On Friday 16 August 2013 a meeting took place with the Council’s Highway Authority. Councillor John Taylor, Paul Barton, Jackie McDougal, Robbie Burn and Kevin Brown from Highways met in the village. Robbie Burn has provided the following summary of the decisions.
[All images © Mary Wealleans 2013 – used with permission]
Powburn residents and the Breamish Hall Committee would like to give A VERY BIG THANK-YOU to Mary Wealleans (Breamish Hall, Treasurer) and colleagues from Carillion Enterprise, Boulmer.
A big THANK YOU to Gaia Wildlife Gardens Ltd. One of the Directors of this social enterprise, Ivor Scott, recently repaired the flower troughs in Powburn…free of charge!
I’m sure you’ll agree that they now look superb!
The representation of our views concerning the Council”s recent report into road safety in Powburn has been reported in the Berwick Advertiser and Northumberland Gazette.
Read the Berwick Advertiser article here
Read the Northumberland Gazette article here
On 8 July 2013 I attended the County Council’s Northern Area Committee Meeting to represent the views of Powburn residents regarding the Council’s recent (see Council Report Prepared). Robbie Burn was due to make the presentation but, unfortunately, was not able to attend, so I attended on his behalf.
I had 5 minutes to set out our outstanding concerns resulting from our consideration of the Council’s report.
Dear Residents,
It gives me great pleasure to announce that I received notification from the Department for Transport this morning informing me that we have been successful in our request for up to £5 million to carry out repair works on the Cragend Landslip (B6344 road)
Dear all,
I have just received a letter from the County Council informing us that they will not be fully discussing our petition until Monday 9th July. No reason has been given for the delay.
Sergeant Graham Vickers of the Coquetdale Neighbourhood Policing Team has today provided the following data:
Robbie Burn, who continues to lead the Powburn Stop Speeding! Campaign has been out and about and talking to the press.
Recently Robbie spoke to The Journal who ran an informative article on 8 April 2013.
Thirty-five Powburn residents attended the Public Meeting held on 15 March 2013 to get feedback from Councillor John Taylor’s discussions with Northumberland County Council regarding progress with our Stop Speeding! Campaign.
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