Local road works imminent
from RBK Highways
- HOOK ROAD: Construction of a vehicle cross-over outside No 47. These works will take place, with two way temporary traffic lights off-peak time only, on 03-05-11 and 04-05-11.
Police boundaries changing
We have heard reports of a major shake-up of Safer Neighbourhood Team boundaries. Changes will happen in the very near future.
It is not clear at the moment whether or how far local councillors were consulted. I was at a meeting of one of our ward residents’ associations when this was first raised with me. Cllr. Self was also present but maintained his usual discreet silence, certainly proferring no view or indicating agreement or disagreement with what is proposed.
So far as we can tell, Surbiton Hill SNT is to be broken up, with School Lane being hived off into Tolworth and Hook Rise, while the rest of the ward combines with most of Berrylands.
The idea behind it, officially, is to police ‘natural neighbourhoods’. At present SNT boundaries are the same as electoral ward boundaries. This means that there are 16 of them in Kingston at present. We understand that this number will be cut to 10. While a case can be made that the current wards are not ‘natural neighbourhoods’ (indeed, as councillors, we reckoned that this ward had at least seven such!) we cannot see how reducing the total number of SNTs is going to make neighbourhoods more – rather than less – natural than the wards.
To the future!
Everyone in Surbiton Hill Forum sends warmest wishes to
Prince William and Princess Catherine
for a long and happy married life together.
Police street briefings
Source Surbiton Hill SNT website: The Police Pledge
At our public meetings we are asking you to tell us about the issues o
f crime and anti-social behaviour in your neighbourhood that matter to you. We will tell you what we are doing with our partners to make your neighbourhood safer and how you can help to decide our local priorities. We will also give you information about crime and people brought to justice. These meetings may include street briefings, drop-in surgeries or mobile police station visits.
- What: Street briefing
When: 14/05/2011 – 14:00 – 16:00
Where: Walpole Road - What: Street briefing
When: 02/06/2011 – 19:00 – 20:00
Where: Malcolm Drive - What: Street briefing
When: 23/06/2011 – 16:00 – 18:00
Where: Southborough Close - What: Street briefing
When: 13/07/2011 – 16:00 – 18:00
Where: Ellerton Road
Easter bin collections
from RBK website:
Bank Holiday Recycling and Landfill Waste Collection
Don’t forget your recycling and landfill waste collections remain unchanged during the weeks with a Bank Holiday.
Your collection crew work on Public Holidays, so please place your containers out for collection on your usual collection day. The only exception to this is the weeks after Christmas and New Year when collections maybe made between one and three days later than usual. Please check this page nearer the time for information about your collections.
Please place your containers out for collection by 6am on your usual collection day
The Household Reuse and Recycling Centre at Villiers Road (“the tip”) will be open from 7am to 4.30pm on all public holidays. Public holidays, particularly in the spring, are always busy times so please take care to separate items for recycling before arriving at the site so that you can unload your vehicle as quickly as possible. Before you leave, you can check the length of the queue to the site by viewing the tip cam:
Support local pharmacies
An article on the Surrey Comet website suggests that local pharmacies may lose out as a result of the building of the Health Centre on the hospital site.
This would be a tragedy for the community as well as for the businesses concerned and I raised concerns as a ward councillor about it at least two years ago. Speaking for myself I have been a customer of the Shan Pharmacy for many years and have really appreciated the friendly personal service I have always experienced there.
I’m sure other local readers have had similar experiences with this and other pharmacies locally. Please use the Comment facility here to tell the world about it.
Support our local pharmacies now – or we may lose them!
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