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”.
Footpaths on the Greenhill Estate are finally getting resurfaced after years of campaigning by your Liberal Democrat Councillors, requesting that the Tory County Bosses tackle the growing number of unsafe footpaths in the local area .
Cllr Michael Wyatt said, “Im delighted to be able to report the footpaths on the Estate are finally being resurfaced. We have been waiting for years, some of the footpaths have been crumbling and becoming unsafe to walk on. At least now we are finally seeing things getting better”.
Councillor Michael Wyatt has contacted the local Police Inspector concerning a group of people who are starting to use the area near to the Greenhill Shops for a place to drink themselves stupid. many residents have contacted the Lib Dem Team for help.
Many local people have said they are not happy allowing their children any where near the play equipment when the group of drunks are there. Reports of verbal and offensive remarks have been made by the group to locals who use the shops.
Cllr Michael Wyatt has asked the Inspector to make the area a priority and to enforce the law to the maximum to make the perpetrator’s understand that this behaviour is not acceptable and will not be tolerated.”
The County Council Highway contractors have once again failed to provide a good standard of service by not cutting a large grassed area on Kenmore Crescent.
Many local residents are furious at the poor service the Tory Bosses at the County Council are providing. Well over 600 complaints have been recieved at the County Council Customer Service Centre.
Cllr Michael Wyatt said, “This is another reason why more and more people are fed up with the Tories. All they seem to do is cut corners, which leads to poor service delivery and a lot of angry residents who are continuing to pay ever increasing council tax.”
Michael Wyatt has contacted the County Highways Officers concerning the un-cut grass verges in the area. Hopefully it will be cut soon and will not be forgotten next time.
This week new play equipment has finally been installed on Cropston Drive. Many local children have already started to enjoy the new equipment, which is more challenging.
Cllr Julie Roberts said, “It’s good news that the new play equipment is finally been installed. We promised we would try and get more play eqiupment for the older children on the Estate. We are delighted to see the council have listened and acted upon our request for more facilities for older children.”
Another reason why more and more local residents are supporting the Liberal Democrats
Police Force launches Summer Drink and Drug Drive Campaign
Leicestershire Constabulary’s Road Policing Unit wants YOUR help to identify and catch drink and drug drivers this summer. As part of the Force’s annual Summer Drink and Drug Driving Campaign, members of the public are being urgedto call the police to pass on information about anyone driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Calls can be made to Leicestershire Constabulary’s non-emergency number 0116 222 2222, or in an emergency, when lives are at risk, to 999.
However, this summer the Road Policing Unit is also launching its own dedicated answering machine on which members of the public can leave information, anonymously if they wish, about persistent drink or drug drivers. The number is 0116 248 2017. This will not result in an immediate police response, but it will help officers to build up intelligence on persistent offenders so that targeted operations can be planned to catch them.
Cllr Michael Wyatt has again contacted the Leicestershire County Council to express his disgust at the grass cutting service supplied by the current contractor, which is supposed to cut all grass verges within the local area.
Cllr Wyatt was told today that the grass ‘will be cut within 10 days.’
Cllr Michael Wyatt said, “Thank you to everyone who took the time to express your feelings about the disgusting service we are getting from the Tory Bosses at County Hall. I only hope that the grass is cut within 10 working days, otherwise I, and I hope you will, all join me 0n the 17th June to once again make them realise that we are not prepared to put up with a sloppy second rate service.”
If you have not already express your disgust like many other local residents and would like too, then ring today on 0116 3050001 and make them realise that a second rate service is not acceptable.
Your phone call can make a real difference.
