Councillor Update
September has been an interesting and somewhat unusual month in terms of the issues that have been referred to us, or have been raised on social media.
Topping the list has to be maggots. They seemed to appear in vast quantities overnight judging by the number of comments on the local Facebook groups and the emails and phone calls we received. Opening our black bins to fi nd them seething with maggots was not a pleasant experience and raised serious concerns over the fortnightly waste collection that has been established by Poole Council. The stock answer from the council appears to have been “bag all your waste and clean the bin out immediately it has been emptied”. This was no comfort to those who had always done this and still found their bins contaminated. Although the issue appears to have subsided, we are asking for a review of the waste collection programme in the hope that the matter will be addressed before there is another outbreak.
Anti-social behaviour is usually perceived as unruly behaviour with its associated noise and, as a result, blame all too frequently falls on our young people who may be doing no more than enjoying themselves. We are fortunate in Broadstone that unruly behaviour is at a relatively low level, but there are other forms of anti-social behaviour that appear to be on the increase even though rarely, if ever, reported to the police. Rather like the maggots, dog-poo has featured quite widely on social media as well as in our mail boxes. The vast majority of dog owners act responsibly and clear up after their dogs, but a small minority do not. Such thoughtlessness can result in a child losing his or her sight through disease. This is just as much anti-social behaviour as loud noise from a group of unruly people, but can have a far greater effect. There can be no excuse. Please think of the toddler who may tread in the poo on the pavement, or the footballers on the recreation ground who have to clear the pitch before they can play a match. Poole Council does have a dog warden who will help tackle the issue, but a requirement is the formation of a community dog walkers group – the members of which being prepared to work in partnership. Such a group exists in Hamworthy but we are not aware of one in Broadstone.
Other issues residents have raised with us include the need to provide more charging points throughout Poole as the number of electric cars increases; the loss of fi shing rights on some of Poole’s lakes as the management of them is leased
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out to angling clubs outside the borough; the level of support given to individuals following a burglary; the nature of support for those caring for a family member suffering from dementia and loss of choice over placement in a care home; and the number of accidents on Darbys Corner roundabout – fi ve in under two weeks and one person’s front wall demolished for the third time in four years. We are in discussions with Poole’s highways department over this particular issue and also the delay in laying an anti-skid surface in Lower Blandford Road that was promised before last March. Finally, we are receiving more and more requests for the introduction of 20mph speed limits, the most recent of which is for a section of Dunyeats Road outside the Middle School. We will be discussing all the requests, with offi cers, in the near future.
Our next Saturday surgeries in Broadstone Library are on 7th October and 4th November from 10am until 12noon.
Cllrs Mike Brooke & Vikki Slade
m.brooke@
poole.gov.uk • 07584 168991
vikki.slade@
poole.gov.uk • 01202 604191
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