Unfortunately due to resourcing issues the works did not start this week, however Milestone’s staff and subcontractors are all now ready to begin from 9:30am Monday 16th September.
We are still on track to finish by the originally planned end date of 27th September.
Another group, which I am proud to have been a founding member of.
Friends of the Manor Bi Monthly Meeting
Tuesday 10th September 2024 – 18:30
Agenda
Chairmans Welcome –
Apologies – Cllr Eamonn Dorling (ED)
Minutes of the Last meeting Tuesday 10th June 2024
Matters Arising from the Minutes
Treasurers Update – RW in ED abscence
Fishing platforms Update (RW )
Anti Social Behaviour (RS)- updates
Event and activities – Big Bash 22nd June 2025 / Golden Age Fair 20th Sept 24 Eastrea
Manor Centre Update David Crooke or representative or Alex Miscandlon
Any other business- Manor Beacon update and AOB with the Chairmans permission
The Future of the Tennis Courts Update (Peter Bibb)
Date of next meeting AGM Tuesday 12th November 2024 6.30pm.
Lots of news and updates – read online version
https://octagon.org.uk/pulse/summer2024/
In general patients are represented by a group called ‘Healthwatch’ – they are having an open summit meeting on the 02nd October at the Kingsgate Centre (I plan to attend)
Our own Robin Sutton Chair of Cambs Executive NHW Group and Secretary of Whittlesey NHW makes national news in the newsletter below….Well done Robin.
To watch a short video Click Here
A near 4 hour meeting which can be viewed on FDC’s YouTube Channel™
The agenda for the Overview & Scrutiny Panel was published on this web-blog earlier.
A couple of items and questions/answers in respect to Whittlesey…
1/ Cllr Dee Laws informed us that the safety enhancements for the ‘Market Place/Buttercross would now be done slightly differently than was orginally planned –
There is a ‘trip concern’ stepping off the Buttercross onto the Market Place and there has been a few incidents.
Funding from the CPCA (Cambs & Peterboro Combined Authority) for the Heritage Centre
(which has been shelved) was re-allocated for other projects – this being one.
However I believe the figure of £10,000 was set aside to level up the ‘Block-Paving’ – this figure has been deemed insufficient and therefor a different approach will now happen.
Highlighting the area will now take place.
2/ I asked FDC Leader Cllr Boden, where were are with the consultation for the Whittlesey Refief Road.
He informed that this report is planned for sometime in 2025.
So we won’t know what/if/costs/feasibility may be contained in the report for some time yet.
There maybe a further update to this article tomorrow……
Before the 1st Clean – Up
This Saturday – Cllr Barry Wainwright.
Thanks to RB
Was originally planned to open Monday 09th, however looking at it on Sunday, still a
little way to go…..
We estimate around 5,000+ visitors today, yes like last year we had an hour of rain, then the sun returned and so did the families.
Bigger and getting better year-on-year.
A drink driver who was stopped by an off-duty officer in Whittlesey has been disqualified from driving.
Andrew Parker, 57, was pulled over on the evening of 12 July after the officer saw him driving a silver Ford Mondeo and crossing the central lines in Ralph Butcher Way.
They followed him into Stonald Road and pulled him over.
He was arrested after failing a breath test and later found to be more than two times the legal limit.
Parker, of Swan Road, Whittlesey, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Friday (30 August), where he was disqualified from driving for 20 months and ordered to pay a £369 fine.
PC Sam Dane, who investigated, said: “Fortunately the off-duty police officer was in the right place at the right time and stopped Parker before he could potentially cause harm to himself of other road users.
“There is no excuse when it comes to driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. I encourage anyone planning to have a drink to arrange alternative transport.”
The force operates a dedicated, confidential hotline – 0800 032 0845 – which is available 24/7 and provides the public with the chance to provide information about anyone they think may be driving under the influence.
Information about drink driving, the law and the penalties, can be found on the force’s dedicated road safety information webpages.
No other town in Fenland put on as many as Whittlesey, supported mainly by ‘Volunteers’ and sponsored partly in many cases by Whittlesey Town Council.
Still to come this year The Christmas Extravaganza.
A full day of family fun, music, activities and events – 2024 Whittlesey Festival
