Paradoxes of Progress and Setbacks in Meadows ward

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TO BE REVIEWED
Turns out we have the most extraordinary paradoxes of:

  • programmes for –
    * road renewal
    * 17 new trees, the lifting of crowns of Arkwright Walk trees and other highway trees pruning;
    * a french drain
    * ground works
    * road patching
    * dropped kerbs;
  • new cycling and green transport investment; with a renewed path across Meadows Recreation Ground being built and new zebra and toucan crossings to be provided to help residents in the south-west of the New Meadows;
  • Police success on crime, drug dealing and ASB, in partnership with housing services;
    the Police have started a new surgery service;
  • developing plans for a £2.5 million bus services improvement programme,
    on top of a £4m on electrical power infrastructure improvement supplying the NCT bus depot to support a fleet of new electric buses;
  • a replacement programme for all street light bulbs;
  • private company installation of new telecoms cabling and a replacement electrical power link box;
  • NCT providing extended NCT Green 11 bus services to the east and explaining electric bus vehicles will serve the route in late March
    against
  • street scene and CPOs understaffed;
  • some cameras delayed;
  • parks with a long list of developments & proposals – but frozen –
    – the drop of support for the bowling green; and
    – uncertainty on the timing of the return paddling;
  • vehicles being driven across grass;
  • capital funds available for the renewal of the youth centre, but probably cuts in revenue to the organisations that might make the bid to run the youth centre;
  • threats to non-statutory revenue spending;
  • breaking news of a stabbing just outside the ward on Meadow Lane.

An extraordinary mix.
It’s proving a struggle to keep residents up to speed on news.

Note, some general write-ups on:
benefits, energy consumption and unemployment. 
Ward walk. 
Mid-month progress report – January 2024

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