This Week

I have four meetings this week,
A pre Agenda meeting at 4.30 to 6.00 pm at he Guildhall on Tuesday
Followed by a meeting on Equality Seminar at 7.30 to 9.30 pm at the Guildhall.
RA meeting on Thursday.
Saturday I will be around the Ward with  a residents survey form, asking what you as residents think we should be concentrating on.

Traffic

MOTSPUR PARK, NEW MALDEN

Whole length

RBK

Carriageway resurfacing

28-May-13

31-May-13

Night-time Rolling Closures

Police in Action

Five men charged with burglary after New Malden arrests

8:00am Saturday 25th May 2013 in News

Five men have been charged with burglary after they were arrested by police in New Malden on Thursday afternoon.

John Ballingall, 28, Dean Jackson, 25, Stuart Holman, 25, Edmundas Danielkus, 20, and Daniel O'Brien, 27, all from Middlesex, were charged by Kingston police yesterday afternoon at the custody suites in Sutton police station.

The men were arrested near St James' Close in New Malden after police officers flooded the area.

They are set to appear at Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court this morning.

Traffic update

Please see below the travel updates for the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames, the weekend commencing 24/05/2013 courtesy of Kingston Council, should you have any queries please contact: 020 8547 5000.

LOCATION

DATES OF DISRUPTION

TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS

Richmond Road, junction with Osborne Road

28th May - 2nd June

Two way temporary traffic lights on Richmond Road and closure of Osborne Road (local diversion via Thorpe Rd and Windsor Rd)

Cromwell Road, bus garage to Queen Elizabeth Road

28th May - 30th May

Inside lane restrictions. Temporary bus stops in inside lane during bus garage closure.

Wood Street opposite Junction of Down Hall Road, outside Bentalls

8th March - 30th June

Lane closures (off peak)

Ewell Road, junction with Red Lion Road

28th May - 31st May

Two way lights (24 hours)

Tolworth Broadway

18th March - 6th September

Public realm improvements

USEFUL CONTACTS Southern Gas: Mains replacements - 0845 026 0015 Thames Water Leaks - 0800 714 614 Southern Gas Network Escapes - 0800 111 999 Tfl (traffic signal problems) - 0845 606 1005 Kingston Police - dial 101 RBK Emergency out of hours - 0208 547 5800 RBK Network Management Team - nrswateam

Visits

Normally Councillors will visit all of the Ward  checking to see that the Council have fulfilled their obligations , Parks, lighting , pot holes , Pavenments , fly tipping, disabled issues, tree Problems , dog  mess, Schools , nursery places, Senior citizens rights , Planning ,the list seem at times endless .
When we are contacted we will ensure that the right officers are informed , then feed back the information to residents and follow up any complaints to ensure that the Council policies are implemented .
Apart from the above Cllrs attended on average around three evening meetings per week and sometimes more during the day such as business meetings, Pre agenda meetings , Group Meetings .
There are Planning meetings , neibourhood meetings and so on.
We then visit residents at their request and put out survay questionnaires so that we know what your requirements are .
Our contact details are on the RBK Webb site, so if you have an issue please contact us.
We don't knock on doors asking if you have a problem but we are available should you do.

Malden Park

The new Pathway around Manor Park is nearly finished and two new Park benches put in Place.
The flower beds are blooming and volunteers have been busy cleaning out the pond.
With the new sports activity equipment the park is taking on a new life for residents.
Just consider how it was a few years back, the Hall was in a dilapidated state the the ground was run down and looking sorry for itself.
So how was it turned around ? Well, when we took control of the MCNC we your local Conservative councillors pledged ourselves to put right the years of neglect by the ruling Lib Dem MCNC.
 We arranged for a trust to take over the Hall and money was found to restore the Hall and modernise the inside.
We then with the Parks department put together a plan to see if we could get green flag status, the first year we where unsuccessful.
The independent judges made several suggestions  on things that needed to be addressed.
Funding was tight but we managed to find enough to do the work.
The following year we again applied and this time were successful.
But the story does not stop there for each year we have to reapply for the Flag.
This year once more we retained it.
 Your Councillors will never take their eye off the ball like the Lib Dems .
We will do our best to retain that Flag knowing that by doing so we will have a Green Space fit for us all to enjoy and our Children to play.