Minutes:
The Moorwoods – The Chair has spoken with LFRS’ Operations Manager regarding problem parking in the Moorwoods. This was referred back to Wigston Fire Station who will now visit the area with a fire engine and place notices on vehicles that would be obstructing emergency vehicles attending emergencies.
Leicestershire County Council have now also agreed to empty the gullies along the Moorwoods on a P1 basis, meaning they will be attended and emptied on a 10 monthly cycle.
A resident noted that the official car park for the Sports Bar used to be behind the building but it now appears that customers opt to park on the street regardless, much of which is inconsiderate. An external staircase was installed several years ago which would enable people to access the Sports Bar directly from the car park, but this appears to have stopped since the car park’s became part of a garage. This displaced vehicles to the Wheel’s car park which caused some problems at the time. The resident is not aware of any planning notifications given that would have changed the parking allocations, or change of use, for the car park but this took place so long ago that it would be very unlikely that an answer could be found. Currently there is an average of 9 vehicles parked obstructively at the end of the Moorwoods each evening.
Moorwoods residents met with several Councillors earlier in the year to discuss the problem parking. It is very clear that the parking enforcement is the responsibility of LCC but their working hours do not coincide with when the issues are occurring. Shift work was discussed as a temporary solution regarding the parking enforcement officers which the Council will seek to raise with LCC.
Fludes Lane – Work has commenced this week on Fludes Lane, with the potholes to be filled in this year. Cllr. Haq stated that the Council has agreed to carry out the work over the next years, starting with the most affected areas, until the two sections of Fludes Lane discussed at the previous meeting are fully resurfaced. A query was raised regarding the broken bridge on Fludes Lane; a resident stated that they have raised a formal complaint via the Council’s website regarding this, followed up with a phone call, and has yet to receive a response – this will be looked in to. The ownership of the bridge is believed to fall under OWBC as noted on Page 6 of the Minutes of the last meeting. OWBC Legal Dept to be asked for an update.
Severn Trent – Were invited to the meeting on numerous occasions but there has been no response.
Arriva – Were invited to the meeting on numerous occasions but there has been no response. Cllr. Kaufman however has managed to meet with Arriva separately on behalf of the Council. Copse Close will come back into service at the request of residents, and Arriva will improve their PR and messaging regarding the service in Oadby. Arriva and the Council will now work closely with each other to ensure that the bus service is fully advertised. Arriva will be publishing a new timetable in due course covering the newly installed / sought after bus stops on the revised routes, this is delayed until all of the new stops are in place. There are no signs on any bus stops currently advertising the 31 bus, but these will be changed out in the near future for stops that display correct information for the services that utilise these stops. Residents extended thanks to Cllr. Kaufman for being so tenacious with the bus issue. A resident noted that Arriva’s website does show an up to date timetable of Oadby services, including the 31 and 31a services. Query raised if it would be possible for the Council to have one named individual who could be contacted regarding complaints of the bus service, and collate this in to one package to put to Arriva; it was recommended that comments are still passed to Cllr. Kaufman for the time being. Cllr. Alam also noted thanks to Cllr. Kaufman for arranging the meeting with Arriva. Cllr. Alam noted that a lot of the issues appear to stem from Arriva’s lack of communication to residents in the Borough regarding their changing of services.