In view of the continuing frustration of the residents of Livingstone Park, Manor Park and Clarendon Park over the continuing delays over getting the roads adopted, Cllr Colin Taylor (Lib Dem) asked Surrey County Council for a definitive statement of Surrey's position, stating precisely what the Developers still have to do.
Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg has issued the following message.
The long-awaited Planning Application for redevelopment of St Ebbas was now been approved. A total of 322 houses and flats are to be built, or created by refurbishing listed hospital buildings, with a green area in the middle and the water tower turned into a Combined Heat and Power plant.
The Chief Executive of Epsom & Ewell Borough Council, David Smith, is currently in Epsom Hospital undergoing tests.
Local newspaper The Post has highlighted the dangers created by Epsom town centre traffic lights with a front page spread in their issue of 8th October. Cllrs Colin Taylor and Anna Jones had already complained to the Local Committee about pedestrian safety in the centre of Epsom.
After decades of frustration for motorists negotiating the infamous Malden Rushett cross-roads, it seems that the light at the end of the tunnel may be getting closer, with the decision of Kingston's "South of the Borough" Neighbourhood Committee to give approval in principle to going ahead with the plans for improvement proposed by Transport for London.
This week Surrey County Council debated its 2007 Community Survey, which reveals that:
Liberal Democrats at Surrey County Council (SCC) today called for more opportunities for the pubic to get involved in local democracy, but the suggestions were opposed by the ruling Conservative administration.
The Tory controlled County Council has responded to the Liberal Democrat campaign to improve the condition of Surrey's roads by allocating funding for road maintenance and financing a two-year programme worth £35.4 million. This follows their failure to spend all their own Highways budget over the last five years.
Liberal Democrats at Surrey County Council have maintained their strong opposition to the Surrey Waste Plan (SWP), voting against a recommendation to adopt it when it came before the council at its Annual Meeting. The council was being asked to agree to its adoption following a report published by Government inspectors into the public examination of the Plan at the end of 2007. This report declared the plan to be 'sound' but Cllr Sarah Di Caprio, Lib Dem group Environment spokesperson, said the inspectors had pointed to various shortcomings in the plan and they suggested calling for an early review.
Surrey Liberal Democrats have welcomed the lifting of the County's freeze on Youth Service recruitment, highlighted in recent months by County Councillor Diana Smith Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Schools and Learning.
The schools admission process is a long haul for parents, with applications made in the autumn and places only now being offered for this coming September, 2008. At the same time Surrey County Council has been going through the equally long process of deciding how school places will be allocated for September 2009.
