Woking Borough Council has just announced a new rate of parking for people parking all day.  Reducing the price from £8 to £5 in all town centre car parks.  This is good news, but is it enough?  To see the press release click here WBC car parking charges press release   However, it seems to […]

Details of my question to the full council of Woking borough council on Thursday 16th July are below, as well as the answer from the leader of the executive.  Question from Councillor O E K Wells “Could the Portfolio Holder responsible state if statistics are recorded for the proportion of Council staff travelling to work […]

Greenpeace as ever at the forefront in the flight against the destruction of our environment are on their way to the arctic on their ship the Arctic Sunrise to monitor the progress of global warming on the arctic. They will gather evidence to submit at the next global meeting of world leaders on climate change […]

With recent efforts by some supermarkets to reduce unnecessary packing there are some things we can all do to reduce the amount of waste we create, including using reusable shopping bags.  I discovered them about a year ago having not been too keen on them before, thinking they were just too unfashionable.  Now I use […]

In recent visits to local residents the issue of litter in and around the streets of Knaphill has been overwhelmingly the single biggest issue raised.  I have been speaking to the local Neighbourhood officer for Knaphill to raise the issue.  I have learned that Knaphill High Street should be cleaned every day seven days a […]

Two road signs in Knaphill, Mint Walk and Dunnets have been in a terrible state since before I was elected as a councillor.  I have been asking for them to be replaced since May 2008 and finally it has been done.  If you know of any other road signs in Knaphill that need replacing please […]

At February’s full council meeting I asked the question ‘what is the cost of the food waste component of non recycling waste refuse collections in Woking?’ I was told that the cost is dependent on the number of properties visited and not the weight of collection.  I was also told that the cost of sending […]

Last month a local resident alerted Lib-dem councillors at our monthly surgery in Knaphill to the broken telephone access cover in Victoria Road.Cllr Diana Smith and I visited the site and saw how dangerous it was. We are pleased to report that through Diana’s hard work the cover has been fixed.  I have also spoken […]

Following on from my previous post about this issue, I can confirm I have been chasing and chasing Woking Borough Council about the fact that there still aren’t any recycling facilities in the Ambassadors for cinema and theatre visitors.  I have been assured that the issue will be resolved by April.  I look forward to […]

On the morning of Saturday February 7th, I visited Oak Tree House, a recently renovated low carbon home created in partnership with Woking Borough Council and the local community.   I was keen to see if I could add to the improvements I have already made to my own home.  Over the summer last year, […]