Ward Freman Pool Crowdfunder Campaign
The really good news is that Ward Freman Community Pool Group CIO has been offered the freehold of the swimming pool by Hertfordshire County Council. This is still subject to negotiation but represents a significant step forward and would mean the pool would be wholly owned by the charity. This will bring with it greater up-front costs associated with the freehold transfer and means that it is more important than ever that fund raising continues.
Update on roadworks affecting Aspenden village
Aspenden Road/Dandara compound
30 – 31 October Bridge inspections and vegetation clearance on Aspenden Road between 9.30pm – 5.00am.
Road signs have recently gone up notifying residents of the works.
U20 Unnamed Road (road between Aspenden & Westmill)
24 – 25 November Drainage investigation works between Aspenden and Westmill between 9.30am – 3.30pm
9 – 11 December Surface Dressing preparation works between Aspenden and Westmill between 7.30am – 6.00pm
Given the width of the U20 road,
New Commemorative Lilac Tree
Aspenden Parish Council’s thanks go to Councillor Chambers for sourcing and planting a new commemorative Lilac tree to replace the one that became a tasty snack for wildlife!
Just a quick polish of the plaque commemorating the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II and everything is as good as new.
Write to your local MP – Save Our Green Belt!
Dear Supporter,
Thanks to everyone that has signed and shared our petition to Save our Countryside so far. Thanks to your help, we have achieved over 25,000 petition signatures.
Unfortunately unless we reach 100,000 signatures, the Government will not debate our petition in Parliament.
The Government has already made it clear in their response to our petition,
Local Government Reorganisation: Public Engagement
You may already be aware that, together with Hertfordshire County Council and the nine other district and borough councils, we have launched public engagement on Local Government Reorganisation.
Attached you’ll find:
A PowerPoint presentation outlining the context, ambitions, timelines, and options;
A dedicated microsite can be accessed here: https://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/
And the survey here: https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/LNoAgAHR/i/0
Lindsey Creed
Communications and Digital Media Manager
East Herts District Council
Buntingford Festival Choir
The Buntingford Festival Choir returns from its summer break in September and is holding ‘open rehearsals’
See the attached poster for more details.
Flooding Alleviation Works on Children’s Playground and Village Green
Over the past few months Councillors have been actively seeking a viable solution to the flooding that affected the Children’s Playground and wider Village Green.
It proved to be a far more complicated problem to try and solve than had been originally hoped. The Parish Council wanted to ensure they addressed the flooding for the long term and not be faced with this issue every year.