EVIDENCE OF SPEEDING IN GUNTHORPE RD Your FOCUS Team, lead by Cllr Darren

Fower, has received a boost to ongoing road safety

campaign for Gunthorpe Road, after

successfully securing a police speed check exercise

which has shown 50%+ of vehicles checked going

along Gunthorpe Road, were recorded travelling

over the recognised speed limit! The survey, was conducted after your Cllr:

Darren Fower argued for it at a local Police Panel

meeting. The results show over 55% of C1 vehicles (Cars) had

travelled over the speed limit (i.e. speeds up to 39mph – 69mph)!

A couple of the C1 vehicles were even recorded travelling at speeds up to

nearly 70mph in the built up area.

Commenting, on the findings Cllr Fower told us he was not surprised by the

figures, “I’m glad that the police have helped us in our ongoing campaign to get the

City Council to recognise the dangers along Gunthorpe Road.”

Darren added, “The local FOCUS Team recognise the need to encourage

more people to walk and cycle, particularly for journeys to school, through the

provision of safe routes and we will continue to encourage alternatives to commuting

by car. We also know it is now time for the Council to take steps to make existing

roads safer. The time for such action on Gunthorpe Road, is immediately”

Sign up online now!Sign up online now!Sign up online now!Sign up online now! www.campaigns.libdems.org.uk/gunthorperoad WORTH NOTING: * In 2005, the ruling Tory

controlled City Council

informed us, that a 'Speed

Management Strategy' along

Gunthorpe Road would be

implemented within the

following financial year.

Guess what? It wasn't!

* Earlier this year the

FOCUS Team undertook

their own survey of the road

and it is now hoped that Cllr

Darren Fower will be able to

Present these latest details to

Full Council.

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directly by popping along for five

minutes to either:

Brookside Methodist Church,

Gunthorpe Road

Time: 6pm – 7pm

Date: Every 3rd Friday of each month

OR

Werrington Village Centre, Church

St

Time: 6pm – 7pm

Date: Every 1st Friday of Each Month

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Following pressure by

your FOCUS Team, the

Council has included

Storrington Way foot

path slabs in this year’s

2008-2009-slab

replacement scheme.

The Council has not provided a precise date

for the work, given the amount of time local

residents have waited, but no doubt most will

just be glad to hear that action is being taken!

Werrington Sports Centre will be partially

closed during the school summer holidays

choosing the worst time of the year to do the

work. The Council say the sports centre will

not be fully open again until 4th

September.

Until then the sports hall, squash courts and

gym facilities will be closed to the public!

Residents in or near Windermere Way have

a new waste bin at the bus stop on Coniston

Road. thanks to residents raising this issue

with Cllr Darren Fower. On the topic of bins,

Darren had complaints from residents

regarding the bin at the sports pavilion at the

rear of Campbell Drive being regularly full

and over spilling rubbish. Darren has asked

the city council look into this by either

introducing an additional bin or increasing the

regularity of emptying the bin.

In Campbell Drive residents have complained

about anti social behaviour from one particular

property. At this one property on occasions

late night gatherings have been held, with

revving of engines and loud talking late into

the night. Details have now been passed to

police.

AT THE TOWN HALL…….AT THE TOWN HALL…….AT THE TOWN HALL…….AT THE TOWN HALL……. Your local Lib DemLib DemLib DemLib Dem Ward councillorWard councillorWard councillorWard councillor Darren FowerDarren FowerDarren FowerDarren Fower has now been appointed as the Liberal Liberal Liberal Liberal DemocratDemocratDemocratDemocrat group representativegroup representativegroup representativegroup representative on this years Business EfficiencyBusiness EfficiencyBusiness EfficiencyBusiness Efficiency and the and the and the and the Children andChildren andChildren andChildren and Lifelong Learning Lifelong Learning Lifelong Learning Lifelong Learning Committees. Committees. Committees. Committees. DarrenDarrenDarrenDarren previously spent 4 years4 years4 years4 years on the Councils HealthCouncils HealthCouncils HealthCouncils Health Scrutiny CommitteeScrutiny CommitteeScrutiny CommitteeScrutiny Committee and lead the way on the issue “Mental Health in the City”. As well as these appointments DarrenDarrenDarrenDarren will also represent the City Council on the Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough Racial Equality Council.Racial Equality Council.Racial Equality Council.Racial Equality Council.

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TORY TALES IN POTTYBORO Work by Liberal Democrats on the City

Council has unearthed evidence

Showing that the Tory administration in

Peterborough wrote off £516,000 in

unpaid bills and fines in just 12 months!

Liberal Democrats accused

the Tory controlled council of being "flippant" after proving that

£500,000 pounds of taxpayers' cash had just "disappeared into

thin air". Your Tory council leader John Peach, promised to take

action, including going to the courts to retrieve the outstanding

monies.

Liberal Democrat deputy group leader and YOUR local

ward Councillor, Darren Fower said, " Just like Mr Brown,

the local Conservative Council tell you that they are

trying to be efficient! But in reality your council tax

money is disappearing into thin air given that £500,000 is

equivalent to a 1% increase in council tax. I think the

Tory Council should take this issue a bit more seriously?"

Clegg pledge to make tax 'fairer' Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has

outlined his pledge to cut taxes for low

and middle-income people, as part of

his proposals to make "Britain fairer".

He said "struggling families"

should be paying "much less" tax while

"wasteful" government spending should

be cut. Among proposals in a policy document is that the NHS

should pay for patients be treated privately if not treated on time

by the NHS.

Mr Clegg said his party was looking to make £20bn

savings in government spending in order to cut taxes for lower

and average earners and bring down the overall level of tax.

Mr Clegg wants to close "loopholes" in capital gains tax

and pension tax relief which he says favours the better off.

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