Agenda item

Councillors will provide an update on community issues and progress on Calne Area Board working groups as detailed below.  The Board is asked to note the updates and consider any recommendations arising:

a.    Skate board park working group

b.    Highways working group (CATG)

c.    Calne campus working group

d.    Sandpit Road (Section 106) working group

e.    Air quality working group

Cllr Alan Hill will provide an update on Calne JSA priorities.

Councillors provided an update on community issues and progress on Calne Area Board working groups. 

a)    Skateboard Park Working Group – As Cllr Marshall sent apologies, the Community Area Manager provided an update, stating that the bowl project group were meeting with the Town Council and the contractors next Tuesday. By the next Area Board it was hoped an update would be available.

b)    Highways Working Group (CATG) – The Board were asked to consider the recommendations within the report. 

Decision:

To approve all the CATG’s recommendations as follows:

1.1.       Approve a scheme, allocate £25,300 from the CATG budget, request a contribution from Calne Town Council and submit a bid to the Substantive Highways Scheme in order to implement traffic calming/road safety improvements at Woodsage Way/North Street/Lickhill Road, Calne.

1.2.       Approve a scheme and allocate £4,000 from the CATG budget to implement road safety improvements at Bentley Lane, Calne.

1.3.       Select Cherhill and Stickleback Rd / School Road, Calne nominations as areas to be considered for 20mph speed limits/zones. And add Yatesbury and Station Road proposals to a list for consideration in 2015/16.

c)    Calne Campus Working Group – The group was currently in negotiations with the Landlord and would be soon applying for planning permission. Work at Calne Central Site had started. Cllr Alan Hill was the new Chairman of this working group.

d)    Sandpit Road (Section 106) Working Group – Cllr Tony Trotman provided an update. The group had last met on 26^th March and since then progress had been made on two important issues: firstly, the implementation of a safe crossing for cyclists at Honeymead towards the Knapp across Abberd Way including traffic calming measures along the road towards Prince Charles Drive. Secondly, the Woodhill Rise/Oxford Road cycle and pedestrian safety improvement scheme to stop vehicle movements across this section known as the unadopted road. Bollards were to be placed after the turning area at Woodhill Rise prohibiting vehicles beyond that point.

e)    JSA Priorities – Cllr Alan Hill provided an update on the Calne JSA priorities. Using the results gathered from voting at the previous Area Board, it was agreed that any work on the priorities would be done as a community based piece of work. It was stated that the priorities selected would be treated as three separate issues rather than four; this was due to two of the priorities being closed related to children and would therefore be treated as one.  The priorities are as follows: 

1. Increase employment opportunities and youth activities in consultation with young people and create better opportunities for young people to get into work through initiatives like apprenticeships and work experience.

2. Recognise child poverty and childhood obesity and engage with parents to address it.

3. Build a positive reputation for Calne Community Area to attract more visitors to venues and events.

Cllr Hill also stated that he was still waiting to hear more on the positive youth activities in the area and the related funding. The Repair Academy at Porte Marsh was also discussed, which allowed young people to carry out repair work on old equipment that would have previously been scrapped.