SAVE THE ASKEW ROAD (STAR) CAMPAIGN MEETING - HELD ON 10/4/08 at 4.30pm
In Attendance
Cllr. Stephen Greenhalgh, Leader of the Council.
Nigel Pallace, Director of Environment
Andrew Slaughter, MP.
Graeme Swinburne, AD – Highways & Engineering
Emily Phillips – STAR.
Annabel Clarke – Cathnor Park Area Action Group.
Lyn Garner, AD – Housing & Community
Richard Scott – H&F Historic Buildings Support Group.
Cllr. Lisa Homan - Askew
Kim Dero, Head of Regeneration
Cllr. Gill Dickenson – Askew
Apologies:
Annabelle May – Hammersmith Society
John Griggs – Wendell Park Community Group
Stephen chaired the meeting.
Gill took the minutes.
1) Overview
The decision by Post Office Ltd (POL) to close two POs in Askew Road had focused the need to address the long-standing commercial decline of the road. The local campaign had gained broad support and Stephen had spoken at Andrew’s public meeting. Stephen opened this meeting by saying that he had inspected conditions in the road and as a result, had offered to host a meeting to look at what we could do. He then invited Emily, who had helped to spearhead the current campaign, to outline her priorities for urgent action. She highlighted parking issues, the CCTV camera, shabby shop fronts & street furniture and modernising the library as the key issues. Emily also said that the general climate of the road around crime and anti-social behaviour was not conducive to a good community spirit. In view of the wide range of issues to be tackled Stephen said he had designated an Officer to act as our Project Champion. The Officer was Orin Miller, Principal Business Support Manager, and it would be his task to co-ordinate the initiatives for rejuvenating Askew Road. We welcomed this initiative.
2) The Issues
Parking strategies
