Every
18-20 years there is an election that is ground breaking and the
political ramifications are seismic. I believe the recent General
Election is such an election; it was as much a surprise to me as you
that the Conservatives got an overall majority. One thing is now
sure, that we will get our by-pass, but the route and ALL the details
are still to be decided and fully consulted on, I know some people
have mentioned a concrete flyover similar to Shoreham, but this is
speculative nonsense,
I
have heard that the first shovel won't be in the ground until 2021
and the By-Pass won't be completed until 2023, this seems a very long
time to me, but I don’t think the government can be accused of
rushing ahead without forethought.
On
the local election, myself, Norman Dingemans and Robert Wheal were
elected to the Arundel & Walberton ward as your District
councillors, Thank you for your support and votes, we are committed
to keeping your council tax low, to protect your countryside from
inappropriate development and our focus on this will be across the
whole ward, we will increase recycling, continue to promote cycling
initiatives, some of you may not have voted for us, but we will
serve all the residents in the best way we can,
The
town Council elections were interesting this time round as there were so many
candidates (23) stood for the 12 seats, the following councillors got
elected, Lucy
Ashworth,Matt Bodimeade, Wendy
Eve, Lorinda Monaghan, Karin Moorhouse, Mark Phillips, Angela
Standing, James Stewart, Michael Tu, Kay Wagland, Anne Harriott,
Colin Heriot,
I
look forward to working with them all, they normally meet most
Thursdays at 7pm at the Town Hall, it's always good when members of
the public come along and ask questions at the beginning of the
meeting, so I hope to see some of you there.
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