Any Urgent Items of Public Concern
The Chairman to take any other urgent business of public concern.
Minutes:
Mike Mills, (Melksham Without Parish Council) advised that concerns had been raised about the traffic lights on the junction near Shaw School, cars were ignoring the pedestrian crossing to try and beat the traffic lights.
Mike Mills requested that the area board contact Wiltshire Council Highways department to try and resolve this issue.
The Chairman advised that the community area manager would look at this issue, but in future, local issues should be headed up by local members.
Mrs Susan Mortimer advised the board that she was experiencing anti-social behaviour issues with young people using the newly installed play equipment in the play area that backs on to Webbs Road, Melksham.
The community area manager advised that the street working team would be visiting the play area on Friday evenings to work with young people to try and resolve any anti-social behaviour issues and that she was working with the community safety group to try and resolve this issue.
The Chairman thanked Mrs Mortimer and Mr Mills for flagging up their concerns to the area board.