Brickhill Liberal Democrats
Welcome to the website of Brickhill Liberal Democrats. We hope that these pages explain the work which we are doing to help our local community, as well as providing other helpful information. If there is something further which you would like to know, just contact us direct and we will be pleased to help in any way that we can. Contact information is shown below.
Local Surgeries for help and advice
- Brickhill Drive Shops 20 February 10.00am
- Avon Drive Shops 6 March 10.00am
Call your Liberal Democrat Councillors for help and advice
Borough Councillor Charles Royden The Vicarage, Calder Rise, Brickhill. MK41 7UY
Tel: 01234 309175 Email: charlesroyden@gmail.com
Borough Councillor Wendy Rider 23 Orwell Close, Brickhill. MK41 7BQ Tel: 01234 303254 Email: wendyrider41@gmail.com
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Brickhill News Update
There is lots going on in Brickhill at the moment and with Mayor Dave Hodgson leading our Borough forward, we are optimistic for the future. Here are some of the things which we are currently dealing with
Dangerous Parking outside Schools
Thank you to those residents who have contacted us to report concerns about the dangerous parking in Dove Road. On Wednesday 10 February Mayor Dave Hodgson joined a co-ordinated operation with police and traffic wardens in Dove Road, Brickhill. The problem of dangerous parking was highlighted in the recent Community Safety Forum as one of the top issues of concern for residents. The week previously a child from St Thomas More had been hit by a car outside the school, where vehicles had been parked unlawfully. Mayor Dave Hodgson said,
'This is not just about illegal parking this is anti social behaviour of the most serious kind because it places the lives of our children in danger.’
Local PC Dave Hawkey was supported by four members of the team from the Borough Council Parking Shop who issued fixed penalty tickets for vehicles parked on yellow lines. PC Hawkey is also reporting one motorist for parking on double yellow lines and displaying a disabled parking badge which belonged to another person. Local Borough Councillor Charles Royden, Transport Potfolio Holder on Bedford Borough Council organised the operation following letters and complaints from local residents who are fed up with the dangerous parking around Brickhill Schools. Cllr Royden said, 'This is the first time that this has been done in the Borough but I promise that it won't be the last, we are going to target this anti-social behaviour outside schools to protect children and keep them safe.’
- Brickhill Lib Dem Councillors are opposing plans for an 02 Phone mast on the pavement in Brickhill Drive outside the allotments.
- New play facilities envisaged for Waveney Green with tens of thousands of piunds grant funding. Brickhill Parish Council has been extremely helpful during the consultation process.
- We have agreed that from 4 January a free feeder bus will run from the far end of Ashmeand Road, via Anjulita Court, to connect with the No 6 bus service in Waveney Avenue. It will run once a day, leaving Ashmead Road at 10.30am, returning at 1.30pm. Longer term the No6 will serve the estate entering and leaving via Ashmead Road, running as far as the roundabout.
- We are workign with the NHS to raise the issue of providing medical facilities for Brickhill
- We have finally seen Torrdige Rise resurfaced, after years of campaigning by the Liberal Democrat team. This follows resurfacing to Brickhill Drive and attention to long neglected pavements along Mallard Hill. We will continue to campaign for road and pavement treatment.
- Your Borough Councillors are working to deal with lighting the roundabout on Tyne Crescent at the entrance to the Woodlands Estate
- We have requested gritting of the main road into the Woodlands Estate for winter.
- We are really pleased that the pond on Brickhill Drive has been completely cleaned and is looking much better.
Read more news about issues affecting Brickhill
Crime Update
Please pass the details of this message onto any friends, and neighbours.
Two incidents have taken place in the Brickhill and De Parys area of Bedford. A vehicle crime took place in Douglas Road, Bedford, between 11:30 in the evening, on the 7th, and 8:15 in the morning, on the 8th of January. Offenders have approached the vehicle, and have smashed 3 windows. The offenders have gained access, and removed a set of audio speakers from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle is a 57 registered, silver, Ford Fiesta. Crime reference, J,H,/,8,3,6,/2010. A vehicle crime took place in Beaufort Way, between midnight and 7:00 in the morning, on the 11th of January. Offenders have opened the rear doors of the van, and removed a number of power tools. The vehicle is a white, 0 7 registered, Citroen.
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