I attended the Police Panel meeting at St Francis Church in Westborough this evening. It was good to meet a new member of the neighbourhood team and the new Anti Social Behaviour Officer from Guildford Borough Council.  It was also good to learn about the successes they have had in the fight against drug dealing […]

Over Easter weekend I was contacted by The Guildford Dragon.  They had reports of a long-running (no pun intended) water leak in Old Palace Road.  When they contacted Thames Water they had been told that the company were waiting for permission from Surrey County Council to open up the highway to mend the leak.  The […]

Like most councillors I get a lot of emails and letters.  Most of my postbag is taken up with potholes and the state of our roads.  One subject which is being raised more frequently now is that of speeding on residential roads and outside schools.  A lot of councils have introduced a 20MPH limit in […]

Meeting Anne, the Head of The Spinney Children’s Centre in Southway, at a meeting yesterday evening reminded me that the Surrey CC Cabinet Member for Schools told the whole of the Council how wonderful the Centre is at the last council meeting.  Linda Kemeny had been on a visit to the Centre and was full […]

    People who live in Westborough, especially those who use Southway regularly, will know about the former video shop at number 109 Southway.  It has been empty for years and has become a bit of an eyesore and not a good neighbour to the other shops in the parade.  Last night I learned that […]

People who lived close to or ever used Rydes Hill Road will know that the road was finally repaired in 2011 after years of broken promises and delayed start dates.  The repairs took weeks to carry out.  It is really disappointing that problems are already showing where the surface appears to be breaking up. There […]

I love ending a day in a very positive way.  The Pond Meadow Partnership group met again this evening and agreed our vision for what we want to achieve for our community.  We were joined by representatives from Surrey Youth Services and Guildford College.  Everyone round the table set out what they would like to […]

We had another meeting of the Westborough Parking Group this morning.  GBC parking team had done a survey of parking numbers to give us some data to work with.  We are now getting to the point of putting together a report.  It is a really difficult problem to know how to solve.  We agreed to […]

Part of Cabell Road has now been repaired and resurfaced and is a pleasure to drive over.  There is part of Cabell Road which is still a disgrace with cracks, potholes and moving slabs.  A resident contacted me to complain about the state of that part of the road and I went round to see […]

For a long time, Surrey County Council Highways Department kept promising to resurface Rydes Hill Road and then moved the dates until residents almost gave up.  Then, about 18 months ago, the work was finally carried out and a smooth new road surface was the outcome.  Now residents are concerned that some parts of that […]