sedgley

Your team of Liberal Democrats have been busy all year round in Sedgley Ward. Here’s just a summary of some of the achievements in the local area in the last year or so.

Prestwich Festival will take place for the first time in 2009. It is intended to be an annual four week calendar of events running from 17 May to 21 June. The festival will provide the opportunity to showcase as many events as possible during a four week period and will build on its success year on year, similar to existing events like Prestwich Clough and Prestwich Carnvial.

Click here for an first look at the packed events listing

Sedgley Ward Councillors have received a 500 signature petition from Mrs Z Smith of the Meades, Prestwich. Residents are concerned at the poor quality of much of the older street lighting in Sedgley Ward especially on narrow, heavily parked roads.

Cllr Andrew Garner said ‘We agree with the concerns of residents. Much of the older street lighting needs replacing. One missing street light on Kings Road has caused problems and we’ve been asking and asking for it to be replaced. Too many residents report problems about walking on our pot-holed pavements. How can we encourage residents to leave their cars at home and walk, if they cannot see where they are walking’.

Conservative controlled Bury Council are also considering reducing the amount of funds available for street lighting repairs and are even considering switching off street lights at night to reduce their electricity bill. This proposal might be a ‘green issue to save the planet but if I’m returning home alone from an evening community meeting or event, I need to know that I can see my way home!’ said Cllr Ann Garner.

Cllr Steve Wright has been meeting with concerned residents this week and said ‘ We are pleased that so many residents feel so strongly about this. Mrs Smith left the petition in two local shops. She didn’t badger anyone to sign this. Residents signed it as they felt it was important’.

Back in the summer your local Lib Dem Councillors brought the problem of graffiti in Prestwich to the attention of Bury Council. As many local people will know we have some terrible stretches of graffiti, mostly in a few areas such as the Village centre, Sedgley Park and on our own side of Prestwich in the area around Heaton Park metro and up Bury Old Road. When we raised the issue in the summer we were asked to let the Council know the problem areas so that they could clean the graffiti up. Some excellent work has been done, particularly by our local Police and our local Prestwich Area Manager, but the worst of the graffiti is still ruining our area. All the Graffiti we reported in the summer is still there – so I put my camera to good use all nine Prestwich Lib Dem Councillors took the issue straight to the town hall! I’ve been asked to send in the images to the Council for them to take action – so watch this space!

Liberal Democrats at Bury’s election count last night:

Here’s our new team of Councillors in St Mary’s Ward – Donal O’Hanlon, Mary D’Albert and Richard Baum…… Labour MP Ivan Lewis sneaks past behind.

Lib Dem Councillors elected last night Mary D’Albert, Vic D’Albert and Ann Garner with some of their group colleagues Steve Wright, Wilf Davison and Donal O’Hanlon.

More pictures here

Please don’t forget to vote in the important local elections on Thursday 1 May 2008. These elections will decide who will represent you at the Council for the next four years.

Ann Garner, our hard working local councillor for the last 5 years is the Liberal Democrat Focus Team candidate on Thursday.

Important Information
- Polling Stations are open from 7.00am – 10.00pm
- You don’t need your polling card to vote
- If you have a postal ballot, but have not yet sent it in, you can complete it as normal and take the completed envelope to your local polling station on the day.

Polling Stations in Sedgley
Downham Crescent/Meade Hill Road areas – Mobile Van on Meade Hill Road
Park Road and Brooklands Road areas – Mobile Van on Castle Hill Road
Kings Road, Bishops Road, Sedgley Park Road areas – Sedgley Park Primary School, Bishops Road
George Street, Bland Road areas – Mobile Van on Portugal Road
Whittaker Lane and Bent Hill areas – St Hilda’s Primary on Whittaker Lane
Recory Lane, Park View and Deyne Avenue areas – Park View Primary

If you need any more information, or need a lift to the polling station call our helpline on 0161 798 0117

Thank you!