Sarah Church provides an update on her community work and campaign activities.
Sarah Church provides an update on her community work and campaign activities.
Councillors have now been given further information about the essential carriageway works to Upham Road being carried out by the Council this summer.
AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT COUNCIL DOUBLE COUNCIL HOUSE BUILDING REINSTATE SURESTART CHILDREN’S CENTRES MORE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION REGENERATE OUR HERITAGE
Over the past year, crime has increased significantly both nationally and locally and Abdul Amin has led efforts to address this.
Simon Firth sets out his reasons for standing as a Labour Candidate and against the Conservatives in Shaw ward
We are delighted to finally have a date for this work after several years of campaigning by residents and councillors.
Councillor Abdul Amin has been re-selected as Labour’s Walcot & Park North Candidate. The Tories are failing Swindon, it’s – TIME FOR THEM TO GOWe need houses for people to rent and buy at prices they can genuinely afford. Tory planning failures mean less than 1 in 10 of new local houses are affordable. Labour will double the rate of Council house building and create more housing for rent through the Council’s Housing Company. The Conservatives have closed all of…
Swindon Borough Council plans to upgrade the existing pedestrian crossing on Queens Drive near Burger King off the Magic Roundabout. Swindon Borough Council plans to upgrade the existing pedestrian crossing on Queens Drive near Burger King off the Magic Roundabout. The work will involve the removal of the existing Pelican pedestrian crossing, replacing it with a Toucan crossing slightly further away from the Magic Roundabout. This upgrade will allow both pedestrians and cyclists to cross Queens Drive safely at the…
Council officers will carry out an assessment to see how well the scheme is working in due course. Councillors were concerned to hear of the closure of Park North based charity Restore and have been working with trustees to provide more information to the community. Councillor Allsopp is concerned that the Council’s contact service has seen significant delays in recent months . He is also concerned that once reported, issues often seem to disappear into a void. He has asked…
Your local Councillors are pleased to announce that the Sussex Square Regeneration scheme is now fully completed. The project started in February 2015 and was completed in March 2017. The project has been delivered within budget. The regeneration programme involve the demolition of the existing buildings at Sussex Square, including the old Bulldog pub. As well as a new shopping area, 48 new homes have been built with a mixture of 1, 2, 3 & 4 bedroom homes. Steve, Abdul…
Abdul, Steve and I recently carried out a litter pick in the estate adjacent to New College. It was a positive morning spent improving the local area and we thank those residents who joined us. The litter pick was supported by Swindon Borough Council as part of the Great British Spring Clean. Councillors organised the litter pick after residents raised concerns about the amount of litter on the estate. We have been in contact the local Housing Association and the…
20 MPH Zone For West Walcot We welcome the news that a 20 MPH Zone is to be established in Walcot West. This is the result of positive support from residents to the formal consultation on the proposal. We can assure residents that no traffic calming is to be installed as a consequence of establishing the zone. We would like to thank all those residents who contributed to the formal consultation exercise. The 20 MPH zone proposal was the only…