ferocious storm
Last month it seems nearly the whole country saw and heard the huge storm
that made its way across the area.
Starting late in the evening on July 3rd and lasting several hours into the
very early morning of the 4th. It was one most ferocious storms we have
seen for a while. Below are some pictures taken in Arlesey.
Above: Matt Welch sent this image taken in Coxs
Way. Right: Kelly Gaiger’s image was taken in the
High Street, Arlesey.
navvy gets fired up
The Ruston Proctor 306 steam
navvy rescued from the Blue
Lagoon by Ray Hooley in 1977,
is working once again. It has
been painstakingly restored at
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining
Museum in Cumbria after
being granted lottery funding.
The oldest remaining
steam navvy of its kind is once
again in full working order .
The Arlesey Neighbourhood Plan
is progressing apace and more
people are showing an interest
and wanting to get involved.
The first Public Exhibition,
which was held at the Scout Hut
in June, was a great success
with an estimated 200 residents
attending over the two days, and
we followed this up with a stall at
the Arlesey Fun Day. These events provided some great feedback as well
as some innovative ideas that we will look to take forward into the research
phase, and we have an ever-growing list of residents wanting to help out or
simply be kept informed of progress.
We have recently set up some working groups to concentrate on specific
topics and, while we have volunteers in each group, we could always use
more as there is a lot of work to do. If you’d like to get involved in one or
more areas, please use the contact details below.
The working groups we currently have are as follows:
Traffic and parking (working closely with the ATC group)
Housing
Environment
Businesses and Local Economy
Heritage
Shops and services
Sports and recreation
Amenities for children and young people
Footpaths and cycle routes
One other key activity ongoing is the Housing Needs Survey which was
delivered to all households in early July. This will be an important evidence
base for the plan and we urge all residents to complete it. It can also be
completed online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/Arlesey.
To find out more, visit our website on www.arleseynp.org.uk, email
us on [email protected] or you can write to us at Arlesey
Neighbourhood Plan, c/o Cllr Jon Want, Arlesey Town Council, High St,
Arlesey SG15 6SN.
Cllr Jon Want, Chairman, Arlesey Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group
West Drive gets a makeover
The popular walking, jogging and cycling route is being resurfaced, cleaned up and will have
new lighting. Work has started to clean-up the link between Arlesey High Street and Fairfield.
Many people use the old hospital access and it has needed a face-lift for some years.
At one stage it was to be a bus route from Fairfield to Arlesey and the station but this plan
was dropped.
New LED lighting has been installed and will be switched on very soon.
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