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21st
January 2008
Land
Exchange - Another chance to object! - Urgent!!!
Nottingham County Council and
Nottingham City Council have applied the Govt to
purchase various peices of open space land for the
tram route. This land includes, amongst other, part
of Bramcote Lane Open Space
and land adjacent to Eskdale Drive and Inham Road.
Part of the purchase process
are that the general public are given chance to
object to the purchase (and this could give rise
to another public inquiry) and that also other land
is given in exchange with sub-conditions that the
exchange land is not less than in area and equally
advantageous to persons using the original land.
Full details and how to object
- click here
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10th
October 2007
Broxtowe Borough Council
- Council Mtg & NET's Responses to the 15 Objections
Broxtowe Borough Council have
received responses from NET regarding their 15 objections.
These are on the agenda at the council meeting on
Wednesday 10th October.
Full details - click
here...
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31st
July 2007
Broxtowe Borough Council
- Parks and Open Spaces Questionaire
Perhaps this is an opportunity
to let Broxtowe Borough Council know how you feel
about the effect that the tram will have on the
Open
Space between Cator Lane and Bramcote Lane, the
walkway from Sandby Court to Eskdale Drive and the
childrens play area and playing field at Eskdale
Drive.
To find out how to submit your
views - click
here ... |
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18th
July 2007
Where will local money
come from to pay for Phase II
Here is part of the answer:
Public views sought on Workplace
Parking Levy proposals - 17th July 2007
Nottingham City Council is
to consult over its proposals to introduce a Workplace
Parking Levy (WPL) to raise new funds for local
transport improvements and reduce congestion.
Key Dates:
1) Public Examination starts
in the week commencing 16th July 2007 for 12 weeks.
2) Views in writing by 31st August
3) There will be a five day ‘Public Examination’
of the WPL proposals, which will take place at the
Britannia Hotel on St James Street between 1st –
5th October 2007.
Full details - click
here... |
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4th
July 2007
Public Inquiry
Not suprisingly, the Department
of Transport have decided to hold a public local
inquiry.
| Tuesday 6th November 2007 at 10:00am |
The Inspector Mr R Barker BEng (Hons) CEng
MICE FIHT will open the inquiry
Britannia Hotel Nottingham,
1 St James Street,
Nottingham.
NG1 6BN |
| Thursday 6th September 2007 at 10:00am |
The pre-inquiry meeting will be held. Address
as above. |
| Monday 20th August 2007 |
'Statements of case' must be submitted by
this date to both The Secretary of State and
the applicant (via their solicitor) |
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29th
June 2007
Rushcliffe Borough
Council - Good News!
Good news from yesterday's
Full Council Meeting
of Rushcliffe Borough Council. They passed the following
motion - click
here ...
Gordon Wheeler of ENT and a
Rushcliffe Borough Councillor for Compton Acres
Ward wrote the following email to Pat Armstrong
(NET Project Leader)
"Dear Mr Armstrong
It gives me the greatest of pleasure to inform you
that at a Full Council meeting this evening of Rushcliife
Borough Council, the attached motion was passed
with a thumping majority. The message is clear.
We do not want the tram along the proposed CW route.
Furthermore we want to preserve our precious Green
Belt and not have concrete poured over it and turned
into a Park and Ride.
Best wishes
Cllr Gordon Wheeler
Compton Acres Ward" |
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27th
June 2007
Broxtowe Borough
Council - Full Council Meeting
Broxtowe Town Hall, Foster
Avenue, Beeston - 7pm
Further details - click
here .. |
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25th
June 2007
Cator Lane - Flooded
Again!
Prolonged overnight rain saw
the Bramcote Lane Open Space and Cator Lane flood
for the 3rd time
in 11 days. The weather forecast predicts more rain
on the way. For todays pictures click
here ...
See also the news for 22nd
June and 15th June |
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22nd
June 2007
Heavy Rain Sees
Cator Lane Flood Again
Only one week on since
the last flood, Cator Lane succumbed again
today at approximately 2:45pm. The road was
closed yet again as the fire brigade pumped
the water away. How much does each visit cost
the taxpayer? Severn Trent were called but
haven't given a response as yet. The buses
were re-routed for several hours on to School
Lane. The flood level was not quite as high
as last week; The fire brigade were in attendance
just as the flooding was starting to hit Cator
Lane. To see last weeks pictures, click
here ...
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22nd
June 2007
DFT Articles
Two DFT articles that
might be of interest:
1) Study of high quality
buses in Leeds - click
here ...
2) Transport Innovation
Fund - Derby,
Nottingham and Leicester's pump priming bid
- click
here ...
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20th
June 2007
Number of Objections
We think the number of objections
has reached over 1100, covering both extensions.
Well done
to everyone who submitted an objection! |
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19th
June 2007
Map of the Proposed
Route
Take a look at the Beeston
and Chilwell part of this ridiculous route using
Microsoft's Live Search and Virtual Earth.
click
here...
Note: The Live Search mapping
was perfomed sometime in 2006 and therefore doesn't
give a totally up to date picture of peoples houses
and gardens.
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16th
June 2007
No More Trams???
An article from today's TimesOnline
states "Leeds yesterday won funding for a 12.5mile
(20km) trolleybus network, including a city centre
loop, routes to Headingley and Stourton, and a service
to new development in the east of the city. Other
cities, including Sheffield, are also considering
trolleybuses after the Department for Transport
refused to support new tram lines or extensions
to existing lines."
To read the full article click
here ...
Not sure that a trolleybus
system is the answer we are looking for.
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15th
June 2007
Proposed Tram
Route and Cator Lane Floods Again
The sudden heavy rain
caused yet another flash flood directly where
the proposed tram route crosses Cator Lane
and starts along the Open Space
towards Bramcote Lane. The road had to be
closed off so traffic was not allowed through.
Of course, the buses that run along Cator
Lane, the 36 and the 18, were easily re-routed.
Click here
... to see pictures.
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15th
June 2007
Trains STOPPED
by flash floods
Earlier in the same
day, trains were stopped from running in to
Nottingham due to the rain and similar problems
were reported elsewhere in the Midlands -
click
here ... |
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7th
June 2007
Objections by Email
If you have sent your objection
by email to the DFT you will not receive a receipt
by email; you will be sent a letter by 1st class
post
instead. The letter will contain an indication that
your objection has been received and your objection
will have been given an identification number. Due
to the high influx of objections, letters are being
sent out within one or two days of the receipt of
emails.
If you've not received your
confirmation after a resonable time please contact
the TWA Unit
Click
here for TWA Unit Contact Details
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5th
June 2007
Response from the DFT
on Procedure
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of
3 June.
I can confirm that it is in
order for people who have already made representations
about a TWA Order application within the initial
6 week period to submit further written representations
later on, regardless of whether or not they wish
to take part in a public inquiry. Indeed, our normal
practice when announcing that an inquiry is to be
held is to inform those who have not indicated a
wish to take part in the inquiry that it remains
open to them to add to their representations should
they so wish. This should be done before the inquiry
opens.
The purpose of asking people
to let us know at this early stage whether they
want to take part in any inquiry is, partly, to
help us decide whether an inquiry should be held
and, partly, so that we can identify all those who
would need to be involved in the process of providing
details of inquiry evidence before the inquiry opens.
This helps to ensure that we can operate the inquiry
procedures efficiently - it is not intended in any
way to exclude people from the process of considering
applications. I hope this helps to clarify the situation.
If you have any further queries
about the procedure, please let me know.
Yours faithfully
Caroline O'Neill
TWA Orders Unit
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3rd
June 2007
Letter to the DFT on
procedure
Dear Sir/Madam,
As the MP for the area most involved in one of the
extensions, I will be submitting evidence in the
next couple of days. However, I would like to raise
a procedural question. Those who have already submitted
views have received a briefing explaining what happens
if they wish to give evidence at the enquiry, including
the opportunity to expand on their views. However,
it appears that unless people indicate their wish
to appear in person, no further submission will
be accepted? This seems unexpected, for those of
us who have been involved in other types of inquiry.
It would be helpful if you were able to give three
options:
- (a) to appear at the enquiry
- (b) to submit further written evidence by a
date that you specify or
- (c) to make no further comments.
It would be reasonable for
(c) to be the default, so long as people have option
(b). This would avoid the need for people who want
to submit further evidence but don't want to appear
in person from taking the circuitous route of first
saying they intend to appear and then 'changing
their minds', as I know some are now thinking they
have to do.
I'd be grateful if you cvould clarify this point
so that I can advise constituents accordingly.
Yours sincerely
Nick Palmer MP
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23rd
May 2007
Objection
Letters and Emails
must arrive by or on the 7th June !!
Please get your letters prepared
as soon as possible.
If you are writing a letter
post 1st class if possible by 4th June to be sure
getting in on time.
If you are using email and
would like your letter publicising on this site,
please CC to committee@bcbra.org.uk
Also you could copy Dr Nick
Palmer MP at NickMP1@aol.com
The letter proformas are on
the information page - Click
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22nd
May 2007
A
Big Thank You ...
to all the people who
attended the meeting, especially those who
donated to the funds. Hopefully, you found
it a useful meeting - please let us know.
You very kindly donated
£327.66 which will help keep the group
going. Just to give an idea of costs - the
school hall cost £64 and print costs
for the meeting notices and letters another
£50.
Finally, someone left
an item of clothing behind - get in touch
if you wish to find out how to retrieve it. |
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22nd
May 2007
Information Evening
- Objections to the TWAO
College House Junior
School 7pm - 9pm
Full details - click
here...
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21st
May 2007
BCT Requests Documents
Should Not Be Removed
BCT (Better Community Transport)
has sent a letter to The Chief Executive of Nottinghamshire
County Council requesting that the Environmental
Statement and other documents for tramway Phase
2 should not be removed at the end of the six-week
objection period for the following reasons.
"We and others will probably need to read parts
of them again when it comes to supplementing our
objections with Statements of Case. We may well
need them again also in preparing our verbal presentations
to the public enquiry,and possibly even during that
enquiry"
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