Sadly it is really common to see litter on the ground around the bench at the bus stop in Barnby Road.  Yesterday the amount of litter was terrible and I reported it to the local neighbourhood officer at the Council, so that it is quickly cleaned up.  There was too much litter for me to […]

Multiple requests to clean up the state of the Queen’s Road car park seem to have been going on so long that I think they are almost at the stage of being worth called a saga.  This saga has involved many emails, photos and site visits, but finally the litter is being cleared more frequently, […]

Unadopted roads are roads that are currently treated by the council as private roads, but are intended to be roads maintained by the council once they are completed.  Some roads in Woking have been waiting ten years to be adopted. One of the things that I find most frustrating as a Councillor is residents paying […]

It was good to get back on the street again after the election on Saturday.  Diana Smith and I held the monthly Knaphill street surgery in the High Street between 10.30 am and 11.15 am. The number one issue that came up was litter on our streets.  I have passed these concerns along with specific […]

On Friday 12th March I had the honour of meeting the School Council at St John’s primary school.  They are a very impressive group of students who clearly consult the class members who appointed them before expressing concerns at Council meetings. The key issues raised at the school council meeting were: The need for a […]

I met the Sue Morley CEO of the ambassadors over a year ago to express my desire for visitors to the Ambassadors to be able to recycle their paper and plastic waste on leaving the cinema or theatre. It has taken a long time due to the need for the Ambassadors to renegotiate their waste […]

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 […]