Bransty and Harbour Neighbourhood Forum

It was a busy day today: after a meeting of Copeland Council this afternoon there was a meeting of the Bransty and Harbour Neighbourhood Forum.

The main agenda items were

* Youth facilities in Whitehaven

* Traffic and Parking reviews currently under way and involving boh Copeland council and Cumbria County Council

* Grant application by local community organisations.

I raised a request which I had received from a local resident for the condition and maintenance of one of the open spaces in Whitehaven to be put on the agenda. After a short discussion it was agreed that the condition and maintenance of parks and open spaces in the town should form one of the main agenda items for the next meeting, with one of the officers from Copeland invited as a speaker and to answer questions.

The main area of controversy concerned the traffic and parking issues. We were advised that at the moment the responses being submitted to the reviews currently underway are leaning heavily towards the pro-pedestrian and anti-car perspective.

One of my colleagues on hearing some of the proposals observed that they sounded fairly hostile to the motor car, and got the reply from a county council officer "That's sort of the idea."

OK if that's what local residents really want, but if you don't want to see an anti-motorist position adopted - or indeed if you do - make sure you respond to the consultation and let local councils know what you think.

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