Cllrs Michael Wyatt, Julie Roberts & Dominic McGill

Cllr Michael Wyatt will be holding talks this week with Officers of the District to see if we can obtain the Cocked Hat and turn it into a Multi Purpose Community Facility, all services under one roof. Cllr Michael Wyatt has been looking at how we can provide more services for the Greenhill Estate.  

Cllr Michael Wyatt said, “The Greenhill Estate is one of the largest estates in North West Leicestershire and unfortunately is still one of the most deprived area’s with Leicestershire. Having a Community Centre with all services under one roof would be a step towards tackling some of the key issues. The argument that we already have a community centre at the Charnborough Chapel building is nothing more than a white elephant. This does not and cannot provide the services we want to provide like, educational, social and health services which will have a positive impact on the local community. What I would like to see is the Cocked Hat being utilised due to its proximity and size.”

Your Liberal Democrat Cllrs will continue to push for improved services for the Greenhill Ward

Your Local Liberal Democrat Councillors have contacted the County Highway Officers to cut back the overgrown footpath next to the boundary fence next to Broom Leys School, after many parents approached the Lib Dem Team for help.

Cllr Julie Roberts has been assured today the footpath will be a priority, and within the next week it will be cut back. .

Your Lib Dem Cllrs would like to thank everyone who contacted them concerning this issue and will as ever keep up the pressure on the County Highway Officers to improve the service they are supposed to provide for local residents.

Cllr Michael Wyatt has been campaigning for over a decade for action to be taken at the Warrenhills Road and Meadow Lane junction, and at the Meadow Lane Cross Roads. Michael Wyatt submitted two petitions last November urging the county council to take action against illegal parking at the Meadow Lane Cross Rds and requested action be taken to have the speed limit reduced on Warrenhills Rd. 

Cllr Michael Wyatt said “The County Highways bosses have responded to the two petitions with some good news and some bad. The good news being that they have listened to us, they have agreed to reduce the speed limit on Warrrenhills Road from 60mph to 50mph, which is a start, but the bad news is that they feel that illegal parking is not a problem and that they do not intend to do anything at the Meadow Lane Cross Roads to make it safer” “Concerning the Meadow Lane Cross Roads I am very disappointed we have not yet convinced them that action needs to be taken. I intend to continue our campaign and send the evidence I have, that there is a real danger of illegally parked cars at the Meadow Lane cross rds, which is causing a danger to other drivers and pedestrians. I would urge all residents to ring the District Council Customer service number, 01530 454545 and complain until they do finally wake up and take action.”

“Concerning the reduction in the speed limit from 60mph to 50mph on Warrenhills Rd, I welcome this, but I certainly feel this does not go far enough. What we need is the speed limit reduced to 40mph, which is a more sensible limit, especially when you have two school entrances within yards of the main road.”  

Your Local Liberal Democrat Cllrs would like to hear your views on these two important local issues. Please click on the comments link and tell us what you think about Illegal parked cars on the Meadow Lane Cross Rds and the proposed speed reduction on Warrenhills Rd. 

Your Liberal Democrat Cllrs will keep you updated as ever if there are any new developments.

Cllr Michael Wyatt and his colleagues are having discussions with Officers at the District Council to see how we can progress with their campaign for a Community purpose facility on the Greenhill Estate.

Cllr  Michael Wyatt said, “I’m determined to push for better community services for the Greenhill Estate. Greenhill is one of the most deprived area’s within Leicestershire. Yet we have no Community Centre, providing key services like health and education. What I want to see is a Community Building, which provides all services under one roof. I have already spoken to many local residents, and had a discussion with the local church who are expressing their wish to see an increase in direct services for the residents on the Estate.”

Your Liberal Democrat Councillors will keep you updated with any further progress on this project, and welcome any comments from residents. Please click on the comments link and give us your views.

Cllr Michael Wyatt has been leading the campaign for road safety measures to be installed at the Meadow Lane Cross Roads for over 10 years. Last November hundreds of local residents signed a petition supporting Cllr Michael Wyatt’s call for traffic lights, zebra crossings or even pelican crossings to be installed at the junction, which many local residents and children use on a daily basis.

Cllr Michael Wyatt said, “Im hopeful the County Highways officers will soon be reporting back on our request for better safety measures at the Cross Roads. Many local residents and I have been campaigning together for 10 years on this issue, I only hope the officers are finally going to listen to our concerns and give us what we need, that being a safer cross roads for everyone.”

Beware of Bogus Campaigners - If you are contacted by other Political Parties about this issue, ask them why are they now jumping on this bandwagon? Is it because they are desperate to be seen to be doing something, and they cannot think of anything else to campaign on!

Everyone knows the Liberal Democrats are the only ones campaigning all year round and not just at election time like all the other Parties.

Cllr Michael Wyatt has been handed a petition by over 100 school children asking for the speed limit along Meadow Lane to be reduced.

Many local children feel their lives are constantly being put at risk by speeding traffic, which travels along Meadow Lane near to the entrance of King Edward VII Community College and Castle Rock High School.

 Cllr Michael Wyatt said, “I will be delighted to present this petition signed by so many children to the County Highway Officers, which urges the County Council to reduce the speed limit along Meadow Lane, which will make it safer place for children to travel to and from school. We have been pushing very hard for action over a number of years, this petition will add weight to our call for the speed limit to be reduced”.

Conservative controlled Leicestershire County Council has admitted it is “unacceptable” that people have suffered long delays and, on occasions, poor standards of service from their customer service centre.

Since December, anyone calling the council about issues such as potholes in roads and waste have been directed through to the team, which also deals with e-mails and letters. Up to 20,000 calls a month have been received since then - double the estimated level. Council officers also said they had seen unexpected increases because of seasonal issues, such as grass-cutting.The customer service centre was set up in a bid to resolve most customer queries at the first point of contact. One senior Tory Councillor said, “We have given them a duff service”

Cllr Michael Wyatt said, “I could not of put it better myself, many local residents have told me, and my team that they have tried many times to get through to the customer service centre only to get cut off or had to wait for an unacceptable length of time ”.

A Leicestershire County Council Cabinet member responsible for the grass cutting in Leicestershire has today said in the Leicester Mercury: “I have apologised to people complaining to me about the situation and I will hold my hands up.

“We have not done as good a job this year, and our standards have not been up to what the residents of Leicestershire expect. “We are doing so many good things in highways, and to suffer this is embarrassing. It will not happen again.

Cllr Michael Wyatt one of the leading members who has been highlighting the grass cutting fiasco said, “It’s about time someone came out and apologised, instead of them giving us excuses about the weather, and not having the right maps. All people want is a decent standard of grass cutting and not a second rate service, which we have all recently experienced. The Tories need to realise that sometimes cutting cost does not mean we get a better service”.

Cllr Michael Wyatt wrote to the County Council over the poor state of the footpaths around the Kenmore Estate. Cllr Wyatt asked the County Highways Officers to see if the area can be included in the footway slurry sealing programme, due to the poor state of the footpaths. 

The Highways Officers have sent Cllr Wyatt a letter saying that they will reassess the area and look to see if it can be included in the next round of capital contenders.

Cllr Michael Wyatt said, “I will continue to push for the footpaths on the estate to be included in the next round of capital programmes. Yet again its clear to everyone that Labour are continuing to neglect the area in which we live and only the Liberal Democrats are making a real difference to the local area.”

The children on the Greenhill Estate have given the new equipment a massive thumbs up. Many children who have used the equipment have expressed their delight by thanking their local Lib Dem Councillors for having the new play equipment installed.

Cllr Julie Roberts said, “It’s great to hear that the children really like the new equipment. We were determined to make sure the children have the right play equipment. The age group we have catered for needed more stimulating equipment, it looks like we have got it just right”.