Parish Council Discover HS2 - Unbelievable!!

LOL it seems the parish Council have discovered HS2? who would have thought!

Members of the council were aghast to discover that underneath all the reports on grit bins and pay rises they have found a report which concerns the Parish Council greatly.

It appears the government are planning a new High Speed rail route which will at some cost to local residents come close to the villages. The Parish Council have decided to form a sub committee to look into the matter and to help those who may be affected by the proposal.

I know that the project was announced some 5 years ago now, but it seems that the Parish Council have only just decided to help the local residents get "The best deal" from HS2.

This is completely laughable, and also completely outrageous too. Under the wise council of The "Save the Haywoods" group, during the years of the last Parish Council, they completely ignored the HS2 issue, being told regularly by Cllr Adam Billingsley and Cllr Andy Cooper and others that it would not come near the villages at all. How do I know this, well I sadly had to sit and listen to them tell me that I was a scare monger, that I didn't know what I was talking about. I was told in no uncertain terms to "go away" and to stop going on about it.

The Parish Council did nothing to prevent the Shires development in Great Haywood, opposite Roseacre Nursery, whose homes are likely to be severely blighted, and devalued, not only by the Railway itself but from the 5-8 years of heavy construction.

The Parish Council did nothing to help shape the compensation package

The Parish Council did nothing to help local residents sort out the mess of the emergency compensation scheme. I could go on and on, but it would serve no purpose

This is more than too little too late, its an insult to those residents effected by the route, it is an insult to those residents who had to help fight for support without the Parish Council being by the side of locals suffering just because of the announcement. EVERYTHING THEY ARE DOING NOW IS JUST TOO LATE!

Nothing on the Environmental impact of construction
Nothing on the Disruption to traffic in the area
Nothing on the impact of soil spoil dumps outside the village
Nothing on the local worker camps
Nothing on the construction impact whatever.

As ever we receive a one star service while paying for a 5 star facility.

Not to worry, the Council have paid for a "Facilitator" to run a "Management Think day" to help the council decide what they want to do with all the time they have, and the wads of cash they now have in their coffers. Well that's Ok then.

Actually its isn't, I remember having a similar meeting where the councillors listed all the different things they consider should be on the agenda of a "to do list". lost of time was taken placing all the items on a nice spreadsheet, and then like everything else it just got lost in the quagmire of administration.

What is the answer to this? MORE STORAGE, lets pay for better heaters and more storage, nothing about scanning documents and digitalising the parish into the 21st century, no lets buy more paper storage facilities. I tell you, you could not make it up.

Oh well as long as their priorities are right, sod the community lets have better heaters for us!! 

Oh just to let you know we had out "Annual" visit from County Councillor Len "Useless" Bloomer, that's nice, heres to another £9000 in his pocket for next year!!

Oh yes it took a whole month to write the minutes from the last Full Council meeting, not exactly a "Timely" response to the community, and none of the Agendas were posted on line at all.

Powdered wigs and quill pens all round!!!