Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Update 9th January:

Jones Bros, the contractors responsible for the remedial work at King’s Dyke, have provided an extremely disappointing update to the County Council.

Despite holding the contractor to account and applying the maximum possible pressure we can to conclude these works quickly, and to the quality and safety standards we expect, Jones Bros have told us the programme will be further delayed by a month.

The additional month is required, according to Jones Bros, because of a combination of both delivery and weather issues. They have made changes to their subcontractors to deliver the works more efficiently and to the standards expected. However, even with this change in their arrangements, they have stated that the cold weather has prevented the sprayed concrete works from restarting as had been expected. As a result, the work now isn’t expected to be completed until end of February.

This update clearly falls well short of our expectations, and we consider this news to be deeply disappointing.
We fully share the frustration of residents and road users alike.
We will continue to do everything we can to compel this work to be completed and the road re-opened as soon as possible, as safely as possible.

We will continue to provide progress updates, with the next one due on 21 January.

(RG Note :- Lots of …… We, We, Wee’s!!!!!)

Comment from Cllr Mockett….

Pleased to be honest.
Better to keep it closed than open it and then close it again.
Issue here is when you put pressure on the contractor you get unreliable completion times. Until we really know 100% what the issues are and have been it’s hard to criticise them. What we should be focusing on is ensuring we don’t take ownership until we are certain all issues are resolved.
This has most likely been stipulated so leads to delays. 

Jason Mockett.
Whittlesey Town and District Councillor

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https://strawbear.org.uk/

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Regularly, ‘Keyboard Warriors’ post problems and issues on social media….

They have the time – resource to spend hours trolling around but for some unknown reason cannot or do not know how to report simple things to the proper authorities.
It does annoy me to say the least – yes the below came to my attention earlier today and I reported it to FDC Enviro team immediately, and have had a reply….
All very well but even we Councillors only have so much time……and not on social media.
Have a look at the FDC report website portal below.

https://www.fenland.gov.uk/report

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publichealth.adminteam@cambridgeshire.gov.uk 

Urgent Post Saxon Pit Public Health Briefing on 13th January

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1. Yaxley Group Practice – Yaxley, Peterborough came top, run by The Lakeside Group.

March Surgeries came out well – Low – sorry to say neither of the Whittlesey Surgeries,
New Queen Street or Jenner came in the top 13…..

Click Here For Article PT
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Residents, businesses, and rail users are invited to have their say on the future regeneration of Whittlesea Railway Station.

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We (Whittlesey/Villages) may not be directly affected by thye Mega-Incinerator now being constructed on the outskirts of Wisbech, BUT we maybe indirectly affected by traffic and whatever waste being producted at the plant, this is why it is important that ‘we’ have representatives going to their meetings.

I do try and attend, however on this occasion I am unable….and no other Whittlesey Councillor has attended or shown much interest. However Saxongate will probably attend.

Medworth 260122 OLG Agenda - Meeting 3
Medworth 2025-09-18 OLG minutes_FINAL
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PPG AGM Agenda-9Jan 2026
PPG Agenda-9Jan 2026PPG Minutes-14Nov 2025
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