Black Bourton Parish Council News February 2023
What a busy start to the year, the Parish council have been busy collecting quotes for all the fencing around the play park that needs to be replaced, for a new tennis court fence that needs to be replaced including a new entrance, for clearing of the brook to stop the bank corrosion, to maintain all the trees that need pollarding or removing due to age. They are also waiting for quotes for restoring the plinth on the war memorial so that can be completed. The play park upgrades and additions should be starting very soon. The Rospa report has now come back and we have a couple of repairs which need to be carried out if you are interested in helping bring the slide and a few other pieces of equipment back up to scratch please contact Dom at bbpc.ds@gmail.com.
The council have also been successful in the requesting, and have received, a grant from the Councillor’s Priority Fund for the purchase of a water bowser, which is desperately needed to water all the trees around the village if faced with another prolonged dry spell, so a huge thank you to Cllr Ted Fenton who has been more than generous in helping the village with the VAS cameras, War memorial repairs, purchasing our 75 trees for VE celebrations and now the water bowser.
The village roads are in a bit of a state so in the last councillor walkaround some areas of concern have been highlighted and these areas have been reported to Fix my street and Countryside repairs websites, so hopefully we will receive an update and we will see the repairs happening very soon.
We have also co-opted a new councillor onto the council so we would like to welcome Yvonne Dearman and we very much look forward to working alongside Yve to help make the Village a better place to live.
Our next meeting is on the 1st March at Alvescot Village Hall 7.00pm if you would like to come along, to hear about how we are moving forward and how your money is being spent you are very welcome.
Work will be commencing on the 22nd February on the brook by the Village green to clear the debris and the new growth to hopefully prevent any more corrosion of the brook bank.