Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Retiring Whittlesey Town Council Mayor – Cllr Mrs Kay Mayor.
(Picture taken at last months meeting)

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Presentation of Cheques from the Mayors Charity Fund to several organisations.
More details will follow.

My reports will be posted over the weekend…..

Grants received from Levelling Up Funding, hopefully the money will be spent for what Wisbech needs and wants.
There has already been some controversy on who is ‘in charge’ of the funding.
It will be administered by Fenland District Council.

Now some may remember Wisbech Vision 2020 – a lot of ££££’s went not very far in delivering .-. then we had another ‘Vision’ I can’t remember what number that was, so lets hope for the people of Wisbech the money is spent wisely.

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Considering, we have been given a ‘newish’ tax to pay the Mayor of The Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) exclusively for Transport, this year being £36:00 per household for a band D property.

The 2021 Census stated there were 44,000 households in Fenland, they may not all be liable for the CPCA Tax but say if 40,000 were.
That would raise some £1.4 Million – I think Crumbs is a vast undestatement.

For some 10 years Ex Cllr David Mason tried on many occasions to engage and get better Bus Services for Whittlesey (& Villages) via Stagecoach – through not fault of his – things went from bad to worse and we lost services including all Sunday Services.

More recently FDC Leader Cllr Chris Boden has been lobbying the Mayor of the CPCA, and got a small concession only.

At last months full FDC meeting WTC Leader Cllr Nawaz gave a speech criticising the CPCA for their lack of investment in Whittlesey/Fenland.

So we now have a proposal on what we are likely to get.

You can find more details on ALL the changes by visiting the CPCA Website Click Here

In the document – £3 Million allocated towards Whittlesea Railway Station details.

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Seven drink drive arrests were made by our officers across the county this weekend!

Two of which were in Fenland…

Southwell Road, Wisbech – 43-year-old man blew 79 at the roadside after being stopped for manner of driving
Wisbech Road, March – 19-year-old man blew 80 at the roadside after we received a call from a member of the public with concerns about someone’s driving

Both have been charged and are due in court next month.

Did you know we’ve got a dedicated hotline for you to report concerns about drink driving? It’s confidential and available 24/7, you just need to call 0800 032 0845.

Information about drink driving, the law and the penalties, can be found on our website here https://orlo.uk/hQCQU