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56 minutes ago, megilleland said:

Plans for new care home to forge ahead amid rising pressure

From The Hereford Times 29th October 2021

HEREFORDSHIRE Council will be developing a new 80-bed care home in the county due to rising pressure.

Existing care home capacity in the county will begin to feel the squeeze as the number of older and disabled people with complex needs rises, the council said.

It's led to the cabinet agreeing to forge ahead with plans for a new 80-bed home.

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the closure of a privately run care home due to flood damage, Herefordshire Council opened the Hillside Care Centre in Hereford in 2020.

The plan is for the new facility to offer a high-quality care environment, maximising the use of advanced technology to support the needs of residents.

Potential sites will now be explored, including consulting with key stakeholders and developing the business plan.

Coun Pauline Crockett, cabinet member for health and adult wellbeing, said: “I’m delighted that approval has been granted for a new care home facility which will support the needs of some of the most vulnerable people in the county.

“Care homes play a vital role in the community, and this development will provide an opportunity to connect care and support services more effectively.”

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Surely this is the answer for a new care home - seems to have been overlooked and costing less than building from scratch. Of the 60 bedrooms, 32 are located in an annex near the main building and offer extra privacy and parking right outside the door.

Potential sites will now be explored,   More like just one site. Merton Meadow 

15 hours ago, Bill Thomas said:

I see people moaning already, all prices are going up so this is no different 

Contractual obligation with Herefordshire Council to make sure parking charges are on par with their own car parking charges.
 

4 hours ago, twowheelsgood said:

Couldn't agree more. The recent Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) report in the HT highlights the City Centre as having air quality as bad as in London in many places. This isn't new, but this administration were elected on the promise that they would sort out the traffic in the City and sort out BBLP. They haven't done either, nor have they delivered a single piece of cycling infrastructure, all of which would have contributed to cleaner air and better health. Instead we have profligate spending on endless consultations, planters and vanity projects and, with the elections barely a year away, the spectre of a return to tory rule. The City roads are crumbling whilst unclassified lanes in the middle of nowhere continue to get complete resurfacing. The Great Western Way desperately needs improvement - proposals were tabled in 2019 as part of the Hereford Transport Package - a relatively cheap investment into green transport, but again, nothing has happened. £770k + 10% management fee for St Owen's Street cyclepath - the road is already there, this is lunacy, a year ago this scheme was costed at £300k. This administration are keen to blame the last administration for overspends, but they've very rapidly gone the same route.

WTF are the actually spending over 700 grand on in St Owen st ???? All it needs is a few signs and lines painted on the roads.

We needed money to improve the area around the duck pond. New fencing,better planting of flower beds, areation pump etc but end up with sweek FA.
I mwan the cost of two of them £10,000 planters would of done it.
 

You and the rest of that committiee need to wake up and smell the coffee John.People are angry,
I get that the money was there but you quite simply fail to get that spending a near £10,000 on each planter is a disgusting waste of money.You never asked the public what they wanted doing with the money did you. You also failed to point out that these planters are actually temporary until they can be properly dug in.
Just a thoughtless rushed idea.
The way to go about improving the air quality is to sort out our road infrastructure by reducing the constant start stop build up of traffic from traffic lights that are on a generic timer and not ground/traffic monitoring sensors which they all should be on.Removing some sets of totally unnecessary traffic lights and replacing some junctions ie all along the link road with roundabouts that incorporate pedestrian priority crossings for a start.
But anyone with a brain can tell that all you are going to do is put pollution sensors in so you can justify bringing in a clean air charge in parts of the City.
Highways England also need to be told to sort the timing of the lights at Asda roundabout.Why are the lights for Belmont Road on green for 11 seconds less than Ross Road,a road that has two lanes and far less traffic in the mornings creating a mile long tail back of traffic that's there for most of the day?
Little things improve traffic flow but you have done nothing since you came into office  ...Nothing.

16 minutes ago, megilleland said:

Transport is the biggest source of air and noise pollution in the UK. Surface transport for example is responsible for around a quarter of UK emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) – a major contributor to climate change, and traffic noise blights many neighbourhoods. Air quality in the UK is slowly improving, but many areas still fail to meet national air quality objectives and European limit values for some pollutants – particularly particles and nitrogen dioxide. In town centres and alongside busy roads, motor vehicles are responsible for most local pollution and most environmental noise.

Tesco has 430 car spaces, plus cars visiting Tesco petrol station off the main road. Together with the congestion caused at McDonalds queueing on Belmont Road Road I think any of our council's green credentials will be completely wiped out by this Lidl development with parking for another 118 cars. Also there would be 5 junctions in half a mile where traffic would have to wait to turn left or right between the Tesco roundabout and The Oval and add to further backlogs on Belmont Road. What are the benefits to local residents living in the area and motorists trying to get in and out of the city?

Commercial transport air pollution accounts for around 85% so I'm wondering why we need to spend hundreds of thousands on air monitoring systems in Hereford.
Call me cynical but I think its a ploy by Herefordshire Council to implement some sort of money making clean air scheme where you will pay to go into certain parts of Hereford.

It's gets worse. Spending over £700,000 on replacing the kerbs in Widemarsh St & over half a million on tree planters.
All this while telling me the council did not have the money to implement the trial turning off of the Asda traffic lights and ignoring
the horrendous traffic situations all around the City. 
I for one cannot wait to boot some of these incompetent morons who totally ignore the voices of the public out of office.
 

17 hours ago, Paul Jones said:

Why spend money on more surveys, if he has listened to the community, can he not make a decision? 

It's the same old same old with John. Whilst I think he wants to do the right thing most of the time all the other Councillors take no notice of him. Couple that with the mixture of Tories,Ind, greens etc that we have we are asking for trouble really so until most of them are singing from the same book nothing will ever be done.

Just been confirmed as Jan. Terrible news.
 

5 hours ago, Aylestone Voice said:

So that is a few grand to pay for a transport study which will confirm what the Council want to do anyway

When are the next elections?

Another year unfortunately. 

I think people forget the World literally ran out of PPE. The UK procured 32 billion items of ppe that was used to manage COVID-19, February to July 2020 alone.

Cyclists should be made to use cycle lanes.

Sorry but you won't see them here with our backward thinking Council

That shocking blockwork has now been filled in with a sub standard grout .Good old Sand and cement.Mortar that wont last 6 months.

Just submitted dash cam footage to police of a Female driver going through this pedestrian crossing at speed on red narrowly missing two people about to cross road today.

17 minutes ago, twowheelsgood said:

What on earth!! That is unbelievable. Can this be flagged with Cllr Harrington please?

Already contacted. H'e's sorting it though they better not be there tomorrow grouting them in as I'll be doing something about it.
Notice whoever took the blocks up have broke a few paving stones.It's like they don't give a sht
 

Lets hops its not done by the complete idiots who are relaying these in Commercail Rd 

Getting Herefordshire Council to do anything constructive is near impossible and their excuses to not do anything seem to be the norm.

3 hours ago, Hereford Voice said:

Herefordshire Council originally closed the bridge over a year ago as part of the Emergency Active Travel Plan in line with the governments advice to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic by creating more space for social distancing.

In line with government advice on the removal of many Covid-19 restrictions, Herefordshire Council began the process of removing some Emergency Active Travel Measures in July.

The initial elements that were removed in July were;

• Footway widening in High Street Bromyard, Broad Street and King Street Hereford.

• Temporary 20mph limits in Hereford and the Market Towns

• Highway Covid warning signage in Ross on Wye & Kington

• Friday closure of High Street Leominster

• Extension to closure time of Widemarsh Street

Elements that have been removed today include;

• Old Wye Bridge Closure Hereford

• Footway widening in Bridge Street Hereford

During the period of closure there has been a significant increase in cycling and pedestrians in this area.

Cllr John Harrington, Cabinet member for Infrastructure and Transport, said: I know these measures were not universally popular but I believe this period of restrictions has allowed us to see a different way of using our streets. I am committed to providing the best environment for both continued use of motor vehicles in the centre of Hereford whilst encouraging better walking and cycling routes and better use of our pavements for hospitality outlets.

All talk no action,sick of it like everyone else is John. Two & a half years and the Council have got nowhere with dealing with traffic situation.Instead they get hairbrained ideas like this.
 

Is there a job going for someone to tackle the traffic problems in Hereford because lets face it, nobody in this current NOC City Council has a clue what to do.

You can see well over 60% of this funding being swallowed up and then they will get the usual susoects to quote for the work.

I'll be there.

We are working towards a masterplan for the City environs and will consult fully with all stakeholders and the public to get the best input for the vision we hopefully all share for our vibrant city and market towns.

A few questions about this master plan.*

Who are these people working towards a master plan.
Do they live or travel in Hereford.
What professional expertise do they have.
Have they been tested to see if they have common sense.

Is this waste of money and stupidity going to last for ever?They must of spent some £80,000 on this by now which is possibly twice as much as the glazing would cost to replace.
 

Problem is literally nobody reports a pothole.
Just reported a pothole in Burcott Road so lets see how quick it gets repaired ....Watch this space0