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PACT
(Partners And Community Together)
Page last update on 04 December 2007
The Barton PACT ( Partners and Community Together ) Meetings have been operating for some 12 months now, and has been very well attended by members of the community concerned about local issues they see that effect there everyday lives. The partners are the local Police, Parish and Borough Councillors and representatives from the schools, Trent and Dove Housing.
The Meeting are open to anyone to attend with an local issue in the village, they are concrened about to have it raised.
Issues raised at 6th November 2007 meeting were
Issues raised at 5th June 2007 meeting were
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Speeding in the village |
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Litter around John Taylor High School |
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The safer routes to school scheme |
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The next meeting |
17th April 2007 meeting the following issues were raised and looked at
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Speeding vehicles in Village |
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Parking Wales Lane |
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Green Lane |
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The problems highlighted for the next period are |
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The Next meeting |
10th October 2006 meeting the following issues were raised and looked at
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Parking Station Road on bend by Thomas Russell Infants School |
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Parking Dunstall Road |
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Parking Main Street around Coop |
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Litter issues in village |
Some of the main Issues that have been looked at are
1. Parking issues in Dunstall road and Main Street, Station Road.
which has been raised at Staffs County Council Safer Routes to School for Barton forum and through PACT pressure agreement has been reached with them to put white lines in Dunstall road to stop parking and alleviate congestion, this will be done in the near future. The other roads were already subject of proposed changes by the forum., to reduce parking.
2. Litter in the village
This has been targeted by replacing missing bins and arranging education/enforcement visits to High school to try and reduce the problem.
3. Replacement of missing 30mph sign on approach to village from Yoxall
Which with Pact assistance the Parish Council finally got replaced by Staffs County Council, which will now enable speed enforcement checks to be carried out.
4. Antisocial Behaviour at Oak Road Shops,
Pact Partners are all working together to reduce problems in the area ,through liaison with owners in London over its design and increased attention to the area.
A number of smaller issues have also been targeted and resolved.
The next meeting is 6.30pm 15th January 2008 at John Taylor School.
GUY JONES PC3574
Neighbourhood Police officer
Needwood ward
Tel No - 08453 302010
4 December 2007
Speeding in the village
This will be looked at by the police.
Litter around John Taylor High School
The Parish Council will address this by getting the Borough Council to put litter bins back up which had been knocked down for various reasons, Trent and Dove housing also stated they had applied for funding to get additional bins for village and would update meeting when any news received.
The safer routes to school scheme
This was discussed, it is aimed at improving road safety in the village near to the schools, but as there has only been one meeting so far, we have no information as to what proposals are being considered, the meeting will be updated in due course.
The next meeting
Will be 6.30pm 4th September 2007 at John Taylor School, if you have a problem which is affecting your quality of life please attend the meeting to highlight it.
25 July 2007
Speeding vehicles in Village
Police being carrying out static checks particularly in Efflinch Lane, pending the use of speed laser detection gun being deployed at various locations in next month.
Parking Wales Lane
Concern was raised regarding cars parking at top of Wales Lane near to Main Street all day, stopping residents parking near their homes, Police sent a Letter to Hairdressers seeking the help in reducing this problem and it seems to have had some benefit.
Green Lane
Concern was raised regarding a metal barrier that had been erected at the location preventing horses using the route to and from Wychnor. The current situation is that the County Council are seeking enforcement action against the resident who installed the barrier to enable it to be removed, however the resident is contesting the enforcement and the matter is ongoing with the council.
The problems highlighted for the next period are
| Speeding vehicles, Efflinch Lane/The Green carried over from last meeting. |
| School coaches using Efflinch Lane, travelling at speed to assess if best route for them and address manner they are driving. |
The Next meeting
Will be 7:00pm on Tuesday 5th June 2007, at the John Taylor High School.
The meeting is open to all residents. If you have any problems you wish to raise please attend to discuss with members of the committee comprising of Police, Parish and Borough councillors, schools.
20 April 2007
Parking Station Road on bend by Thomas Russell Infants School.
Police targeted the area and spoke to residents re removing cars form location, which they agreed to do, and parents collecting at school have been warned and fixed penalties issued.
Parking Dunstall Road
Police have approached Highways regarding single yellow lines or white lines being put down to limit parking and ease flow but they feel there isn’t sufficient a problem, this issue is still ongoing to reach a successful conclusion.
Parking Main Street around Coop
Police have issued a number of fixed penalty tickets to enforce the parking restrictions and will continue to do this. The Highways have also been approached re the parking bays at Bell lane junction, and they have agreed to move the bays away from the junction to comply with the law that they should be 10m. This will be carried out in next few months.
Litter issues in village
John Taylor High School to run education and litter picking duties in the village.
Street cleaner to pass on any incidents he witnesses to school to follow up.