96k Together (Second Meeting)
This is was the second 96ktogether meeting held by Mark Llewellyn from community connections / 96K on the 25th of August.
Talks continued with regards to the area and joining it with other projects that might be happening nearby like the Bridge project.
During the meeting Mark handed out proposals to the dignitaries from Brandon Lewis's office/ GYBC/ GYBS/ NCA/ Mott MacDonald/ Keep Britain Tidy/ NCC/ Police/ NSPT and the Broads Authority to back the project, this was not by means of funding just backing.
Ros MacManus from the Northgate Residents Association informed all, that they will need to extend their boundaries for them to apply for funding for any projects on Tar works road due to Tar works road being just outside their boundary.
Marilyn Dance from Mott McDonald informed the group that John Jones is willing to work with the group and implement a survey of the area, Mr Jones from NNC also has funding to help remove the Japanese knotweed a invasive non-native plant which is now encroaching into the allotment area, more information with regards to invasive non-native plants can be found at http://www.nbis.org.uk/news.html.
96k reporters to spend a day on Tar works road to gather views from the local resident who use Tar Works road on what they would like to see happen in the area. The next meeting is scheduled for the 29th of August.
Darren Wheeler
96ktalkback
96ktogether (first meeting)
Community Connections hosted the 96ktogether Meeting on Wednesday the 11th of August to discuss the future of Tar Works road in Great Yarmouth. Mark Llewellyn From Community Connections/96ktalkback chaired the meeting where dignitaries from Brandon Lewis's office/ GYBC/ GYBS/ NCA/ Mott MacDonald/ Keep Britain Tidy/ NCC/ Police/ NSPT and the Broads Authority attended.
Tar works road is known to many as a fly tipping site and as a rat run for cutting through traffic that builds up on Lawn Avenue during peak times. Mark Llewellyn organised the clean up project in May last year which left the area looking in better condition, but over the year fly tipping, dog fouling and encroachment from surrounding vegetation has seen the area once again look an eyesore.
This time Mark is pushing for more conservation work rather than just a tidy up. Tar Works Road is an unadopted road and therefore does not come under the normal remit for the area so Eammon Scully from NSPT stepped in and said he could provide the workforce from Community Payback and Miss Callister from the Broads Authority said she has 50 volunteers that could also help. The work is not foreseen as an over night project but one that would last for many months, cutting the over growth back and removing it from the site will require funding and cooperation from all the agencies that attended the meeting.
The erection of bollards could see the end of Tar Works Road being used as a rat run allowing the area to be replanted and used more as a conservation area with cycle routes to and from town centre which could tie in with the Bridge Project by Norfolk County Council and Mott MacDonald. These improvements could see the area used more by locals and tourists.
The next meeting is scheduled for the 25th of August
Darren Wheeler
96ktalkback
