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Wiltshire Council Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Temporary Closure of: A361 (Part), Hilperton and Semington (Ref: TTRO 4437)
....the latest news.There are several issues that everyone needs to be aware of.
News for the parish.Your Independent councillor for Hilperton.
The Area Designation Application consultation has finished.There were only three responses.
...their profits only increased by 29%.With figures like this it is a shame that Persimmon has to be chased to fulfil their obligations re Elizabeth Way.
Free swimming during school holidays continues.Children aged up to 16 can enjoy free swimming during specific public swimming sessions at their local Wiltshire Council and Places for People Leisure Ltd managed leisure centres.
Things seem to be finally moving.The following has come from a WC planning team leader.
Landscaping of roundabout at junction of Wyke Road and Horse Road.I have received the following email...
Do you use a van or trailer when you visit?Sign up for free household recycling centre van and trailer permit from 5 September,
What is your opinion of the HRR and the roundabouts?As Elizabeth Way is not adopted, the maintenance responsibility rests with Persimmon.
I was hoping it would be in the next month or two.The following is from a senior highway officer at County Hall...
People urged to report hate crimesFollowing an increase in reported hate crime nationally since the EU referendum, residents in Wiltshire are being asked to be vigilant and report any experience or incidents of this unacceptable illegal behaviour.
Your Independent councillor for Hilperton.The Neighbourhood Plan continues to move forward and responses to the questionnaire have been collated.
Will it be printed?I also emailed the Lib Dem group leader at Wiltshire Council but she has not replied to me.
It looks splendid at the moment...The parish council has paid for the war memorial to be professionally cleaned.
Is yours fitted correctly?Wiltshire Council’s trading standards team, working with nursery products provider Baby 2000, carried out free safety checks up and down the county on 141 child car seats and of those, 54 were deemed to be incorrectly fitted.
Finally, the requested changes to parking restrictions.The process is now a lot quicker for getting yellow lines - both installed and removed - than when these changes were first requested. Some of these new restrictions were asked for years before the Hilperton Relief Road was started; let alone opened. I first contacted Church Street residents about this issue in 2008!
It looks suspiciously like they were for the CGR items.My thanks to the Hilperton (currently) resident for his number crunching on this issue.
Will the ex mayor support him?How good a memory do Lance Allan and Roger Andrews have?
The following information has come from Trowbridge Town Council.The town council sent the following at 9.45am on the morning of the Wiltshire Council meeting last Tuesday. I have edited some parts out of it.