Your Local Issues
Marianna Dodd (Salisbury Community Area Manager) will report on the progress of the issues recently raised by local people.
Detailed information on the progress of individual issues is available on the council’s website. Go to www.wiltshire.gov.uk/areaboards and click on “Track your community issues”.
Minutes:
A list of the Area Board’s current issues and their status had been tabled for information. The Chairman reiterated that residents should contact their local Councillor as a first point of contact when raising general issues with the Council. Issues which extended beyond a single electoral division, or which required input from other partner agencies would then be logged in the issues system for consideration by the Area Board.
Since the Area Board had been set up, 51 issues had been received, of which 28 had been closed by either being resolved or passed on. In addition, the Area Board was seeking to inform its forward work plan from themes raised as issues. For example, several comments had been raised in relation to the environment, and so the Area Board meeting on 22 July would be themed around climate change. This meeting would also include an item to consider cycling, following two issues raised in relation to the use of cycle paths.
In relation to a number of issues raised regarding the Park and Ride bus service, it was noted that the Council’s draft parking strategy would soon be published for consultation.
A member of the public raised concern over an issue which had been raised regarding abandoned shopping trolleys. This issue had been closed despite not being resolved to his satisfaction. The Chairman undertook to look into this and to reopen the issue.