Tonight’s Rawreth Parish Council meeting dealt with some serious issues but was a good-natured affair. This was helped by the excellent home-made cheese scones and chocolate cake provided for the public as a seasonal treat (other councils please copy!).
Here’s a few key points:
The parish council are giving grants to a number of good causes, including 500 pounds to the new Rawreth Flood Action Group. The Action Group will be setting up their own website.
Another grant was 800 pounds for the parish newsletter.
It was pointed out that our last onlinefocus item on flooding in Rawreth wasn’t accurate – Church Road and Old London Road DID flood that evening.
There was some discussion about the uprated pumps for the Fairglen Interchange causing flooding problems for some residents. The water is pumped into balancing ponds which couldn’t cope with the 1000 tonnes of water from the last lot of rain.
There was concern about the unauthorised excavations on the highway next to the traveller site on the A1245 . The district and the county councils have seen this but apparently taken no action.
5 residents said they didn’t get Rochford District Matters and Chris Black got their postcodes to pass on to RDC.
It was queried as to why Watery Lane / Beeches Road had to be closed for litter picking and how much it cost.
On the financial side, the parish council are not increasing their level of council tax.
Finally, it was queried as to why Rawreth had been overlooked for a proposed Crouch arts festival – after all, it is on the Crouch!
Key point 4 : under-sized balancing ponds , that is my point elsewhere , who is going to check the Countryside design of balancing ponds on North of the London Road,
because that is their proposed solution.
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Not fair. As if being laid up with bronchitis wasn’t bad enough I missed chocolate cake as well!
Key point 4 : under-sized balancing ponds , that is my point elsewhere , who is going to check the Countryside design of balancing ponds on North of the London Road,
because that is their proposed solution.