Author: Andy Hadley
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Oakdale Community Centre
With the move of the Adult Education Centre from the old Oakdale School to the Dolphin Centre, we have lost the facilities that were previously used by the Oakdale Residents Community Association, and any wider community use of the site. Felicity, Pete and Andy all attended the sessions for the public regarding plans for the…
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Mobile Phone mast blues
Residents of Waldren Close on Baiter Park were really upset when a Mobile phone company shared plans to site a huge 5G antenna very close to their properties, and got in touch with us. Unusually, there had been a prior informal approach from the company to Ward Councillors in advance of the application, and we…
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Tackling Antisocial Behaviour without loosing facilities
The Council, working with Police and other agencies has a tough and ongoing challenge in keeping facilities that are really important to the public, but which may be sometimes used or associated with anti-social behaviour (ASB). There has been lots of work at Poole Bus Station to address problems with groups of youths making the…
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Longfleet School Crossing Patrol
Its been a while since I had calls home from school, but in the space of a couple of days, I had contact from the head teacher of Longfleet school, the deputy head from another school, and lots of parents concerned about the sudden loss of the school crossing patrol in Garland Road, to be…
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Flood defences for Poole Old Town
Poole People working with the Unity Alliance, and especially Councillor Felicity Rice as Portfolioholder, succeeded in getting the Environment Agency to invest £12.4M in sea defences from Poole Bridge to Hunger Hill. This should safeguard the Old Town against major flooding for the next 100 years, although the reality of recent climate change has moved…