Following a site visit last week, I am delighted to confirm the Leven Park play area is now in a suitable condition to be opened.
The necessary post installation inspection by ROSPA has been arranged for Thursday 22nd August. Once this has been completed, and assuming no problems have been identified, we should be able to open the play area in time for the Bank Holiday weekend.
Whilst this is later than we had previously hoped, and whilst there are a few minor snagging issues that will be addressed by Care For Your Area in the coming days, we will finally have a long overdue play area on the east side of Yarm for families to use and enjoy for years and decades to come.
Although we have not experienced any noticeable anti-social behaviour or vandalism whilst the installation work has been ongoing, the CCTV camera will remain in place for now. The long-term need for this will be reviewed in the coming months with a view to its removal if it is felt to be no longer required.
Monday, 19 August 2013
Friday, 16 August 2013
A67 Yarm High Street Resurfacing - work starts Sunday 1st September
After many years of campaigning, Stockton Council is to finally resurface the High Street carriageway as well as carrying out some structural patching on The Spital and Yarm Road.
The work will be carried out over five consecutive Sundays in September, and will start on 1st September 2013. The scheme has been split into 5 main phases and temporary traffic signals will be in place.
Phase 1 Sunday 1st will include the Northbound Lane from the Town Hall to Bridge Street.
Phase 2 Sunday 8th will include the Southbound Lane from Bridge Street to The Town Hall.
Phase 3 Sunday 15th will include the Northbound Lane from Bentley Wynd to The Town Hall.
Phase 4 Sunday 22nd will include the Southbound Lane from The Town Hall to Bentley Wynd.
Phase 5 Sunday 29th will be to carry out additional essential carriageway patching on the Yarm Road and The Spital areas coming in and out of the High street.
Unfortunately it seems likely that a number of High Street parking bays will be 'out of action' whilst the work is ongoing but this is unavoidable and I have been assured they will be kept to a minimum.
Temporary traffic signals will be in place each Sunday and the council have engaged Hatton traffic management operatives to help with traffic control on site. The intention is to letter cars parked overnight in the High street at least 2 Saturday nights before asking motorists to refrain from doing so whilst the works are ongoing as this may lead to difficulty in getting out on a Sunday.
Signs will be placed on site shortly to inform all road users of the works and any residents/businesses directly affected will be informed by letter giving more details of the works and contact numbers if more information is required.
Additional signs will be placed on both the A19 and A66 informing of delays in passing through Yarm at this time (although there is an argument for keeping these up permanently!).
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Brian Blessed rapping? It must be Yorkshire Day!
A happy Yorkshire Day to one and all!
I am often asked by people not fortunate enough to have been born and bred in God's own county why Yorkshire Day is such a big deal? Despite Yorkshire Day being only a relatively recent creation, I've always found this to be a somewhat perplexing question.
Yorkshire has always been a state of mind as much as a physical entity. Loyalty to it is as strong as it has ever been, if not more so. Most people wouldn't dream of questioning a Scot on their pride in and loyalty to Scotland, or ask them to justify their identity. So why ask a Yorkshireman?
Yorkshire Day was first proposed and celebrated by the Yorkshire Ridings Society in 1974 in York. The aim of the society, founded the same year, is to preserve the identity of the 'real' Yorkshire following the reorganisation of county boundaries which saw the three Ridings carved up into new administrative areas.
Since then, the celebrations have gone from strength to strength. Whereas it was once unusual to see the white rose flying above town halls and sports centres this is now commonplace, largely thanks to the efforts of the Yorkshire Ridings Society. Indeed, acknowledgement of traditional county boundaries recently received the support of Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (see here).
To celebrateYorkshire Day this year, Welcome to Yorkshire have commissioned a new twist on the county's unofficial anthem "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'At" featuring the likes of Jonjo Kerr and the Yorkshire Regiment, Alistair Griffin, Lesley Garratt, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band and - yes, it's true - Brian Blessed rapping!
Please, dig deep, support two worthy charities and let's try get the anthem of God's own county to number one in the charts!
I am often asked by people not fortunate enough to have been born and bred in God's own county why Yorkshire Day is such a big deal? Despite Yorkshire Day being only a relatively recent creation, I've always found this to be a somewhat perplexing question.
Yorkshire has always been a state of mind as much as a physical entity. Loyalty to it is as strong as it has ever been, if not more so. Most people wouldn't dream of questioning a Scot on their pride in and loyalty to Scotland, or ask them to justify their identity. So why ask a Yorkshireman?
Yorkshire Day was first proposed and celebrated by the Yorkshire Ridings Society in 1974 in York. The aim of the society, founded the same year, is to preserve the identity of the 'real' Yorkshire following the reorganisation of county boundaries which saw the three Ridings carved up into new administrative areas.
Since then, the celebrations have gone from strength to strength. Whereas it was once unusual to see the white rose flying above town halls and sports centres this is now commonplace, largely thanks to the efforts of the Yorkshire Ridings Society. Indeed, acknowledgement of traditional county boundaries recently received the support of Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (see here).
To celebrateYorkshire Day this year, Welcome to Yorkshire have commissioned a new twist on the county's unofficial anthem "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'At" featuring the likes of Jonjo Kerr and the Yorkshire Regiment, Alistair Griffin, Lesley Garratt, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band and - yes, it's true - Brian Blessed rapping!
The song can be downloaded from iTunes here for the meagre sum (even to a Yorkshireman) of 0.79p with all proceeds going to fantastic Heroes Children Fund charity and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.Please, dig deep, support two worthy charities and let's try get the anthem of God's own county to number one in the charts!
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