COVID-19: SHIELDING HUBS & COUNCIL MEETINGS

Cheshire East Council has now received further guidance from central government with respect to Shielding Hubs and we are working through the potential volume of deliveries we would have responsibility for. Our understanding is that our role will be to provide support to any individual in need of urgent support, where the national arrangements have failed to provide the necessary help.  Tomorrow, we expect to be able to provide further details on how these Shielding Hubs will work in practice, but the likelihood is that there will be two hubs (one in the north of the borough and the other one in the south of the borough).

During the current climate and to ensure compliance with government guidance, Cheshire East Council has taken the decision to cancel all committees and meetings of Council (including the Annual Council Meeting scheduled for Wednesday 13th May). At the current time, the Corona Virus Bill is passing through parliament as a result of which we expect legislation to be enacted that will enable council meetings to take place online, with members able to vote on items remotely (without being in the room). Pending this, we are investigating various ICT solutions that would enable us to hold future meetings online.  

SINKHOLE ON TRAFFORD ROAD

A number of residents have been contacting me to ask what is happening with the sinkhole which appeared a few weeks ago. I have followed this up with engineers from Cheshire East Highways, who have confirmed that as the cause of the problem is a leaking drain the responsibility for resolving it has now been passed on to United Utilities.

The traffic signals which had originally been put in place by Cheshire East Highways are to be removed once United Utilities arrive on site. Officers from Cheshire East Highways are pressing the utilities company to begin work as soon as possible; in the meantime, motorists and pedestrians are advised to take extra care in this area of the village

 

COMMUNITY SPEEDWATCH - BROOK LANE

On Thursday 27th February I joined local residents and volunteers from our Community Speedwatch team. On this occasion we carried out a monitoring session on Brook Lane and the results were as follows:

- number of vehicles exceeding the speed threshold (30)
- number of vehicles exceeding 40mph (10)
- highest recorded speed (48mph)
- average speed of all vehicles (39mph)

We are always keen to welcome new volunteers to our group. If any resident would like to join us, please send me an email (craig.browne@cheshireeast.gov.uk).