Birchwood Carnival - Not on WBC approved list

The sad inevitability of the announcement by Warrington Borough Council that Birchwood Carnival is not to be supported in 2007 does not surprise me. Apparently the Carnival Committee did not even apply for support, which is fair enough considering that the Ranger service has been decimated by the previous Labour Council, and previous Carnivals have relied heavily on Ranger support, both in planning and physical help on the day.

The lack of reaction from Birchwood Town council is deafening... Yet again.

Birchwood is in danger of having no community events at all in the future. I would expect the local Councillors to be speaking up for their electorate.

WBC and recycling

I think that Warrington Borough Council's recycling policies need at little re-work. The concept of moving to a fortnightly refuse collection will only work if re-cycling is embraced 100%. After a weekend staying with family in the Borough of Richmond, I was impressed with the council and their recycling policy.

They provide extra bins for glass, cans, plastics and food waste, and they collect these on set days, this is the only way that a fortnightly collection can work. Those people in Warrington without transport, will be unable to visit the re-cycling centres (Not taking into consideration the emissions from the car travel required). The recycling centres also need to be serviced more frequently, they are over flowing, with signs that leaving bags beside the bins is classified as fly tipping. So the easy option is to criminalise law abiding people who wish to comply with council policies, but who are failed by the council's lack of joined up thinking...

Killingworth Lane Dangerous Cut Through

Birchwood Town Council have had to listen to complaints about the numbers of cars cutting through Killingworth Lane, and indeed the excessive speed of the traffic.

"The Town Council has in the past put up signs advising drivers that there may be children playing and asking them to slow down. One resident commented that the signs are no longer effective, citing a lack of respect for both the law and fellow residents as the main reason for the potentially dangerous behaviour of some drivers."

http://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/

This is not the first time that the issue has been raised at Birchwood Council this was reported back in August:

Lane is dangerous short cut

From the archive, first published Monday 7th Aug 2006.

KILLINGWORTH Lane in Gorse Covert is being used as a potentially dangerous short cut for the school, an angry resident has told Birchwood Town Council.
She said cars come flying'
round the roundabout on their way to Gorse Covert Primary School while residents are trying to reverse off their drives.
She said: "Do we just keep going on like this until somebody gets hurt?"


From the archive
http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk
© Newsquest Media Group 2006

Perhaps the message is not getting through. This is dangerous, and I would hope that it wont take the injury or death of a child before the Council take hard action. The answer is to make Killingworth Lane into a cul-de-sac, thereby reducing the traffic along Ashdown Lane which is used as a short cut instead of Gorse Covert Road. Ashdown Lane, being straighter than Killingworth Lane allows drivers to get to higher speeds than is possible on Killingworth Lane.

Let's have some action instead of platitudes from the Council.