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42 The Link Magazine • April 2006
Country park for the community takes shape
Winter work by contractors on Shaw Forest Country Park is nearly complete to give greater access to the
public.
Since September hundreds of ane gas and leachate ex-
tons of top soil have been imported traction systems have been
SOLUTION to change the look of the land- installed and 5,000 trees
scape. New underground meth- have been planted.
Maintenance free On 19 March, after The
UPVC fascia boards Lagoon tidy up Link went to press, forest
supporters had the chance
cladding & guttering The Friends of Peatmoor Lagoon to plant a tree and also dis-
hold their annual litter pick around
Expertly fitted at DIY prices cover what has been going
the lagoon on Easter Monday 17
on at an exhibition put on
FRI I: SUR` AY April, 10am to 12noon. by Great Western Commu-
Organiser Suzanne Bullimore
NO DEPOSIT nity Forest and to talk to
is appealing for a community ef- forest staff about future
Work it out for yourself: fort to keep the lakeside area plans.
clean and free from rubbish.
20' fascia board fitted £ 60 We'll publish photo-
Gather at the fisherman's car
20' fascia & gutter fitted £135 graphs next month.
park off Peatmoor Way to collect
20' fascia, soffit & gutter £205 Alan Hayward, lead member of
gloves,bags and litter-pickers, or
20' fascia & soffit £130 the Shaw Forest Protection
bring your own. Children must be
(prices correct at time of publication) Group with the first picnic
accompanied by an adult. bench to arrive at Shaw Forest
Law to force utility companies to clean up their act
From 6 April, under the Clean Neighbourhood and Environment Act, local authorities will have new
powers to remove graffiti from other organisation's street furniture if they don't remove it themselves
within 28 days.
Geoff Davies, Waste Manage- cil will charge a fair rate to do it,
ment Team Leader explained that meaning that none of the costs will
For a free quote
the council could not clean equip- come from the council taxpayer.
ment or property owned by a util- Meetings are being held with
ity company without permission. BT, ntl, Royal Mail and the elec-
From April if a company chooses tricity board to discuss the new
e-mail: [email protected] not to do the work itself, the coun- legislation. Mr Davies said he
hoped the companies would fol-
low council policy to remove rac-
ist graffiti within 24 hours and
House Medic clean off tagging and graffiti as
soon as possible.
building, "This won't be solved overnight. Richard Symonds from
The Braniptons sickened by graffiti
Maintenance Casual tagging is something that on this ntl box in Eastleaze
• Electric showers e &Repairs people don't always report because programme to comply.
• Power showers they don't think anything will hap- To report graffiti abuse contact
pen; some road side furniture has
• Replacementtaps • GARAGE CONVERSIONS individual companies via their
been marked for years and itbrings
• Exchange suites • EXTENSIONS an area down. The response from web sites.
• •
• En-suites Tiling Towel rails • INTERNAL ALTERATIONS utilities so far has been less than 1 April sack changes
• 5howerTraysAndCubicle5 • REFURBISHMENTS satisfactory, but the council now Garden waste. Swindon Council
• Complete bathroom Makeovers • MAINTENANCE WORK has powers to act against the blight will collect garden waste in any
• Insurance Work Undertaken • INSURANCE WORK of envirocrime." green sack on a fortnightly basis.
The council's own operation is The £1/sack charge is scrapped.
subject to the 28 day clean-up rules Household waste. The council will
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