The many residents who have bought a bicycle during the last few months of lock-down, have their first opportunity to have it security marked on Friday 4th September.
The North Yorkshire police will be visiting the Foxwood Community centre car park between 9:30am and 11:30am at teh invitation of the Foxwood Residnts Association.
There will also be a plant sale while volunteers will be continuing their regular Friday morning distribution of surplus food.
About 20 tyres have been dumped at the side of York Road mid-way between Askham Richard and Healaugh. The issue has been reported to the Selby Council. Another unnecessary blot on the rural landscape.
The field at the top of Foxwood Lane which was ploughed a couple of weeks ago has now been levelled.
There is a narrow footpath being worn around the outside of the field but there is still no safe access.
We hope that any outstanding issues are resolved following a Council decision meeting which is taking place on Tuesday.
It cost the City of York council £180,000 to respond to and recover from the floods which took place in the City in February. This was the wettest February on record, with the most flood warnings issued in any one day across England. Rainfall fell on already saturated ground increasing the impacts.
The Council will consider a report on the problem at a meeting next week.
There is some debate about the apparently conflicting advice issued by local agencies and the information included on government river gauge web sites.
Generally flood defences held well although there were issues in the Fulford/Fordlands Road/Germany Beck area. A separate report on flood prevention plans for that area can be read by clicking here.
The preferred option would include the construction of a £4.9 million pumping station. If funding for the project can be found the work could start on construction next summer.
The meeting will also consider the latest Environment Agency report on its flood prevention works programme
Environment Agency Work Programme 2020
On a more positive note, we were pleased to see that the Ashbourn Place gate access to the Foxwood Park has been repaired, following action by local Councillor Stephen Fenton
We have reported today paths in two locations which are impeded by overgrown hedges.
It appears that two teenagers were overcome with fatigue earlier today.
After polishing off a snack on the bench in Foxwood Park they were overcome with exhaustion. This meant that they were unable to deposit their litter in a bin which was only 2 metres away.
Police are looking for two youngsters with no arms and only minimal use of their legs.
A passerby later cleared the rubbish.
Still too much fly tipping around York particularly in rural areas. We understand that the York Council now has surveillance cameras which can be deployed at hotspots.
Incident below is in the Selby DC area on Catterton Lane.
Such a shame that the York Council seems once again to have taken its eye off the ball. While endlessly agonising about – and focusing expenditure on – pedestrian activities in the City centre, the suburbs remain neglected.
One public footpath on the A59 near Poppleton is now blocked by overhanging branches. The same stretch had a similar problem last year. Pedestrians are forced to walk on what can be a busy carriageway. Makes a nonsence of “social distancing”
Nearby by weeds are growing in the gutters on the road and in the underpass at the junction with the A1237.
The council doesn’t seem to have an inspection regime in place which identifies issues (even those that reoccur regularly) before they become an inconvenience to residents.
