NEWPORT ROAD CHANGES

Residents could have been consulted on possible major road changes claims councillor

An Isle of Wight councillor has raised concerns that residents have not been informed of possible major changes to Newport road layouts.

The Isle of Wight council’s Website holds a document (embedded below for your convenience) that sets out possible scenarios for re-modelling of the roads around Newport.

Parkhurst ward councillor, Andrew Garratt is calling for residents to be consulted, but the Isle of Wight council (IWC) say the plans are still at the early stages.

Residents should be consulted early on
Cllr Garratt told OnTheWight the plans have been worked on for sometime and the IWC have had plenty of time to consult residents.

He said,

“For any road scheme, the Council will gather traffic data. It will carry out site surveys of the land. Consulting residents and road users should be a natural part of any design process. It should be something done early and certainly before the ink gets too dry on any blueprints.

“Regarding St Mary’s roundabout, the Council have been working on this scheme for months. They’ve had plenty of time to get on the doorsteps and talk to the residents on Parkhurst Road and Forest Road who are likely to be particularly affected.

“At the very least, the Council should spell out its consultation schedule soon.”

Still at early stage of discussion
A spokesperson for the Isle of Wight council told OnTheWight,

“Early thoughts on options for the Newport strategic highway project are currently being discussed; but this is at a very early stage.

“Options need to be considered alongside the requirements of the £9.5 million funding received and in relation to the wider strategic needs of the area.

“Residents and users of the proposed route are key stakeholders in the process and will be engaged at the appropriate time.

“The council will, of course, engage with local residents and Island residents once initial thinking has been done, ideas drafted and preliminary modelling has been undertaken.”


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Fat Boy Fat
9, March 2012 7:51 pm

I was genually very saddened to read this piece about the music service.They have a lot of talented staff that put a lot of time into organizing concerts e.t.c some of it voluntarily. Do the council realise that if they put the Saturday morning service of the music centre in doubt, they will be disengaging these youngsters from their passion in life.What better way for the council… Read more »

john
Reply to  Fat Boy Fat
9, March 2012 10:30 pm

Fat boy, its the government that funds the Music Service via the Dept for Education, not the council – Its the schools responsibility to fund music education, they have the budget to this straight from the DFE. Seems they dont think its worth supporting.

theholyneutron
Reply to  john
10, March 2012 9:20 am

Your determination to see the service done down and done in must have a reason. Forced to endure the agony of violin lessons? Memories of your catastrophic rendition of Etude Op.10 No.4 at the school prize-giving?
Primal scream therapy works wonders.

David's Cornet
Reply to  john
10, March 2012 1:24 pm

That is incorrect John. The new proposal from main government is that music funding goes to the Arts council, which then have the power to award grants. The music service is disbanded and replaced with a trust / charity, or as suggested ‘hub’. So no, schools don’t have direct funding under the new ideas. As for schools not being interested in the music service, or what it… Read more »

No.5
Reply to  David's Cornet
10, March 2012 2:46 pm

What…John wrong (again) well I never…

well he is a Tory

Asite2c
Reply to  No.5
10, March 2012 3:39 pm

Similar to a person in a cult, John has probably been brainwashed into believing the Tory ideology of a right wing, Thatcherite, fantasy type of society based on greed, selfishness, privatisation and making the rich richer while the poor get poorer?

john
Reply to  No.5
11, March 2012 5:44 pm

No5, the funding stream described is the NEW system. Just because I have no wish to live in a socialist state does not make me a Tory. Of course socialist’s are so brain washed they cant understand how anybody wouldn’t want to be spoon fed totally by the state.

No.5
Reply to  No.5
12, March 2012 1:20 am

wow…you love a label better than me…;)

but anyway…nicely backtracked…lets hope nobody notices….oops

Louis Henry
10, March 2012 7:08 pm

The Music Service, like the majority of music services, gets money from the government , the IW Council, schools and parents. The money from the government has been fixed for ten years now, no inflation increase, so in real terms it has been slowly going down. In the next couple of years it will go down rather more, with a big drop in about three years time.… Read more »

Mongo
Reply to  Louis Henry
11, March 2012 6:47 pm

Today’s culture is very different. Children seem more inspired by drivel like “Britain’s got Talent”, a modern day freak show, believing they can get rich and famous quickly without putting in the hard graft. Thanks for that Simon Cowell. Orchestra’s and wind bands no longer appeal to our politically correct masters, or it would seem (by lack of comment on here), our Island’s dumbed down population. I… Read more »

Louis Henry
Reply to  Mongo
11, March 2012 8:35 pm

The Music Service is not just about orchestras and windbands. They lend out sets of samba and djembe drums, steel pans, handbells, Boomwhackers and tons of other stuff to schools together with the training to use them. They provide small group and individual lessons for as many guitar, keyboard and drum pupils as they do violins and guitars. Britains Got Talent is not my cup of tea… Read more »

Louis Henry
Reply to  Louis Henry
11, March 2012 8:36 pm

Oops, I meant violins flutes and trumpets.

Rosemary Stewart
11, March 2012 8:36 am

The County Press had a big headline splash about the Music Service on Friday. I wanted to send the page to friends but find that there is no headline available at all. All mention of the Music Service problem has been deleted. Why?

Matt
Reply to  Rosemary Stewart
11, March 2012 11:26 am

For some reason the County Press didn’t ever publish the Music Service article on their website, it was only published in the paper. I don’t know why it wasn’t published online too.

Matt
Reply to  Matt
11, March 2012 11:27 am

I take that back, it’s now appeared on their site over night.

Rosemary Stewart
Reply to  Matt
12, March 2012 12:04 am

Yes, just found it. Strange!

Morendo
11, March 2012 6:36 pm

I benefitted from the IWMS as a child, and more recently so have my own children. I owe an awful lot to the many good teachers who were there at the time, as well as many other volunteer community bands on the Island. If I’d not stuck with music in my teens, I’m sure I’d have ended up in a lot more bother, possibly in prison, which… Read more »

Fat Boy Fat
Reply to  Morendo
12, March 2012 5:35 am

That,s the point i was trying to make,Morendo i wish the music service all the best for Wednesday!

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