This morning I found a response
in my email box from West Sussex would be Councillor
Gary Markwell, who is on the campaign trail for the elections on May 4th
I have to say that I am surprised
that he read my letter so thoroughly and responded to everything I mentioned
for which I am pleased.
I have now responded.
Dear Mrs Belt,
Firstly thank you for taking
the time to contact me.
I was very concerned to
receive your email and see the photos of the fly tipping attached. Has this all
taken place since the reduction in hours? Also has this been reported to the
County Council? As I am currently only a candidate, I am not in a position to
take any direct action on this, but should I be successfully elected next
Thursday, I would be happy to take up your concerns directly with the County
Council on your behalf.
I understand your concerns
regarding the effect of new housing development on our local roads. One of my
top priorities should I be successfully elected on 4th May is to
campaign against over-development locally. We have seen 100s of new houses
being built to the South of Arundel over the last few years, with no
improvement to the A259, A27 or Lyminster
Road. This also affects local services such as
school places and doctor availability. I believe we must have the
infrastructure in place to serve any future development before it is built.
Finally, I agree with your
concerns about the local traffic situation, and I believe one of the biggest
issues we face in Arundel & Courtwick is the upgrade of the A27 Arundel
Bypass. I share your view that the current traffic situation is unacceptable
and an improvement is urgently required. I look forward to seeing the public
consultation in the summer to see which route options are included.
With
just over one week left until election day, I do hope I can count on your vote
next Thursday!
Kind
Regards
Gary
Markwell
Below is my original letter repeated
as a reminder only
Subject: Raising an issue of concern
Good day to you Mr.
Markwell,
On the glossy leaflet that
came through our door, I found this email address, under the heading 'If you
would like to raise an issue of concern…..'
My husband and I have three
issues of concern.
1.
I would like to know what if
anything, is going to be done about the absolute chaos at the tip in Mill Lane, just
around the corner from our home in Toddington
Lane, Littlehampton.
We are both outraged at the
new opening hours.
The tip should be open from
8am at the latest when it is now not open until 10am.
Two days of closure have
been introduced.
These are Tuesday and
Wednesday.
This represents an appalling
reduction in the service and is that main contributing factor in the massive
increase in fly tipping in the area.
This difficulty in getting
to the tip is making filthy unhealthy piles of household mess all over our
wonderful countryside hereabouts.
The queues to get into the
tip are now horrendous and if you do not know about this yourself, I suggest
you make an unannounced visit to see with you own eyes the disruption
that is caused.
Yesterday morning by 9.45am,
there was already a queue reaching back to the main road and in the other
direction cars were also parked waiting for the opening all the way back to the
building sites.
At that time, I returned
home with my three bags of green garden cuttings.
I returned at 1pm when it
was not quite so bad but the trip, that used to take me 12-15 minutes for the
return drive took me nearly an hour.
2.
The mass of building work
going on in Toddington Lane/Mill
Lane, north of the rail line which is also close
to our home.
The road should have been
constructed first, before the whole 'New Town' that is being thrown up at a
scary rate of knots, was allowed to continue.
The mess that is left on the
narrow road has during the wet weather in the winter been a quagmire and is a
dust bowl on dry days.
There are now cars parked
everywhere and passing what is now a serious bottleneck is already difficult
before hundreds of new families move in.
3.
I do not like to complain
about Littlehampton because I have lived in the area for fifty six of seven
years and have been happy here.
When we moved into Toddington Lane
about twenty five years ago it was a quiet country lane. now it is a mess.
My husband and myself are
triathletes, but now I do not like to ride on the main roads any more because
of the dreadful traffic situation.
Riding our bikes from our
home up toward Arundel is far too dangerous now, almost out of the question.
My husband has a business
concern on the A 27 at Poling on The Vinery Estate and some evenings it has
been taking him 30-50 minutes to get home on what was a ten minute trip.
The heavy hold ups at Cross
Bush/ McDonnalds area traffic lights is a nightmare due to the A27 Arundel
bypass hold up in construction which seems a criminal affront to local people.
Yours in sport and hope
Daphne Belt
Littlehampton Sports Forum
Sports Person of the Year
2016 & 2014
Daphne
Belt
Highway
Toddington Lane
Littlehampton
West Sussex
BN17
6JX
Tel:
07990803274
email:
dafbelt@outlook.com
Diary:
www.dafbelt.blogspot.com
Stop
me any way you can if ever I say that I am standing for election.
The
following poem contains the scary manifesto I have in mind.
When I Am Prime Minister
The day when Prime Minister
I become
Leadership fairer and much more
sage
Will make new laws and
change will come
For the young and those in
older age.
Plain bad manners and rude
words
Will be absolutely and completely
banned
Guilty ones sent out to live
in wild herds
Guarded only by the Almighty’s
hand.
When much too much, are ones
is earnings
Weekly charity work will be
enforced
There will be monthly town
centre burnings
Of rapists and paedophiles
endorsed.
For spending years in
invalid caring
This investment will be
compensated
Replaced will be the rags
they’re wearing
Nurses, for just rewards
rightly nominated.
Lesser crimes still will not
pass free
Pavement blocking shoppers
admonished
They must endless footage of
themselves see
Staring into space as if
astonished.
Cold caller menaces who a
phone call place
The very plague of these
modern days
Will be dispatched by rocket
ship into space
Hurtling on into the suns
burning rays.
Vote for me should you like
these words
Rather than a much more
sinister minister
Laws as loud and clear as
Beethoven’s chords
Oh yes we can, when I am Prime
Minister.
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