Your Monthly update from your LibDem Borough Councillors - for January 2022
Dear friends, here is our first monthly Update for 2022 covering events during January including some nice words about our local MP!
Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Dear friends, here is our first monthly Update for 2022 covering events during January including some nice words about our local MP!
At a meeting of Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee last night, a report on speeding traffic was presented to committee members. The report showed the positive impact of schemes like average speed cameras and the Community Speed Watch have had on speeding figures. Commenting on the report, Mayor Dave Hodgson said "Speeding traffic is so often raised as a major concern by residents I talk to across Bedford Borough. That's why we've taken real action to make our roads safer for everyone. We were the first place in the country to introduce average speed cameras on ordinary roads as an effective deterrent against speeding. I'm pleased this report demonstrates that the schemes are working and road users can feel safer."
Southwark Labour failed to spend any money from a £25m climate change emergency pot it created last year, Liberal Democrat research revealed on Friday.
The Conservative Government is failing to deliver the promised 609 more police officers for the Thames Valley.
Last week, Mayor Dave Hodgson visited Bourns who are celebrating their 75th year of trading.
Last October East Cambs District Council rejected Lib Dem calls to investigate civil parking enforcement to address the problems of illegal parking wh...