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HEREFORDSHIRE’S RIVER BRIDGES Thursday 15th May, Kindle Centre, (by Asda) 7 pm for 7.30 pm start. John Faulkner will give an illustrated lecture on this popular subject from the perspective of a local Civil Engineer. But the day before .... if you are interested or concerned about the building of a new fire station on the site of the former Working Boys Home on Bath Street, The Fire Service is showing off its new fire station plans next Wednesday 14th May 2.00 - 8.00 pm at the Fire Station on St Owen Street - enter via Daws Road. More info on page 22 in last weeks Hereford Times or contact consultation@hwfire.org.uk or call 0845 122 4454 Everyone is welcome to HCS events, so please forward this to friends and colleagues. Members enjoy free admission to talks, visitors £3 each, refunded if you join HCS on the night. If anyone is interested in contributing to the running of Hereford Civic Society, contact John Bothamley on john@johnbothamley.co.uk or 01981580002.

He's obviously good at Maths!

Crikey Twowheels this has to be the word of the week! pae·an [pee-uhn] noun 1. any song of praise, joy, or triumph. 2. a hymn of invocation or thanksgiving to Apollo or some other ancient Greek deity.

Thanks Glenda. It all looks a bit convoluted. con·vo·lut·ed [kon-vuh-loo-tid] adjective complicated; intricately involved: a convoluted way of describing a simple device..

Maybe they should pick out the council parking spaces in a colour, so that at least the customers can make sure their parking fee gets back to the council and not the developers - although there is little between them.

BBC H&W Radio: 5 May 2014 Who is the owner and responsible for the country park? According to the parish councils and wards map it falls within the Hereford City Parish Council (Belmont ward) boundaries on the one hand and in the (Belmont ward) of the County Council on the other. Confused? Belmont Rural Parish Council falls into the Belmont ward of the County Council so I assume its the CC who are responsible.

Harry do you have a link to BID for further information and are T4C involved.

Not clear how this works? 153 spaces out of 604 spaces is 25.3% and the council is getting 92% revenue from these spaces. Are these spaces designated ones. And if they are, I bet those spaces are on top of the car park or at the furthest point from the shops. But still cannot see how it is going to work. Let's say the OLM is full and takes £10,000 in a day. The council will get 25% of this from their designated spaces ie £2500 and then taking 92% of this £2500 end up with £2300. If the car spaces are empty they get £92% of nothing.

Also noticed that the Edgar Street Roundabout could do with a spruce up as it has been used as a place to park vehicles involved with the road works both by Highway Agency and OLM.

Also the cemetery between Canal Road and Commercial Road

I was thinking the same thing the other day. Plus you get to take in the traffic fumes and noise. The whole OLM development is strangled by traffic, that passing by on Edgar Street, and its shoppers' cars parked on acres of tarmac. Hardly a quiet oasis to enjoy and relax in.

Two short lengths of road are about to open at a combined cost of £1bn. They represent a last hurrah for expensive road projects in an era of cost-cutting. Link road seems a bargain!!

The council are obviously in cahoots with BB in not spending money on our local environment. Maybe its time to ask some pertinent questions about the service we are getting. A helpful guide "Council Accounts: A guide to your rights (Update July 2013) " can be found here. This extract sums up what individuals can do:

And the uncut grass around the estates looks unsightly - BB are just not interested and the Council fail to see outside of the OLM, that the rest of the city is slowly slipping into unkempt dereliction. dereliction (ˌdɛrɪˈlɪkʃən) — n 1. deliberate, conscious, or wilful neglect (esp in the phrase dereliction of duty ) 2. the act of abandoning or deserting or the state of being abandoned or deserted

And if 20,000 don't turn up?

Hereford Times: 3:13pm Wednesday 30th April 2014 in News Strange that Fire and Police almagamating at Bromsgrove is a good idea, but not in Hereford. News release from West Mercia Police. Wouldn't it make sense to put the two services together on one site. Obviously not in Hereford.

This is taken from the H&W Fire Service website published Monday 28 April: Still no minutes published of the 26th March Policy & Resources Committee to background of when when decisions were taken. Came across this tucked away. Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Authority DECISION LIST - POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE – 26 March 2014 Agenda Item 14 Asset Management Strategy : Report Title Hereford Fire Station Resolution Resolved that: (i) the Policy and Resources Committee approve the proposed arrangement between Herefordshire Council and the Fire Authority to provide a new fire station in Hereford; and (ii) that the Policy and Resources Committee authorise the Chief Fire Officer to proceed with the project to completion on terms to be agreed with the Treasurer and Head of Legal Services and in consultation with the Chairman of the Fire Authority. Not much point in consulting anyone. They have already decided to press on regardless. Note the next Policy & Resources Committee meeting is on June 2nd, a couple of weeks after their consultation when they will be congratulating one another on another mission accomplished.

I see the traffic lights at Edgar Street and Blackfriars Street were turned on today. 9.30am this morning jammed up, but coming home at 3.30pm little traffic.

Hello Kip. Thanks for coming on and introducing yourself. Maybe we'll get the other parties on explaining themselves.

Does this help explain who they are?

Is this just a coincidence or is Jesse trying to find out what really bothers us local voters? Any one go?

Talk about hanging on with your fingernails. Still well done and lets hope they do better next season. At least it will stop the council turning the ground into a car park!

The Observer, Sunday 27 April 2014 Some of them will only have been there for 4 years!

Meanwhile in Worcester. From H&W BBC radio: 25 April 2014 No retail shops - so it can be done. And all we get is more car park. Anyone know how much is planned to spend on tarmac in the future ie £27m on a link road, £130m? on a bypass and £20m on the county roads through Balfour Beatty. Yet when you go down Blackfriars Road the new tarmac laid for the OLM stops 200 yards short of Widemarsh Street!

I like to look at the company information sites for information about these people. It sometimes comes up with links to other well known local characters and local organisations. I just wish I had the money to read some of their deposited documents. . For example: Hereford Society for aiding the Industrious (Not to be confused with the Herefordshire Cabal for aiding themselves) referred to here: Cllr Harry Bramer here linked to Herefordshire Housing and so on.