Friday 7 November 2008

First meeting with the County Highways' Engineer

At a guess about thirty people were present. Nick Raymond explained the process followed by a short discussion.

One of the first matters raised by a member of the public - not me! - was that of street markings and supervision of contractors working in our streets: the response was hypocritical in my opinion in that Mr Raymond used the expression that he agreed " a hundred percent" but regretted that considerations of maintenance were outside the remit of this consultation.

There was an abundance of comments posted against the maps of the Town Centre under different headings. These maps showed no boundary and covered a wide area stretching well above the Gill and down to the expanding Sir John Barrow School.

These post-it comments are now being typed up and organised ready for the next meeting on Tuesday November 18th at the Methodist Hall, when we will be asked to assign priority to what we feel should be done first.

If you would still like to add an item for consideration: Debbie Binch said that you may be able to sneak this in by emailing her at debbie.binch@cumbriacc.gov.uk, even though the deadline has officially passed! Worth a try.

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