To replace 60 Metres of aging 3” Cast Iron Gas Main.
Duration of work from 30/01/2013 for 2 weeks.
Works Supervisor and contact number: Michael Taylor 07773 820627.
Emergency Contact & Telephone Number in the Event of Traffic Signal Failure: Chris Dempsey 07931 575160 24 Hr Call Centre 0800 521 660.
Modification of existing railing over pipe bridge to tie in with the steeple copings.
Duration of work: 01-02-13, 10:00–15.30.
Emergency Contact & Telephone Number in the Event of Traffic Signal Failure: Brian Birmingham 07899 906814.
Commercial Services
Oldham Council
Level 4,
Civic Centre,
West Street,
Oldham,
OL1 1UG
Date: 19 December 2012
Our ref: PP002/12
Tel: 0161 770 5151
Councillor H Sykes
Civic Centre Level 3
Room 338
West Street
Oldham
OL1 1UL
Dear Councillor Sykes,
Re: Petitioners Panel Meeting 13th December 2012 – Closure of Crompton Pool.
I am writing with regard to the Petitioners’ Panel meeting held on 13th December 2012 which heard your petition regarding the closure of Crompton Pool and a replacement facility being built in Royton.
The Panel considered the matter and decided not to support the petition.
The full decision is as follows:
“The Panel accepted the recommendation as detailed in the report and rejected the petition;
The Panel supported the work already undertaken with regard to the negotiations with Shaw and Crompton Parish Council for the Community Asset Transfer and would like to see these negotiations continue, with officer support, as an urgent priority.”
I have also sent a copy of this letter to Councillor Williamson as joint lead petitioner.
Yours sincerely
Angela McIntyre
Constitutional Services Officer
Direct line: 0161 770 4728
Email: angela.mcintyre@oldham.gov.uk
Please accept our apologises for any inconvenience caused by the recent and future works associated with Shaw Memorial Gardens.
For your Information the works comprises of the Following:
• Resurfacing of paths to Shaw Memorial Gardens.
• Erecting Stone Plinth
• Refurbishment of Bronze Statue
• Erection of new information board
The park will be closed for access from Monday 18th February for the refurbishment.
The works are expected to be completed week commencing 18th March 2013.
On completion of the paths/ erection of the statue, works are programmed for bedding plants and refurbishment to the seating areas; however the park will operational as usual.
We may need to close the park gates for short periods of time outside of the period above where the ongoing work requires it.
For any queries, please contact
David Holme 0161 770 4353 david.holme@unitypartnership.com or Ian Monaghan 0161 770 5262 Ian.Monaghan@oldham.gov.uk
These are in order to allow BDS Yorkshire to carry out tarmacking and reinstatement works.
Start Date and Duration of work:
09:30 – 15:00 Thursday 17th January
09:30 – 15:00 Friday 18th January
Works Supervisor and contact number: Lauren Smallwood 01924 372957
Emergency Contact & Telephone Number in the Event of Traffic Signal Failure: Chris Speight 01924 372957 (24hrs)
Joint event with Oldham Council and Groundwork.
Help manage the woodlands on Crompton Moor.
Help plant trees in Black Hey plantation.
Meet at Brushes Clough car park at 10.30am.
This event has been funded by an Awards for All Lottery grant from Shaw and Crompton Parish Council.
Please contact 0161 7470 4056 for more details.
Keep Cosy – Referral form and guidance NEW
I thought I would post a reminder of what help is available to Oldham Borough residents over this winter period:
• Toasty Oldham – free loft & cavity insulation for ALL residents. This offer was due to end at the end of December, however the Utility company has not yet met their targets, so the offer has been extended (not sure when new ‘end date’ is, as when they meet their targets the scheme will be pulled). RING 0800 009 3363.
Last week we re-launched the successful ‘Keep Cosy’ scheme, to offer further assistance to our most vulnerable residents.
• Keep Cosy – home energy check, energy freebies installed, emergency heating repairs, hot meals delivery service, free smoke alarms, benefits checks and help out of fuel debt & off prepayment meters. Please see attached at the top of this post a referral form for use.
Picture courtesy of the Oldham Evening Chronicle
MPT will be carrying out jet wash cleaning operations on two bridges situated on Milnrow Road, Shaw, next week.
On Monday / Tuesday work will be undertaken on the bridge located at Jubilee bends.
On Wednesday / Thursday work will be undertaken on the bridge located south of Bridge Street.
In each case, traffic signals will be in place between 9.30am – 3.30pm only, or until work is complete on that day.
The works supervisor is Danny Walker who can be contacted on 07963 039 067
Politics and Adopters / Foster Carers
I hope the Leader will agree with me that the most important single thing a child who is adopted or fostered needs is to be placed with caring and loving parents?
What assurance can the Leader provide that a situation would not arise in our Borough like that which occurred recently in Rotherham where foster parents who were members of the UK Independence Party, a legal political party, had the children in their care removed from them by overzealous council officials, who judged them to be unfit parents because of their political views?
Police Parade
Will the Leader join me in condemning the proposed change in local Police procedure that will require Police Community Support Officers (PCSO’s) to parade before duty at Oldham Police Station prior to deployment to their assigned beat?
This change will mean that officers will have less time on the beat to actually detect crime, apprehend criminals and help the public as they will have to travel between central Oldham and our outlying districts and communities, rather than simply reporting for duty on their beat at the start of a shift.
Does the Leader agree that this unnecessary reduction in service to the public will be particularly acute where officers are travelling (via bike or foot) to more distant locations of the borough, such as East Crompton, Lees and the villages of Saddleworth?
Free Parking and Metrolink
Can the Leader explain to the people of Oldham Borough how it benefits the town’s retail economy to offer three hours free parking on Saturdays on car parks located near to Mumps so shoppers can leap on a tram and use Metrolink to do their shopping in Manchester?
And isn’t this situation all the more farcical when a two-for-one Metrolink ticket offer enables twice the number of shoppers to take twice the money away from Oldham’s shopkeepers?
When will we see a two-for-one Metrolink ticket offer to bring Manchester shoppers to our borough to experience our warm Oldham welcome and everything else we have to offer visitors?