Page 24 - Phonebox Magazine April 2016

Newport Pagnell Councillor Corner
Elections to take place in Milton Keynes – May 5th 2016
Elections will take place in Milton Keynes on Thursday 5th May 2016. This will take place across Milton Keynes and you will have your chance to vote for your local Borough Councillor plus Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Police along with The Newport Pagnell Parish Council Elections and the Neighbourhood Plan Referendum – details from www.newport-pagnell.org.uk.
Don’t lose the opportunity to vote. The deadline to register to vote is 18th April 2016.
Reducing overgrown trees and undergrowth
The Newport Pagnell Focus team have followed up on residents’ concerns and got Milton Keynes Council to reduce a large amount of undergrowth and diseased trees from parts of Newport Pagnell.
The trees and undergrowth have either been removed or reduced to make it easier for residents to use pathways and to protect them from danger.
Replacement of Defective Bollards
Following many accidents in Newport Pagnell on some of the major roads throughout the town, the Focus Team has successfully pushed to get the defective traffic island bollards replaced. In fact Milton Keynes Council’s highway department are in the process of replacing ALL of the bollards with the new reflective type which illuminate when car headlights shine on them. They also bend over if a car should hit them. This makes the new bollards maintenance free.
Plan:MK
Milton Keynes Council is currently working on its strategic plan for the future growth of Milton Keynes called the Plan:MK. It will set out the vision and development strategy for the whole of the borough for the next 15 years or so. The Council is current consulting on the Strategic Development Directions stage until the 6th April 2016. There are four options being consulted on:
1. Development to the west, south west and/or east of the city. 2. Development east of the M1.
3. One or more satellite settlements in the rural area.
4. Intensification and redevelopment in the urban area.
More information is available at www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/PlanMK and you can send comments to PlanMK@milton-keynes.gov.uk.
MK Futures 2050 Commission – Making a Great City Greater
In addition to Plan:MK Milton Keynes Council has set up a Commission, chaired by Sir Peter Gregson, Vice Chancellor at Cranfield University, to look at the future of Milton Keynes up to 2050.
The Commission is set to engage and explore what it means to make a great city greater; discussing what factors could affect Milton Keynes over the coming decades and the possible future scenarios that could be created when thinking about those drivers. The Commission will report in the summer. For more information visit their website at www.mkfutures2050.com.
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24 Phonebox Magazine | April 2016
Cllr. Derek Eastman
Cllr. Paul Alexander
Sealed Ballot Boxes returned from the Polling Stations for the Count taken at the 2015 Election
Councillor Paul Alexander can be seen here with one of the new bollards
Diseased Trees and undergrowth removed in Newport Pagnell