Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

Octogenarian Mr Luke Dowsing had a very close escape (I mean close) with the Post Office Van entering High Causeway at around 12:00 – I accept the PO needs to empty Post Boxes at stated times.
Then several other vehicles including usual White Van Man….up and down whilst I was there. Maybe it is time for me to do a more in depth survey…!!!
There has been one accident involving a young person and I am sorry to say it is only a matter of time before someone will be seriously injured.
I am aware the WTC and FDC are ‘looking’ into how to address this area – Maybe the solution is to do away completely with our one and only pedestrian street (Causeway).

 
Then we have the lazy so-and-so who was NOT disabled -did not display any disability card and was just interested in going to the cash machine at the Nationwide – not content with that then cleared of to the Betting Shop.
Of course this is happening all the time – maybe it is time ‘Whittlesey’ employed a Full time Traffic Warden….On a Bonus Basis

This week the PPG at New Queen Street Surgery are promoting the Groups awareness to patients. This morning Sue Osborne and myself had 2 good hours of engagement with patients and carers. We did not take up peoples valuable time for too long.
Most were very aware of the Group – and the very good PPG Noticeboard.
If you would like to find out more you can go to The NQS website and click on the link.

NQS Website

Fantastic – The British Legion have worked very hard for over 6 months to get this project in place, with all the ‘planning’ and ‘logistical’ challenges completed.
Chairman Ken Mayor today testing out the ‘New’ Flag Pole this morning.
I understand there will be a dedication of the ‘New’ Flag Pole this Thursday 09th June at 14:00 (2pm)

It looks good to me and does the War Memorial, Veterans and Whittlesey proud – Well Done

Been out and about, had 3 nice hours Litter Picking yesterday along Peterborough Road and all around the Town Centre/Bower/Manor Field my usual route. 1 Big Bag of Rubbish. Yes there was a Swimming Gala and the organisers did well parking the 170 or so cars in a good way.
Then went to Lattersey nature Reserve where the Friends of the Reserve asked my about using a ‘Radar Key’ (Disabled Key) on a lock which has been installed on one of the gates – all works well, but at the moment do not see the point of the lock on the gate – maybe this is the first phase of things in the future.

      
Today had another 2 hours out and about met up with the Community Payback Team, who were Painting/Treating all the Picnic Benches in the Manor Field. I’ve know Mick Barry the Supervisor for many years – they also have gone through many changes that the Government have imposed… and to say they are ‘struggling’ is an understatement.
Another good bag of Rubbish.
   
Not too much traffic on Ramsey Road/Church Street as Cycle Race taking place Pondersbridge area Not in Whittlesey, good day for a couple of beers and a BBQ….

Sometimes, like in many instances, Councillors do a lot behind the scenes which the public do not see or hear about. However – since Whittlesey Town Council (WTC) now has its own dedicated website, I would have thought there would have been more updates as to what YOUR Councillor has and is doing….I see from the website that several wards have had a newsletter/e-news inserted. Some wards have not – namely Lattersey Ward and The Village Wards – why not surely a quarterly/6 monthly or even a yearly update is not to much to ask.
Here at this website – there has been very frequent news/updates and information almost on a daily basis – covering not only my own area but the whole of Whittlesey.

I accept that ‘some’ Councillors do use social media – most do not.
Are Lattersey (2 Councillors) and The Villages (3 Councillors) only going to get ‘some’ news when it comes to election time?
I am NOT an elected Councillor….

Here is the Agenda for next week’s meeting – I plan to attend. Click on Link below.

FC-Agenda-8th-June-2016

Further to my article of the 23rd May – Here is an update received today 01st June.

1  Jun 2016 — 721 signatures were submitted to Planning Control at Peterborough City Council on the 20th May 2016.
Residents have continued to discover and sign this petition since then, raising the total signees earlier today to 757.
The 757 signees and ALL comments to date have been forwarded and accepted by Planning Control. The final total will be noted again, just before the planning committee, but any further comments made from today (1st June 2016) via this petition will be disallowed.
Congratulations to you all, because even if only a third of you have written directly to planningcontrol@peterborough.gov.uk with your comments, there will already be more opinions from the residents than were previously submitted in the last application withdrawn in January.
Thank you for caring enough to consider this proposal and for choosing to support this campaign!
We will continue to keep you informed. THANK YOU!!!

(Note: Received from the campaign group) – As previously stated there are Pro’s and Con’s regarding these plants – the big impact for us Whittlesey residents is the potential traffic issues and access this plant may cause. – (RG)

Here is the Goose that likes to play by the road – It is dicing with death.

Picture taken this afternoon (31st)