In a key meeting today, Kent Fire Authority have voted for cuts to Folkestone Fire Brigade. The Conservative dominated Authority voted by 14 votes to one against for the cuts to the Folkestone Brigade, which will now lose its second full-time engine, 24 full-time fire-fighters and lose its turntable ladder. The only member of the Fire Authority to vote against was Liberal Democrat Andy Stamp.
Liberal Democrats have called on Chelmsford Borough Council to take real steps to reduce their carbon footprint. In a motion presented to Council on Wednesday 20th February, Cllr. Andrew Sosin called for all new Borough Council buildings to be carbon neutral in terms of how they are built & how energy would be produced and consumed within the buildings. The motion also called for any significant changes to current buildings to aim to substantially reduce the carbon footprint of that building.
Lib Dem Cllr for Springvale Ward, Richard Whitehouse, is a member of Wolverhampton's Road Safety Panel and has requested that a trial 9 week programme to help cut road speeds be done on Dovedale Road. In the first week this will involve using tubes across the road to measure traffic speeds. Then there will be an introduction of speed slow signs on lampposts and a flashing speed monitoring sign for a few weeks. After that the police will be doing speed checks, with prosecutions, for two weeks. Finally, the tubes will be put across the road again to measure whether there has been any impact on average speeds. Richard said, "This is a problem that affects many residents on and around Ettingshall Park and if, in the next few months when this programme is initiated, speeds are reduced then it can only be of benefit to the residents and pedestrians."
Paul Rowen MP will today be raising flooding issues in Rochdale in a debate at Westminster Hall. The adjournment debate is a short half hour debate that is introduced by a backbencher at the end of each day's business in the House of Commons. Mr Rowen will be mentioning the recently flooding problems in areas like Littleborough, Central Rochdale, Milnrow and others.
Can I thank House for the opportunity to raise issues surrounding the heavy rainfall and flood that occurred in Rochdale on 21 January.
A Row has broken out amidst claims that a community centre is being deliberately run down.
