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Overslade Lane resurfacing

Two years ago Bill Lewis fought for (and succeeded) in persuading the county council to have the strip of Overslade Lane outside the Co-op resurfaced. We continued to receive complaints about the section of Overslade Lane up to the junction with Bawnmore Road (which is particularly bad). Your borough councillors Bill Lewis and Marion Nash continue to meet with the county's highways engineers and press for improvements around the ward. In July the county council e-mailed us to say that the strip of Overslade Lane up to Bawnmore Road will be resurfaced this autumn.

2 Aug 2015
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LIB DEMS SLAM PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET CUTS IN OUR AREA

Figures released today by the Department for Health shows the Conservative Government is planning a 1.4 million pound ​cut to the public health budget in Warwickshire​. The budget pays to help improve people's health so there is less pressure on the NHS.Work undertaken by public health budgets include encouraging people to exercise more, give up smoking, drink less, come off drugs and drink and avoid sexually transmitted diseases.

2 Aug 2015
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Victory for people power in Castlemead but defeat in Hilperton

Following protests about the impact of high speed roads on the residents of the new estates in Trowbridge, Wiltshire Council has changed its mind and published proposals for a 30mph limit on Leap Gate in the vicinity of Castlemead School, and for 20mph limits on all the residential roads in the area. The original published plans were for 40mph on Leap Gate and 30mph on the side roads.

2 Aug 2015
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