Monday 30 August 2010

Agenda for Meetings on Monday, 6th September, at 7.30 in the Letherhead Institute

Special General Meeting:
To amend Clause 7 of the Constitution so that it reads:
"The Executive Committee of the Association, referred to above and hereinafter as “the Committee,” to whom the general management of the Association’s affairs shall be entrusted, shall consist of the Officers and not less than FIVE other members of the Association"
(This is explained in the Summer Newsletter; please make an effort to attend as we need to be quorate in order to pass this motion.)

Open General Meeting
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Minutes of meeting on 2nd August
3. Matters Arising from the Minutes which will not be dealt with on the agenda
4. Special Guests: PC Fran Davey & PS Simon Cox of Surrey Police
  • Recent Crime Statistics
  • Safety Tips
  • Open Question Time
  • Selection of Topic for Special Police Attention
5. Reports from sub Groups:
  • a). Membership
  • b). Planning
  • c). Highway
6. Any Other Business

Monday 23 August 2010

One Chuch Road - demolition begins - including public road sign


Looks like the removal of name plate for Church Road was the first inconvenience for local residents. Lets hope that the Demolition Contractors reinstate this as soon as possible to allow delivery vehicles a chance of finding Church Road. Planning Enforcement officers were not interested. Are all these advertising hoardings really necessary in a Conservation area ?

Monday 16 August 2010

Today a delivery lorry -
tomorrow an ambulance?

Here are two photographs I took earlier this afternoon as the latest 'victim' to be denied access to Oaks Close gets stuck.

      

A bit stuck there on the left! Any better on the right? Well, no! It's stuck there as well. A bit frustrating though, after loading up and bringing the stuff from Sutton.

Wasting people's time loading and trying to deliver undeliverable loads and keeping people waiting at the other end as they wait for supplies to continue work is one thing. But supposing the vehicle had been an ambulance; the delay while the vehicle is abandoned and paramedics have to make their way on foot could be the difference between someone's life and death!

Doesn't Surrey County Council Care? Could not the Councillors and officers have worked out that if they introduced parking restrictions in neighbouring roads but did nothing in the road nearest the Station it would only exacerbate the already existing problems in that road? Couldn't they?

The cynics say they knew exactly what they were doing. Being piqued because not everyone was happy with their proposed simplistic 'solution', they will let us stew in our own juice so that we will willingly accept whatever they want to impose on us.

My own feeling is that having given up on their proposed solution they simply could not be bothered and let the thing fall by default. In other words it was thoughtlessness and negligence.

Mole Valley District Council, to its credit, is doing what it can about bin collection. MVDC Environment Department are advising cars & vans on Tuesday afternoon that vehicles preventing bin collection on Wednesday will be ticketed by Surrey Police and possibly removed; and the Department is monitoring the situation on Wednesdays. Also if, despite these efforts, no bin lorry is able to get through on a Wednesday, they will send out a lorry on the following Saturday. This use of personnel on Tuesday afternoon & Wednesday morning must cost money and, of course, if a bin lorry has to be sent out on a Saturday even more expense will be involved - extra cost to MVDC thanks to the ineptness of SCC.

We appreciate the efforts of our MVDC Ward Councillor, Bridget Lewis-Carr, in helping to find a solution to the bin problem. How about our SCC Councillor helping resolve the access problem?

Wednesday 11 August 2010

Edited Bulletin from Surrey County Council

WORKS IN PROGRESS THIS WEEK commencing Monday 9th August 2010

Location

Description

Project Officer

Expected start date

Expected completion date

Roads throughout District

H S I C/way repairs

Paul G Manwaring

Ongoing

P1 and P2 roads throughout District

H S I C/way repairs

Ongoing

Schemes

Shane Edwards

Church Road Leatherhead

Micro Asphalt

C / way Surfacing

9th August

Mole Valley Schedule

Gully Cleansing

Paul G Manwaring

Ongoing

Various sites in Leatherhead / Ahtead

Cutting back epicormic growth obstructing footways

Paul G Manwaring

Start date 26thTH July

Ongoing

Garlands Road

Linden Gardens

Kingston Avenue

Park Rise

St John Avenue

COMMUNITY GANG 1

VEGETATION

Paul G Manwaring

Mon 2nd August

Ongoing

Station Road Leatherhead

Cut back epicormic growth & vegetation

By pass road Leatherhead

Cut back epicormic growth & vegetation

Green Lane Leatherhead

Cut Back vegetation

Epson Road Leatherhead nr Linden Court

Cut Back vegetation

Highlands Road Leatherhead. Each side of St Nicholas hill and raised footway up to 50

Cut Back vegetation

Additional resource.

COMMUNITY GANG 2 (local allocation)

Paul G Manwaring

Mon 2nd August

Ongoing

Barnettwood Lane under M25 bridge

Replace wooden posts in f/way

Recently completed works

Kigston Road Latherhead. Nr Tesco Entrance.

Cut back vegetation

Completed

Randalls Road at juct Cleeve Road Leatherhead

Cut back vegetation

Completed

o/s Spinneybank St Nicholas Hill Leatherhead

Raise kerbs to prevent flooding issue

Completed

Kingston Road jct with Teazlewood Park

Repair radius kerbs and footway

Completed

Kings croft Leatherhead

Crossover repairs

Completed

Levett Road Leatherhead

Excavate, investigate and fill void in C/way

Completed

Epsom Road Leatherhead

Cut Back Vegetation

Completed

Mole Valley schedule

Rural Grass cut (including ‘A’ roads with T/M)

Completed

Epsom Road Leatherhead

Surfacing remedial works

Completed

Various sites. Drainage problem areas.

Jetting and drain clearing (2 days)

Completed

A243 By Pass Road Leatherhead

Remove damaged fencing

Completed

Epsom Road Leatherhead

Remove old tourist signs (3 locations)

Completed

Randalls Road Leathehead

Reinstate white lines following Surface dressing

Complete

Randalls Road Leatherhead

Surface Dressing

Completed

A245 Leret Way Leatherhead

Surface Dressing

Completed

Reigate Road Leatherhead

Surface Dressing

Completed

Leatherhead one way system

Surface Dressing

Completed

Kings croft Leatherhead (part)

Carriageway resurfacing

Completed

ROAD CLOSURES

Location

Description

Project Officer

Cleeve Road Leatherhead

Randalls Crescent to Kingston Road

25th July for 6 weeks 0700-1900

Gas main works

Terry Upton

STREETWORKS BY UTILITY COMPANIES

Work Location

Road

Locality

Utility Company

Start Date

End Date

Whole Road in Carriageway / Footway

LONG SHAW

LEATHERHEAD

ASHFORD E726 (REPLACEMENT WORKS)

17/06/2010 00:00:00

11/08/2010 00:00:00

Jun Long Shaw to Jun Gaveston Road in carriageway / footway

RANDALLS PARK AVENUE

LEATHERHEAD

ASHFORD E726 (REPLACEMENT WORKS)

17/06/2010 00:00:00

18/08/2010 00:00:00

Jun Grange Road in carriageway/ footway

LEATHERHEAD ROAD

LEATHERHEAD

ASHFORD E726 (REPLACEMENT WORKS)

30/07/2010 00:00:00

13/08/2010 00:00:00

From outside Cleve Court to Kingston Road

CLEEVE ROAD

LEATHERHEAD

ASHFORD E726 (REPLACEMENT WORKS)

09/08/2010 00:00:00

01/11/2010 00:00:00

From junction of Dilston Road to the junction of Rye Brook Road

KINGSTON ROAD

LEATHERHEAD

ASHFORD E726 (REPLACEMENT WORKS)

09/08/2010 00:00:00

29/11/2010 00:00:00

o/s 6

LEACH GROVE

LEATHERHEAD

NATIONAL NOTICING DEPARTMENT

11/08/2010 00:00:00

13/08/2010 00:00:00

O/S 172A, KINGSTON ROAD

KINGSTON ROAD

LEATHERHEAD

SURREY (CONNECTIONS WORKS)

11/08/2010 00:00:00

17/08/2010 00:00:00

OUTSIDE BREAKERS YARD

D'ABERNON CHASE (Private)

LEATHERHEAD

SUTTON AND EAST SURREY WATER

10/08/2010 00:00:00

12/08/2010 00:00:00

OUTSIDE BREAKERS YARD

D'ABERNON CHASE (Private)

LEATHERHEAD

SUTTON AND EAST SURREY WATER

11/08/2010 00:00:00

13/08/2010 00:00:00

O/S SOUTHWOOD

PACHESHAM DRIVE (Private)

LEATHERHEAD

SUTTON AND EAST SURREY WATER

09/08/2010 00:00:00

11/08/2010 00:00:00

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RANDALLS CRESCENT

LEATHERHEAD

SUTTON AND EAST SURREY WATER

09/08/2010 00:00:00

11/08/2010 00:00:00