Foxwood Community Centre
Management Committee AGM
Wednesday 11th June at 7pm in the main hall.
Come and investigate what the committee is up to and how you could get involved!
An important announcement is likely to be made tonight which may affect the future of the Centre
Details of the scores given to 5 care homes in the York area have been published.
Each home received a score of between 0 and 2 (the lower the score the worse the result).
Details for each can be downloaded by clicking the name of the home
Barstow House (Rating 1)
Meadowfields (Rating 2)
Somerset House (Rating 2)
Lamal Beeches (Rating 2)
Red Lodge (Rating 1)
Scores for the (vast majority) of homes that scored over 2 have not been listed by the Council.
The York Council has now published details of where the controversial “spy camera” van has been operating.
The van has generated 473 fixed penalty notices. Of these most (249) have been paid at the £35 prompt payment rate.
222 are outstanding with 65 subject to appeals.
A day by day list of the locations visited by the camera van can be downloaded by clicking here
The total number of parking tickets issued by the York Council increased during the last (financial) year
The value of the fines income generated also increased, as did enforcement costs
Cost of enforcement
The number of tickets successfully appealed was:
Hello we are now open today! Come in and grab some books, use the computers and have a cup of tea in the cafe. Open 9am – 5pm #librarylove
— AcombExplore Library (@acombexplore) June 11, 2014
Date:Thur 12 – Thur 22 June
Time:Various
Venue:University of York
Cost:Mostly free
Why not immerse yourself in ideas, adventures and excitement with the York Festival of Ideas? With over 120 events to choose from there’s bound to be something to inspire you!
Askham Bar cycle parking in use
The new Askham Bar park and ride site on Tadcaster Road has proved to be popular with drivers.
Many have transferred from the, now closed, site adjacent to Tesco – making the most of the additional spaces now available.
At 11:00am today a small queue of bus passengers had formed.
However work on the site has still not been completed.
Official estimates say that it could be another 2 weeks before all the work is done.
Well used car park at Askham Bar
Still the Council were right to bring the site into service as soon as practical. It has reduced the number of vehicles on Tadcaster Road and buses are taking advantage of the reduced congestion to run into the City centre more quickly.
The situation at the other new site at Poppleton Bar couldn’t be a bigger contrast.
Fewer than 100 vehicles were using the car park there this morning.
A substantial amount of work needs to be done both on the car park and on the nearby highway network.
Askham Bar bus waiting area
Unfortunately, by then, damage to the park and ride site’s reputation may be beyond repair.
Buses continue to be mired in a web of temporary traffic lights and lane restrictions.
Electric bus at Poppleton Bar
Ironically one of the major improvements yet to be commissioned is the cycle underpass on the A1237. This was to be used to encourage cyclists to pedal to the park and ride site before boarding a bus to complete their journey.