The Council has now published a full list of the written objections that have been made to the Council’s plans to cut “winter maintenance” activities.
They can be found by clicking here.
In the main the objections have come from residents, and their representatives, living on the west of the city.
They include petitions containing over 250 signatures.
The full agenda for tomorrows meeting, which is open to the press and public, can be found by clicking here
Ann Reid with local salt bin
Pressure is growing on Labour Councillors to agree to continue to de-ice all bus routes during the coming winter.
Cllr Ann Reid has submitted comprehensive representations to tomorrows decision meeting.
A copy of all the written representations should be available on the Councils web site shortly. Click here.
Residents wishing to attend and speak at the meeting have only got until 5:00pm today (Tuesday) to register to do so. Telephone – (01904) 552062 Laura Bootland.
The Council has confirmed the list of salt bin sites that will be retained if their proposals go ahead. Around 2/3 of the existing bins are scheduled to be scrapped.
Click here to download a full list of those that will remain.
Only 285 residents responded to the Councils consultation on their future road gritting plans.
This represents only 0.14% of the population and is as clear an indication as possible that York residents are not prepared to answer “loaded” questions.
Only 146 responses were judged by the Council to be “valid” suggesting that many residents had simply told the Council to rethink it priorities.
Petitions, which have been submitted to the Council, have not even been recorded as having been received, while the views of Residents Associations have also been suppressed.
Although officials are recommending that some bus routes – which were scheduled not to be gritted this winter – are returned to the de-icing schedules, local residents pleas that the self help salt bin network be sustained, look set to be ignored at the decision meeting which is scheduled to take place on 9th October .
Many of the salt bins were installed by Ward committees as a result of requests by residents.
Amongst the roads reprieved in the proposals are Bellhouse Way, Ryecroft Avenue and Acomb Wood Drive which may now continue to be gritted. Click to see map
Revised gritting proposals click to see larger map
However the Dringthorpe estate, the whole of the Kingsway (West) estate, the little Moor Lane approach to Hob Moor school, Danesfort Avenue, St Stephens Road, and part of Chapelfields will not be gritted.
The Council have now admitted that the reduced number of gritting rounds will save only £20,000 a year.
This would compare to the £100,000 that the Council is planning to spend on an” Arts Barge” or the £600,000 reserved to sign new 20 mph speed limits.
Residents may attend and speak on the proposals at the meeting which is taking place at West Offices on Toft Green on Wednesday 9th October at 4:00pm..
You must register to speak before the meeting. The deadline for registering is 5pm on Tuesday 8th October 2013. Telephone – (01904) 552062 Laura Bootland.
Written representations must be made by 5pm on Monday 7th October 2013. They should be E-mailed to laura.bootland@york.gov.uk
Residents in the Middleton Road area are known to be collecting a petition this week which asks the Council to reverse the planned cuts on safety grounds.
40 residents in the Foxwood area – backed by the local Residents Association – have already submitted a petition asking for the existing network of salt bins to be retained.