Tory County Council Bosses are considering building an incineration site in north West Leicestershire, rumours have it Ellistown could be a potential site

Local Liberal Democrats are completely opposed to any incineration site being considered until all the Districts and Borough Council’s within Leicestershire have exhausted all avenues to recycle. North West Leics District Council is still one of the poorest performing councils within Leicestershire.

Bill Newton Dunn, Lib Dem MEP for the North West Leicestershire and the East Midlands said, “Any plans for an incineration site in Ellistown or any other area needs to be vigorously opposed. The Tory controlled County Council must wake up and see that local people want better recycling facilities and the opportunity to recycle more, not incineration sites polluting our Towns and Villages. The Tory Bosses need to get the basics right, and exhaust the recycling potential before imposing a health hazard onto the people of North West Leicestershire”.

Recently a new law was set by the European Union, which gives weight to the principle that recycling should be given priority over incineration when dealing with waste, but the latter will be permitted so long as energy is recovered from the material that is burned.

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 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”.

Yet again the Tory Bosses on the District Council have said NO to reviewing the current concessionary travel on offer to the over 60’s in North West Leicestershire.

The Liberal Democrats contacted the Tory Deputy leader Matthew Blain after many pensioners asked us for help. Cllr Blain replied to Cllr Wyatt’s request and said, “As you are aware we have reviewed the situation fully as part of the budget process at the start of the year and decided to retain the existing scheme.”

Many local residents who have concessionary travel cards are outraged that the Tory Bosses will not stump up the £17,000 to allow them to travel before 9.30am. The Tories have a massive £250,000 flush fund, which they intend to spend on pet projects. The Liberal Democrats only want them to spend a small fraction of this money on providing a decent, non discriminative service for our over 60’s.

Cllr Michael Wyatt, leader of the Lib Dem Group on the District Council said, “Im not surprise the Tory Bosses have once again refused to look at the pre-9.30am concessionary travel. They clearly do not care enough about our pensioners who have paid so much into the system. £17,000 is a very small price to pay to give our pensioners their right to a decent, good quality service.”

The Liberal Democrats will continue to push for the pre-9.30am concessionary travel to be funded.

The Liberal Democrats have once again called upon the Tory Bosses on the District Council to reconsider their objections in giving our pensioners their right to concessionary travel before 9.30am. The Liberal Democrat Councillors on the District put forward in their budget £17,000 to cover the cost of pensioners travelling by concessionary travel before 9.30am.

Tory, Labour and the fascist BNP voted against giving our pensioners their right to travel before 9.30am. Only the Liberal Democrats spoke out against the continuing raw deal our over 60’s are getting from the Tory controlled Council.

Cllr Michael Wyatt put forward the proposal to fund the pre-9.30 concessionary travel by introducing parking charges for staff, who currently park free while everyone else pays.

Michael Wyatt said “Its was disgraceful when the Labour Bosses refused to allow our pensioners to travel before 9.30am. Now the Tories are in control they have decided to continue Labour’s appalling policy, treating our pensioners like second class citizens. North West Leicestershire is the only authority in Leicestershire not giving our pensioners an opportunity to use their concessionary travel before 9.30am”.

The Liberal Democrats will continue to push for the pre-9.30am concessionary travel for our pensioners.

Meadow Lane Zebra Crossing Campaign Success.

Your Liberal Democrat Councillors have worked hard to convince the County Council to install a Zebra Crossing on Meadow Lane. Finally after work was completed a few weeks ago it’s now up and running.  Cllr Michael Wyatt said “We have pushed for this crossing for a number of years, even though Labour openly opposed it, saying it was not needed. We are delighted to see it installed and making our children’s journey to the local school much safer.

This is another Lib Dem project we promised to deliver.