Overnight closures – Oldham Way
Oldham Way will be closed in both directions from 8pm to 5am on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 January so Waterloo Bridge can be dejacked and lowered back into position.
The closure will be in place from King Street roundabout to Prince Street.
Please use alternative routes.
Urgent review of ‘Places for Everyone’ green belt use needed following government U-turn say Oldham Liberal Democrats
Oldham Liberal Democrats have called for an urgent review of all green belt sites which have been earmarked for development under Greater Manchester’s controversial ‘Places for Everyone’ housing strategy.
Leader of Oldham Council’s Liberal Democrat Opposition Group councillor Howard Sykes MBE said, “Time after time, Oldham’s Labour leadership have told people that they had no choice but to build on our local green spaces. That it was the government that was forcing councils like Oldham to do so. Following the government’s U-turn, it is clear that an urgent review of the land used for ‘Places for Everyone’ is needed.”
The government has stated that there will be a “relaxation of housing targets” for local councils in England. Shortly, Housing ministers are expected to announce that the government will allow authorities to allocate less land to future development if local officials can argue that more development would damage the character of an area or require building on green belt land.
A public consultation on ‘Places for Everyone’ concluded on December 6th and final recommendations are expected to be put before Oldham Council later this year.
Councillor Sykes said, “Developing our green spaces will do nothing to solve the housing crisis except hand a blank cheque to developers. With no new investment in our roads, no new school places for our children and no new health facilities to support our communities, these proposals are not good enough for Oldham.”
“So far, the only Greater Manchester council to free itself from ‘Places for Everyone’ and protect its’ local green belt has been Liberal Democrat controlled Stockport Council.”
“We want to see Oldham follow that example and withdraw from this unwanted scheme.”
More from Oldham Liberal Democrats on Places for Everyone
Search Results for “Places for Everyone” – Howard Sykes (mycouncillor.org.uk)
Saturday 27 January 24 – 9:30am – 10:00am.
You are invited and welcome to attend.
Crompton War Memorial, High Street, Shaw.
What to do with your tree after Christmas and New Year
Once you have taken your tree down you can recycle it by putting it in your green bin. Just chop it into small pieces, remove the wooden block from the base of the tree as this is too big to be composted, and take off any lights and decorations.
Alternatively, you can take it to Arkwright Street Household Waste and Recycling Centre, which is open 7 days a week from 8am until 6pm. or leave it at one of our collection points in the following parks until January 31:
• Higher Memorial Park (car park), Joseph Street, Failsworth (open 7.30am until dusk)
• Royton Park (car park) off Bleasdale Street, Royton. (Open 7.30am until dusk)
• Werneth Park (car park) off Frederick Street, Werneth (open 7.30am until dusk)
• Churchill Playing Fields (car park), Wellington Road, Greenfield. Anytime access.
• George Street Playing Fields (car park), off Milnrow Road, Shaw. Anytime access.
For all your waste and recycling information – including what goes in which bin and collection dates visit www.oldham.gov.uk/waste
Pop along for advice, help or to discuss any issue or matter with your local Liberal Democrat councillors.
Shaw and Crompton Advice Surgeries (no appointment necessary) held on the following Thursdays at Shaw Lifelong Learning Centre – 7:30pm to 8:30pm.
January: 4, 11, 18, 25.
Diane Williamson is a Tough Cookie
A local Councillor is learning to walk again after being bed-ridden for over two months in The Royal Oldham Hospital. Cllr Diane Williamson who has represented Crompton ward since 2012, on Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council said:
“In 2018 I spent two weeks in hospital battling Sepsis at which time the NHS was celebrating its 70th birthday, five years later I find myself in hospital when it is the 75th anniversary year. My illness was again Sepsis, an infection in my heart, eyes and hearing. In addition to that I hit my head in a fall and broke my right elbow.
I am on the mend and with the help of my family and Liberal Democrat colleagues, it will soon be 100% business as usual. I would like to thank the staff of The Royal Oldham Hospital for looking after me.”
Shaw ward colleague and friend Councillor Hazel Gloster said “Diane wasn’t happy about not being able to respond to residents’ queries – but she did get updates from me and her colleagues. Her poor health did not stop her talking about Shaw and Crompton related issues” – Hazel concluded “Diane is a tough cookie; she has really been through it. I am so glad she is out of hospital”
“My fight is now not with my health but with getting the best deal for the residents in High Crompton, Shaw and Royton,” said Diane.
In light of Mayor Burnham’s announcement on the Clean Air Zone, does the Leader think it is appropriate that cameras put in place for the original zone should be handed over to Greater Manchester Police without proper scrutiny or consultation?
Would they not be put to better use if Council’s repurposed them for safer streets initiatives?
And how does the Combined Authority plan to recoup the more than £3 million plus it spent putting CAZ signs up which turned out never to be needed and the even more cash which will be needed to remove them?
And how much public money has been wasted exploring unwanted and undeliverable versions of the Clean Air Zone, only for the scheme to be scaled back at the eleventh hour. Not to mention the stress and distress to original scheme caused small business and the self-employed.
And does she agree with me there has been a significant lack of political oversight of this key Greater Manchester project and can we assured it will not happen again with future transport schemes?