Stockport Council News

Dear Democratic Services

Questions for the next meeting please:-

1) Why was NPS allocated important work on the SEMMMS roadscheme when it has been known for some time their accounts could only be signed off by the auditors with a guarantee (for only a year at a time) from the council taxpayers of Norfolk? I have known the parlous state of their company for quite some time – they are not a going concern and not able to make a profit from their core business. All this has been documented in great detail on my website. I have indeed brought to the Council’s attention the expensive and shoddy nature of their work at the toxic waste dump school in North Reddish (you know, the one where the brown asbestos has been left on site!). Sadly, the Council branded me “vexatious” for mentioning this. And who are the shady “interested parties include reputable and substantial parties with interest in SBC” now circling to get their hands on more of my money? Secrecy as usual!

2) What action was taken by SMBC, executive councillors or senior council officials when I sent them filmed evidence that brown asbestos was not being removed from the toxic waste dump school site in North Reddish? I have tweeted to Mumsnet about the contamination at the school and they kindly re-tweeted this to all their members. I now need to inform them of what action was taken by SMBC when this utterly appalling and dangerous-to-children situation was brought to their attention. Of course, I shall tweet any refusal to respond to Mumsnet too.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!

Kind regards

Sheila

http://www.manchesterfoe.org.uk/email-action-semmms-road/

“The A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road is a proposed new road, connecting the A6 at Hazel Grove to Manchester Airport. It consists of the northern part of what was originally called the Poynton Bypass and the A555 Manchester Airport Eastern and Western Link Roads and it ties in with a section of the A555 that was built some years ago. This six mile road, which is one of the SEMMMS (South East Manchester Multi-Modal Study) network of roads, has an estimated cost of £300 million (likely to increase) and will – according to the promoting Councils’ own reports – see a likely 21% increase in traffic at certain areas.

Roads to Nowhere. We know that building new roads does not solve people’s transport problems. Instead, road-building generates new traffic movements that did not previously exist, damages the countryside, adds to climate change and makes cities, towns and villages less pleasant places to live for everyone. That is why Manchester Friends of the Earth is working with Campaign for Better Transport on their Roads to Nowhere campaign.

Why we are opposing this proposal. The Campaign for Better Transport (CfBT) and North West Transport Roundtable (NW TAR) commissioned transport experts to examine the business case, and traffic models for the proposed road and other professionals to critique the environmental scoping study and the approach to air quality and climate change. This report highlighted how the proposed road scheme will have a wide range of detrimental environmental, economic and social impacts effects. See the ‘A folly in the making – SEMMMS A6-Manchester Airport Relief Road‘ report.

We’re calling for greener, cheaper alternatives to road-building…

Manchester Friends of the Earth does not support the proposed A6-MARR and we believe that the scheme will not achieve the economic and transport benefits claimed for the scheme. We submitted a detailed response to the first consultation phase, which closed on 25th January 2013. We will be responding to the second consultation (deadline 19th July 2013) and will be objecting to the planning application (likely to be in the Autumn 2013).

The evidence from the UK and other countries clearly demonstrates that investing the £300 million in public transport and active travel schemes would deliver far greater benefits for the local economy, achieve healthier communities and help reach our legally required air quality and climate change targets”