vital Allotments: There are still a number of allotments for hire. If anyone intelligence and we appreciate the public’s support in would like to rent an allotment, please contact the council and we will helping us to stop this activity at the source by tracking put you in touch with the relevant person. On the subject of and dealing with those responsible.” allotments; the Warden and Allotments Association would please like The email address is not an instant reporting tool, and to remind all dog walkers who walk through the allotments, to keep will not be monitored 24/7. Residents must still call 101 dogs on leashes and keep to the pathways as there are rat bait boxes to speak directly to police to report crimes, and 999 in a down. There is another concern of owners not picking up their dog genuine emergency. Residents can mess. Please bag and bin all dog mess. It is illegal not to pick up dog email [email protected] with mess and if caught, you could be fined. information. Inconsiderate Parking: There have been several complaints regarding inconsiderate parking in the village. Please think before you TOTTERNHOE CRIME STATS park on pavements and make sure there is enough room for people, mothers with buggies and wheelchairs etc. to pass where they do not 01 Dec – 31 Dec: 5 crimes committed have to venture into the road. Don’t forget pavements are meant for 01 Jan 2016 – 31 Jan: 7 crimes committed pedestrians and roads for vehicles. TOTTERNHOE PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 OTHER PARISH NEWS Council tax 2016/17 We mentioned in our last newsletter that the Parish Council may have to raise its part of the Council tax for the first time for several years. At its budget meeting in January this regrettably proved to be the case. The Parish Council had to contribute £8000 towards the costs of the heavy goods vehicle ban in Totternhoe, and this money had to be met from reserves and by virement from other budget headings. In order to build up our reserves for the future, which are used to meet unexpected or urgent expenses, and to enable the Council to continue to provide the services it is responsible for in the village, the PC’s precept for the next financial year will increase from £21.75 per annum to £37.81 for a band D property. This equates to an increase of 30p per week, up from 42p per week to 72p per week. Traffic calming –Totternhoe and Dunstable The new chicanes in Dunstable Road Totternhoe and Totternhoe Road Dunstable have proved very controversial with lots of critical comments from local people being made to the Council. At our February meeting the Chairman and Vice Chairman gave a report on the situation. The Council has been concerned for some time regarding speeding in Dunstable Road. The Community Speedwatch team have undertaken several speed monitoring sessions at this location and results confirmed the extent of the problem. The worst case recorded was 67mph in a 30mph limit. The Parish Council wrote to Central Beds Council, as the Highways Authority, asking them to design a traffic calming scheme to resolve the problem. At the same time a group of Dunstable residents were campaigning for similar measures. Speeding was a problem for them too, and there had been an accident at the junction of Marina Drive resulting from excessive speed. In December 2015 we heard from Central Beds that funding had been allocated for a scheme and draft plans would be circulated shortly for comment. The draft was issued on 6 January 2016. The Council had concerns about the design and set up a meeting for 29 January with the Highways Dept. On 21 January residents in the affected roads received a mailing from Central Beds advising them that the road would be closed on 28 and 29 January for repairs, followed two to four weeks later by a further closure to install traffic calming measures. We were therefore shocked to see that the work on the chicanes started on 28 January. To make matters worse the person we were due to meet on 29 January failed to turn up. There followed an exchange of emails and letters with the Highways authority, setting out residents concerns, and a further meeting has been planned with the senior staff member to try to obtain improvements. The main issue is with the location of the chicane in Dunstable. Sight lines are poor in both directions and despite the fact that we have been told that a high traction tarmac has been used, we can see serious difficulties for vehicles in icy or snowy weather. As far as the chicane in Totternhoe is concerned, residents have complained that they find it difficult, and in one case almost impossible, to turn out of their properties to travel towards Dunstable in the mornings, and the bus stop is too close to the traffic restriction. Needless to say the residents of Dunstable are very pleased with the resulting reduction in speed outside their properties. Totternhoe Parish Council however is responsible to the people of Totternhoe and will be doing what it can to achieve improvements to the situation regarding both chicanes. It has been suggested in some comments received that money would have been better spent on speed cameras on the hill. We have been informed that such systems are extremely expensive-costs in excess of £80,000 have been mentioned- and that this would not have been an option. We will keep you informed on any progress. TOTTERNHOE PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 TOTTERNHOE SPEEDWATCH WEIGHT RESTRICTION GROUP We have conflicting reports from residents since the weight restriction was introduced just before Christmas.
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